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6 Advantages to Buying Your Food at the Farmers’ Market
With all the dirt being dug up about some of my favorite health food companies supporting No on Prop. 37, I was starting to feel betrayed. "No, Santa Cruz Organic! Not you too," I thought, when I firs…
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Agroecology Vs. Industrial Farming (Infographic)
We all know that sustainable farming tends to be better for the environment than industrial agriculture, but just how pronounced is the difference between the two farming methods? Can they make a radi…
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5 Reasons To Shop At a Farmers’ Market
You might not know it, but this week (August 5 through August 11) is National Farmers Market Week, officially designated by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to enco…
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Eco-Lessons from Wine
By Jensen Montambault, The Nature Conservancy Can you save the environment while relaxing with friends over a cup of vino? Science's answer to this question is a resounding, "maybe." It all depends…
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Why the Gates Foundation Invested in Maggots
The idea of dining on roast chicken reared on blood-fed maggots may not sound too appetizing, but in South Africa one scientist and businessman believes that maggots represent the future for animal fe…
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Urban Aquaculture in Chicago
A group of young pioneers has taken up residence in an old meat-packing plant in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood. They're part of a small band of urban "aquaponics" farmers, growing fish and …
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Inexpensive and Sustainable Food from Hydroponics
A low-cost, easy to use hydroponics system developed in the Philippines is giving small communities with little land an inexpensive way to produce their own vegetables. The system is designed to maxim…
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Returning Farmland to Nature in Minnesota
Dale Aden is a third-generation farmer in the Midwestern US state of Minnesota. For years, he watched the Okabena Creek flood and destroy his crops and farmland. After the losses took their toll, Aden…
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Conservation Program Rewards Sustainable Farmers
By Jason Knapfel for DietsInReview.com Farming, the very lifeblood of human existence, can also ironically be a destructive force. If done improperly, farming can destroy soil and pollute air and w…
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Hot Food Events
Since it is the first of August, I thought it was appropriate to write about some food and farm events happening this month. That way, if you are interested, you can be prepared to celebrate ahead of …
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