Articles by Grist staff

Caveat Pescor

In U.S., “Organic” Label on Fish Means Very Little The “organic” label on some salmon in supermarkets these days doesn’t mean much. The National Organics Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the official organic seal on produce and other foods, has not developed standards for fish. “We may someday address aquatic species. […]

Nuclear Proliferasia

Nuclear Power on the Rise in Asia Nuclear power is booming in Asia, thanks to rapidly escalating energy needs and concerns over widespread air pollution from coal-fired plants. Eighteen of the 31 nuclear plants currently under construction in the world are being built on the continent. The boom is largely being driven by India and […]

The Last Picture Show

Forest Service Brochure Contains Misleading Pictures Pictures used by the U.S. Forest Service in a brochure arguing for heavier logging in California’s Sierra Nevada forest are deliberately misleading — and, say critics, validate concerns about the USFS paying a public relations firm $90,000 to help push its perspective. A series of black and white pictures […]

Farm Aid

Small Farms Turn Organic to Survive Battered by volatile markets and relentless corporate consolidation, many family farms are turning to organic cultivation — and joining organic cooperatives — to survive. According to farm advocacy group Farm Aid, the number of family farms in the U.S. has declined from 8 million to 2 million in the […]