September 2004

STUDY: STORM WATER POLLUTION IN MIDWEST STATES IS LARGELY UNREGULATED, DAMAGING GREAT LAKES SHORELINES -Environmental Media Services- 9/30/04

Farmers hope scientists can find a way to ... Cut off genes By PAUL ELIAS -Associated Press- 9/30/04

USDA Organic Grants Announced -Illinois Farm Bureau- 9/29/04

Renewable Standard Potential for Minnesota -SolarAccess.com- 9/29/04

A Peach . . . No, a Honey of a Farmers' Market, MADISON, Wis. By R. W. APPLE Jr. -New York Times- 9/29/04

Preserving as well as farming the land go hand in hand for Olingers By David Heiller -Argus News- 9/28/04

Future of Illinois Farm May Lie in Swampy Past By STEPHEN KINZER -New York Times (Subscription)- 9/27/04

On the Environment, the US Is the Rogue Nation by Bill McKibben -LA Times- 9/26/04

Toxins hidden in green veil: Eco-friendly lawn care fights pollution By Joan Lowy -Scripps Howard News Service- 9/26/04

Pawlenty stands up for wetlands act BY DENNIS LIEN -Pioneer Press- 9/24/04

Flooding could be averted with initiative By Ann Austin -Albert Lea Tribune- 9/23/04

Government needs to start helping Mississippi River By Mike Kennedy 9/23/04

Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman Visits Microgy Digester Construction Site in Elk Mound, Wisconsin -Business Wire- 9/23/04

EPA's chief under Nixon rips Bush on environment: Says he will vote for Kerry By Bill Novak 9/23/04

Governor Announces Members of Organic Task Force -Wisconsin Ag Connection- 9/22/04

WisBiz In-Depth: Wisconsin a leader in organic agriculture 9/22/04

Biotech grass breeding raises concerns -AP- 9/22/04

Senate Rejects Deep Clean Water Funding Cuts; Restores $500 Million to Va-Hud Spending Bill By Wesley Warren -NRDC- 9/21/04

GREEN OR GULLIBLE? Going Organic By Christopher Dunagan -The Sun Link- 9/19/04

Farmers markets say they need help for repairs By MALIA RULON -Associated Press- 9/18/04

West Coast Celebrates Family Farmers and Fresh, Healthy Food for America; Farm Aid 2004 Presented by Silk Soymilk Plays to a Sold Out Crowd; Webcast Available for Seven Days -US Newswire- 9/18/04

Bush administration authorizes increase in CRP enrollment By Babe Winkelman -The Pilot-Independent- 9/17/04

VIEWPOINT: Pawlenty's report lets big feedlots off too easy By Helen Palmer -Grand Forks Herald- 9/15/04

Livestock air law has no penalties By Perry Beeman -Des Moines Register- 9/15/04

Members speak out for higher standard -Daily Nonpareil- 9/15/04

Blue-Green Alliance promotes win-win for environment, jobs By Barb Kucera -Workday Minnesota- 9/14/04

Teaming up to protect the mighty Mississippi BENJAMIN GRUMBLES -Pioneer Press- 9/14/04

There's more to soil than just dirt: What's in the ground isn't dead -- there's a complex system of checks and balances By Deborah K. Rich -SF Chronicle- 9/11/04

Learn organic techniques By LAURIE MANSFIELD -Des Moines Register- 9/11/04

No-till farming environmentally friendly in dry times By Robert Pore -Grand Island Independent- 9/11/04

Valuing Wilderness -New York Times (Subscription)- 9/10/04

Branch out or leave bluffs be? By Robert Franklin -Star Tribune- 9/9/04

Resident: Local farmers can help to stop global warming By: Debbie Wygent -Sun Ledger- 9/09/04

State crop losses: $190 million By Joy Powell -Star Tribune- 9/8/04

CITIES STRUGGLING TO FINANCE NEW TREATMENT PLANTS BY KRISTEN CATES -THE SOUTHERN ILLINOISIAN- 9/8/04

Funding for wetlands, refuges announced -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — 9/8/04

Does It Pay To Buy Organic? For pregnant women and children, the benefits are worth the higher price By Carol Marie Cropper -Business Week.com- 9/6/04

Avoid 'hitchhikers,' boaters told: Volunteers warn about invasive species By MEG JONES -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel- 9/5/04

Xcel ups waste plan: Greater storage sought for spent nuclear fuel BY TIM HUBER -Pioneer Press- 9/2/04

Column: USDA officials sign contracts for CSP-lite By Forrest Laws -Delta Farm Press- 9/1/04

Scientists will study how dairy farmers go organic -Newsday.com- 9/1/04

Feingold (D., WI) Supports Full Funding for EMP 9/1/04

Blue Green Alliance hosts energy forum Sept. 13 -Workday Minnesota- 9/1/04