Thursday, August 7, 2008

Investigations: Audit Lands Half of Organic Certifiers on Probation

Half of organic certifiers were put on probation after a U.S. Department of Agriculture audit found unacceptable pesticide levels in certified foods, says this report from Jill Richardson on AlterNet.

TAGS: food, investigations, organic

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Interesting: CIR Launches PaperTrail Blog

The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit supporting investigative journalism for eons, has just launched its blog, PaperTrail. Check it here.

TAGS: nonprofit journalism

Updates: Mygazines, Crunchbase

Just added two interesting new sites to my blogroll in the right-hand column: mag-sharing site Mygazines and Crunchbase, the searchable database for technology companies and people.