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		<title>GMO risk assessment must be transparent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More work is needed on opening up GM assessment to integrate public concerns, attendees at a conference on the possible risks of genetically modified organisms heard this week.
The two-day conference, which was held on 14-15 September by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), aimed to share knowledge and best practices on risk assessment and provide [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=848&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>French study says organic food is healthier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new review from France has concluded that there are nutritional benefits to organic produce, on the basis of data compiled for the French food agency AFSSA. The conclusion opposes that of a UK study published last month.  Whether or not organic food brings nutritional benefits over conventional food has been a matter of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=846&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Apple Orchard Floor Maintenance: Mulching, Flaming And &#8216;Swiss Sandwich&#8217; Techniques Analyzed</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/organic-apple-orchard-floor-maintenance-mulching-flaming-and-swiss-sandwich-techniques-analyzed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful organic apple farming literally starts from the ground up. Maintaining a healthy orchard floor is the key to preventing weeds and keeping soil healthy. Logically, finding effective methods to increase production and marketability of organic apples is critically important to growers who have to deal with pests and disease without the use of conventional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=843&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Risks Involved With Transgenic Fish</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/risks-involved-with-transgenic-fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fast growing transgenic fish can revolutionise commercial fish farming and relieve the pressure on overexploited fish stocks. But what happens in the natural environment if transgenic fish escape? Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have studied transgenic fish on behalf of the EU and are urging caution:
&#8220;Until further notice transgenic fish should be bred in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=841&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GM silver bullet could shoot farmers in foot</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/gm-silver-bullet-could-shoot-farmers-in-foot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE introduction of a Genetically Modified (GM) wheat variety with frost tolerance could potentially flood the world wheat market and drastically lower its price and profitability, according to Network of Concerned Farmers WA spokesperson Julie Newman.

“Our competitors will actually fare much better if we bring in GM wheat, because we can grow frost-tolerant crops now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=838&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organic is more than small potatoes</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/organic-is-more-than-small-potatoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study after study show that organic techniques can provide much more food per acre in developing countries than conventional chemical-based agriculture, says Geoffrey Lean.Forget, for a moment, the impassioned debate over the healthiness of organic food that has been raging merrily since the Food Standards Agency published its controversial report last week.
There is a much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=835&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic Animal and Plant Breeding &#8211; BREEDING DIVERSITY -</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/1st-international-ifoam-conference-on-organic-animal-and-plant-breeding-breeding-diversity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sante Fe, NM, USA;  August 25-28, 2009
Draft Position on Seed to be discussed at the conference! 
Find the link to the call for consultation here
Conference Topic
The time is right to bring together all endeavors to focus on organic breeding. Fostering the sustainable development of new successful low input breeds is urgent in the face of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=831&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Definitive Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/definitive-global-rejection-of-genetically-engineered-wheat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Statement of Australian, Canadian and US Farmer, Environmental and Consumer Organizations

Summary Statement:
In light of our existing experience with genetic engineering, and recognizing the global consumer rejection of genetically engineered wheat, we restate our definitive opposition to GE wheat and our commitment to stopping the commercialization of GE traits in our wheat crops. We are committed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=828&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weed killer kills human cells. Study intensifies debate over &#8216;inert&#8217; ingredients.</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/weed-killer-kills-human-cells-study-intensifies-debate-over-inert-ingredients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup’s inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.
The new findings intensify a debate about so-called “inerts” — the solvents, preservatives, surfactants and other substances [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=825&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Lettuce Packs 25 Times Less Nitrate than Conventional Lettuce</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/organic-lettuce-packs-25-times-less-nitrate-than-conventional-lettuce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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Nitrate levels in organic lettuce are a fraction of levels found in    conventional hothouse lettuces. Experts, however, say authorities are    reluctant to showcase the benefits of organic farming.
Ari Kulmanen, an organic farmer from the town of Ikaalinen in western Finland,    studied nitrate levels in lettuce because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=822&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural Aromatherapy: Lavender Oil As Natural Herbicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could essential oils extracted from lavender be used as a natural herbicide to prevent weed growth among crops? Research carried out in Italy and reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Environment and Health suggests the answer may be yes.

Elena Sturchio of the National Institute of Health and Safety at Work in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=819&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EU taps emerging talent for new organic logo</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/eu-taps-emerging-talent-for-new-organic-logo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has re-started the search for a new logo to appear on pre-packaged organic food, over a year after original designs were scrapped due to similarly to a supermarket’s logo.  The 2007 EU regulation on organic foods (834/2007) provided for a new, common organic logo to appear on pre-packaged organic food sold [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=815&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pesticides, fresh produce washing is not enough</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/pesticides-fresh-produce-washing-is-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ORGANIC AGRICULTURE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organic eating is proving to be more than a fashion. According to a recent U.S. report published by the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) &#8211; a non-profit environmental-research organization &#8211; washing and rinsing fresh produce may reduce levels of some pesticides but are not sufficient to eliminate them.   &#8220;There is growing consensus in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=813&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Organic Cropping Systems Be As Profitable As Conventional Systems?</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/can-organic-cropping-systems-be-as-profitable-as-conventional-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ORGANIC AGRICULTURE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is a better strategy, specializing in one crop or diversified cropping? Is conventional cropping more profitable than organic farming? Is it less risky?
To answer these questions, the University of Wisconsin’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Michael Fields Agricultural Institute agronomists established the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST) in 1990. This research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=810&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading Antibiotics In The Soil Affects Microbial Ecosystems</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/spreading-antibiotics-in-the-soil-affects-microbial-ecosystems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antibiotics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antibiotics used extensively in intensive livestock production may be having an adverse effect on agricultural soil
In a presentation to the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Harrogate International Centre March 30, Dr Heike Schmitt from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands described how antibiotics passed from the animals in manure that was then spread on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=807&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>West Bengal to go organic; plans to set up bio-villages</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/west-bengal-to-go-organic-plans-to-set-up-bio-villages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ORGANIC AGRICULTURE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West Bengal government, which is keen to spread organic cultivation, has resolved to set up one bio-village in each of the 341  blocks in the state in the next two years. The objective behind setting up bio-villages is to create role models for adaptation to organic farming.  Already 75 bio-villages have been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=804&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaf Tatters&#8217; Linked To Herbicides: Study Explores Effects Of Herbicide Drift On White Oak</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/leaf-tatters-linked-to-herbicides-study-explores-effects-of-herbicide-drift-on-white-oak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ORGANIC AGRICULTURE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herbicide drift, which occurs when pesticides &#8220;drift&#8221; from the targeted application area to a nearby non-targeted area, is a particular concern in Midwestern regions of the United States. In the Midwest, where the topography is relatively flat and large-scale farms and agriculture production facilities reside side-by-side with housing developments and woodlands, herbicide drift can have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=802&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Test For Detecting Fake Organic Milk</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/new-test-for-detecting-fake-organic-milk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic Dairy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as &#8220;organic&#8221; is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers.
In the study, Joachim Molkentin and colleagues point out that organic milk has soared in popularity in many countries. Sales in Germany, for instance, rose by almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=794&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More organic food production could help Africa: UN</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/more-organic-food-production-could-help-africa-un/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic product]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demand for organic foods will keep growing despite the world economic crisis, creating an opportunity for farmers in poor countries, the United Nations&#8217; trade and development agency said on Monday.




In a research note, UNCTAD projected that sales of certified organic products would reach $67 billion in 2012, up from $46 billion in 2007 and about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=792&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Weed Control: Scientists Serve Up Mustard Meal To Tame Weeds</title>
		<link>http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/organic-weed-control-scientists-serve-up-mustard-meal-to-tame-weeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahdi Ebrahimi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Herbicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORGANIC AGRICULTURE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sinalbin, the same compound that gives white mustard its pungent flavor, could also prove useful in fighting weeds. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) studies suggest sinalbin and other compounds released into soil by applications of white mustard seed meals can kill or suppress certain weedy grasses and annual broadleaf weeds.

Agronomist Rick Boydston, with the ARS Vegetable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=persianoad.wordpress.com&blog=908783&post=790&subd=persianoad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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