Today’s most significant organic industry topics will be discussed June 25-27, 2008, in Boulder, Colo., at The Organic Summit, a leader-level working forum for all stakeholders in the organic industry.

This year’s theme is “Cultivating Innovation and Transparency in the Organic Community.” The Organic Summit, produced by New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media, in partnership with the nonprofit Organic Farming Research Foundation, will be held at the St. Julien Hotel and Spa.

While certified organic products are increasingly finding their way into the mainstream, they represent only 3.5 percent of the total food economy in the U.S. The organic community is challenged with the impact that (more…)

Since the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934, the agency has had jurisdiction over foreign securities offerings within America, and has influenced the regulation of securities in other (more…)

Henry L. Stuart whose comments are found below, resides in McKinleyville, Texas

My daughter, who owns a feed and farm supply business in Bosque County,
Texas, 40 miles west of Waco, reports that corn is being grown in Texas
where corn has never grown before. This corn is destined for the ethanol
craze.

The agricultural programs supporting corn make it a sure winner for growers.
If the crop fails for any reason, federal crop insurance covers the losses.
If a bumper crop and a glut tend to depress prices, there is compensation
for that, (more…)

Companies with scientific challenges are now tapping into individual experts all around the world by posting their problem on InnoCentive.com.

As an expert you become a problem solver by submitting a “bid” in the form of possible answers. The winning bid results in cash prizes ranging from $10,000 to $1,000,000.

Launched by Eli Lilly in 2001, InnoCentive is now used by dozens of Fortune 500 companies including Boeing, DuPont and Procter & Gamble. More than (more…)

One way to travel to Guatemala is to volunteer with Child-aid. They are looking for volunteers for a day, a week, or a year. They need people to answer phones when people call from the states inquiring about their language school. They need people to help in their preschool program.

If you speak Spanish you could help teach Spanish in one of the Mayan villages, or sort and catalogue the books that are donated. If you teach you could teach English, or teach (more…)

The price of wheat has almost tripled in the past 10 months. The price of corn is rising as ethanol becomes more popular. Is this the right strategy to follow? Or will this corporate welfare hurt America in the long (more…)

The growth and use of Secondary Capital—New Money—creates unprecedented wealth in this new age of possibility…

It’s no secret that governments are slowly losing control of their monetary systems in the global marketplace, as capital movements have sprung free of most national controls.

Consider that the relative values of national currencies are increasingly set by the vast, rapidly moving currency exchange market (more…)

At The Wall Street Journal’s “ECO:nomics” conference … 21% (of the 300 attendees)
thought ethanol would be a significant part of solving the nation’s energy
problem. Archer Daniels CEO, Ms Patricia Woertz, was on a panel as her company is a big producer of ethanol and the audience was tough on (more…)

US high-tech companies are being forced to outsource more jobs overseas because of outdated restrictions on immigration, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told Congress on Wednesday, March 12.

Gates, echoing a longstanding complaint from the technology sector, told a congressional panel that the US immigration system “makes attracting and retaining high-skilled immigrants exceptionally challenging for (more…)

“I can’t recall a time when PR has been as strong,” Sir Martin Sorrell, the head of the UK-based marketing and public relations conglomerate WPP, told the Guardian. “Something has changed and the reason for the change is online activity, where personal recommendation and personal communication have become more i (more…)