RESOLUTE SUING RAINFOREST ALLIANCE OVER FSC AUDIT . . . CARBON LOSS FROM TROPICAL FORESTS “UNDERESTIMATED” . . . REPORT FLOATS VALUE OF FRACKING . . . FROM HARD CIDER TO SOFT CHEESE: THIS VERMONT TOWN IS A LOCAVORE’S DREAM . . . OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

RESOLUTE SUING RAINFOREST ALLIANCE OVER FSC AUDIT
Source: Pulp and Paper Canada
Resolute Forest Products is taking legal action against Rainforest Alliance over the company’s audit of its forestry operations in northern Ontario. Rainforest Alliance is an auditor for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard. According to a report on CBC News, posted May 20, Rainforest Alliance’s recent audit of some Resolute operations said the company was not complying with FSC’s standards. (read more)

CARBON LOSS FROM TROPICAL FORESTS “UNDERESTIMATED”
Source: BBC
Experts say that in addition to loss of trees, the degradation of trees by selective logging and fires causes large amounts of "hidden" emissions. The slow moving process has remained almost invisible to satellite observations. The study team say that 40 percent of carbon emissions from deforestation in the Amazon is due to degradation. (read more)

REPORT FLOATS VALUE OF FRACKING
Source: Chronicle Herald
Significant amounts of subsurface oil and gas would make fracking an attractive business proposition in some parts of Nova Scotia, according to a new report from the independent panel on the subject. Shale beneath Windsor and Kennetcook likely holds 17 trillion to 69 trillion cubic feet of gas, the authors estimated. Similar geology also generally contains anywhere from 300 million to 1.185 billion barrels of oil, they said. (read more)

FROM HARD CIDER TO SOFT CHEESE: THIS VERMONT TOWN IS A LOCAVORE’S DREAM
Source: The Globe and Mail
“We’re one of the first farm-to-table bars,” says Nick Roy, head bartender at Juniper in the year-old Hotel Vermont in Burlington, as he gently pours a lemon ginger martini into a chilled glass, ensuring that the liquid hits the lemon-peel garnish just so. “Things here come with a story.” (read more)

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

HOLISTIC ORCHARD WITH MICHAEL PHILLIPS
http://www.acornorganic.org/events/calendar/michael-phillips-workshops

PEST MANAGEMENT
http://www.goodfruit.com/pest-management/

DOCK ROAD DAIRY FARM REBUILDS AFTER DEVASTATING FIRE
http://peicanada.com/west_prince_graphic/publication/dock_road_dairy_operation_rebuilds_after_devastating_november_fire

GLOBAL 4-H YOUTH AG-SUMMIT IN CALGARY. FEEDING A HUNGRY PLANET
http://www.agriville.com/cgi-bin/newsroom/view.cgi?articleID=4233