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A Farmer's Perspective on Perception and Prejudice
Gene Logsdon describes the prejudice against farmers and society’s conditioning that a rural life is somehow below an urban one. Passionate and visceral in his description of how farmers fight to heal wounds from generations of prejudice, Logsdon speaks not only to the urban world that diminishes th... (Get Food Blog) |
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Organic tomatoes are better than the regular ones
In an experiment at the University of California, Davis that spanned over ten years, researchers found that organically grown tomatoes had almost twice as many flavonoids than conventionally grown tomatoes. The flavonoids: quercetin and kaempferol are considered to be healthful plant compounds with ... (Get Food News) |
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Organic Produce Guide
The Environmental Working Group lists fruits and vegetables along with their pesticide levels. Peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines and strawberries are the worst offenders at the top the "dirty dozen". So if you are going to go organic, start with these. Use this list for reference the... (Get Food News) |
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Organic Food Sales Growth Shrinking as Budgets Shrink
With consumer spending down, organic food sales have begun to slow down. Even Whole Foods, an icon of the organic food movement, has been experiencing the toughest stretch in its history. (Get Food News) |
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Thai Farm lobby threatens to sue over herb list
Organic farming advocates are threatening to take the Industry Ministry to court if it refuses to revoke its decision to list 13 herbs as hazardous plants. (Get Food News) |
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Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
Often lost in the discussion of conventional vs. organic farming is the fundamental question of whether organic farming can feed the world. The world's population is estimated to reach almost 10 billion by 2050. According to Cornell Professor of soil management Craig Meisner: “Even if you could use... (Get Food Blog) |
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Thai Farmers up in arms at herb listing
Farmers and traditional medicine experts in Thailand have reacted angrily to the listing of 13 widely used herbal plants as hazardous substances, suggesting there is a hidden agenda that favours chemical companies. The new regulations require growers, manufacturers, importers and exporters of pestic... (Get Food News) |
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The Art of Preserving and Canning Food
This article shows the food-memory connection. We associate the flavors and textures we encounter on a plate with the season, the location, the company and the particular meal we had it. Preserving and canning is not only practical for non-harvest months, it is also a snapshot of where we were and t... (Get Food Blog) |
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Group Thrashes Vilsack Appointment
The Organic Consumers Association calls Barack Obama's naming of former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary "not change we can believe in." They issued an immediate release listing a litany of Vilsack's past affiliations and support that purportedly gives little hope for major policy ... (Get Food News) |
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Organic Could Supply the World
A new report from the Rodale Institute claims organic farming and food production, including livestock and meat, could support global food demand. Conventional-agriculture supporters often contend organic production alone would not be able to fee the world. Any shift towards wide-spread organic and... (Get Food News) |
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