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One drift you don’t want to catch Kurt Michael Friese reports at Civil Eats on Iowa’s Grinnell Heritage Farm, which was nearing organic certification when its fields were contaminated by a crop duster spraying a Monsanto-managed corn field across the road earlier this month.

More than certification at risk Meanwhile, in California, the United Farm Workers (UFW) are seeking stiff fines for chemical drifters on behalf of workers (two of whom are pregnant) who were sickened — on an organic farm — by pesticides sprayed on a nearby orchard.

Clinton can’t connect the dots Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern over Indian farmer suicides last week, pointing out the connection to debt, but given the biotech agenda she’s been promoting, she may want to dig a little deeper into where all that debt is coming from.

News flash A new study from Yale finds that the more junk food ads kids are exposed to, the more they snack while watching them.

But there’s more to it The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert issues forth a big, fat article full of food for thought on obesity.

Climate bill a boon for farmers? This from to the USDA, in contradiction to big-ag’s protests to the contrary.  Kate Sheppard at Grist reports.

Food safety bill, maybe not so much Small-scale farmers fear the one-size-fits-all approach to food safety put forth in HR2749, aka the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, might put them out of business and point out some better ways to enhance food safety.

Sustainable ag-tivists go tell it on the hill Three men who may be considered fathers of the sustainable ag movement — the Land Institute’s Wes Jackson, Leopold Center’s Fred Kirschenmann and renowned writer Wendell Berry hit Washington last week to promote their 50-year farm bill. Washington Post’s Jane Black met up with them there.

Biotech FAIL Monsanto’s genetically modified corn is a major miss in South Africa.  Stateside, self-professed (we’ll vouch on this subject) “ag nerd” Tom Philpott reports at Grist on the ever-quickening pace of the chemical treadmill.

Mark your calendar — yes, we can (can). The brand-new Canning Across America, brainchild of our good friend, Kim O’Donnel, has slated the weekend of Aug 29/30 as a national community canning weekend.

A who’s who of young farmers Check out Mother Nature Network’s 40 Farmers Under 40. Neat to see some of our friends!