Overtime Bill Could have Catastrophic Impact

According to a report by the Sacramento Bee the state Senate voted Thursday, to repeal the exemption of farm workers from the state’s 69-year-old law requiring payment of overtime after eights hours of work.

The Senate bill 1121 is expected to pass the Assembly. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would have the final word.

According to Anthony Raimondo, agriculture labor law attorney with McCormick Barstow in Fresno, Calif., this bill would have a massive and catastrophic impact on the dairy industry.

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Overtime Bill Could have Catastrophic Impact

The Economics of the Raw Milk Wars

This morning, I reported on the raw milk debate as we experience it here in rural New York.
It's nothing compared to Wisconsin...

For the record, New York's Big Dairy representative – the New York Farm Bureau – is tepidly supportive of raw milk sales on certified farms, but not in stores. Hear Farm Bureau spokesman Peter Gregg on the subject.

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The Economics of the Raw Milk Wars

For Plants, Resistance to Infection Comes at a Cost

Any gardener has seen it happen. One plant in the backyard thrives, while its neighbor of the same species is plagued with infection. Why?

One reason may be genetic. Researchers have discovered that more resistant mouse ear cress plants have a variant of a gene known as ACD6. Plants with this variant produce more quantities of a chemical that battles pathogens.

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For Plants, Resistance to Infection Comes at a Cost

In New York, Local Meat Is Easier to Find

Janet Silverstein with kosher meat from Red Heifer

SO what does a cook have to do to get a Scottish Highland certified organic grass-fed steak in this town? Well, not that much, it turns out.

From the smallest Greenmarkets in Manhattan to the convenient cardboard boxes of Fresh Direct home delivery, boutique meat from animals raised on local fields seems to be everywhere.

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In New York, Local Meat Is Easier to Find