Today in Organic: January 27, 2010

• The image above was made by Phil Howard from Michigan State University.

• The German edition of The Financial Times revealed that clothes marked with "organic cotton" labels in H&M stores actually contained GM cotton from India.

• In a related story, The New York Times reported earlier this month that the H&M on 34th Street in New York was discarding bags of unsold clothes — all slashed with a razor blade to make sure they wouldn't be sold elsewhere.

• The Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against dairy villain Dean Foods last week, arguing that Dean's acquisition of Foremost Farms in Wisconsin eliminated competition in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. 

• Fruit and vegetable consumption took a slight dip in 2009. 

• A brewery in Oregon spent $7,000 purchasing all of its employees bikes to lower its carbon footprint (and to get a tax break). 

• "Turmeric as health food?" asks Smithsonian food blogger Abby Callard. Turns out the yellow stuff has some pretty special properties.

Comments

[giselle]

Hi! Popping in to let you know that your fourth link (about Dean Foods) is not working.

[OrganicNation.tv]

Whoooopsie!

Thanks, Giselle. I think it's fixed now.