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May 18 Fri

Chefs’ disregard for environment leaves a bad taste

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(SUMMARY) By Twilight Greenaway Thomas Keller, chef at the French Laundry. (Photo by Sifu Renka.) Thanks, Thomas Keller. Now we know where you stand. When you joined forces with Andoni Luis Aduriz and came out publicly in The New York Times this week as a chef...

5/18/2012 1:19 PM Like Read Share

May 16 Wed

In Argentina, factory farms replacing grass-fed beef

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(SUMMARY) By Jessica Weiss Estancia Ranch, one of few remaining traditional pasture-based ranches in Argentina. (All photos by Jessica Weiss.) Buesnos Aires, Argentina: It’s no secret the people here love beef. In 1958, the average Argentine consumed 216...

5/16/2012 7:12 AM Like Read Share

May 01 Tue

By growing food, Occupy the Farm helps a movement grow up

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(SUMMARY) By Jason Mark This post originally appeared on the Earth Island Journal website. All photos by Jeff Conant/Climate Connections. It doesn’t take an agricultural expert to know that you can’t grow vegetables without water. So it wasn’t surprising that...

5/1/2012 2:10 PM Like Read Share

Apr 30 Mon

Farm-connected CSAs should offer more than just ‘veggie subscriptions’

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(SUMMARY) By Elizabeth Henderson Photo by Mswine. I was recently struck by a promotion I saw on the site Local Harvest , which lists organic and locally grown food around the country. The site reads, “Many farms offer subscriptions for weekly baskets of...

4/30/2012 1:44 PM Like Read Share

Apr 26 Thu

Meet 2,4-D, a pesticide even conventional vegetable farmers fear

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(SUMMARY) By Tom Laskawy A still from a promotional video (see below) for the herbicide 2,4-D, which is being marketed as a solution for superweeds (picured), which have grown tolerant to other herbicides. A new coalition is trying to throw sand in the gears...

4/26/2012 6:35 AM Like Read Share

Apr 23 Mon

Would you like a bad farm bill — or a terrible one?

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(SUMMARY) By Twilight Greenaway Photo by Jeff Cushner. The 2012 Farm Bill finally appears to be moving forward. Sort of. On Friday, the Senate Agriculture Committee released their draft of the half-trillion-dollar bill. But not much has actually changed for...

4/23/2012 3:41 PM Like Read Share

Apr 19 Thu

Top 10 ways Walmart is failing on sustainability

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(SUMMARY) By Patty Lovera Walmart’s green PR machine has been running on overdrive lately. Over the past few weeks, the world’s largest retailer has announced six new solar installations in Colorado, unveiled its fifth annual Global Responsibility Report , and...

4/19/2012 12:34 PM Like Read Share

Apr 16 Mon

Where ‘the whole animal’ meets pink slime

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(SUMMARY) By Tom Laskawy Photo by Teresia. A recent New York Times op-ed declared that sustainable meat is a “myth.” Whether pastured, small-scale, large-scale, rotationally grazed, locavore, industrialized etc. all meat is essentially the same and none of it...

4/16/2012 8:44 AM Like Read Share

Apr 12 Thu

Farm Bill 2012: ‘It’s a mess, but it’s our mess’

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(SUMMARY) By Twilight Greenaway Daniel Imhoff began writing about the Farm Bill before today’s so-called Good Food Movement took hold. In 2007, in an effort to make accessible the giant piece of legislation that touches on everything from food stamps to farm...

4/12/2012 7:45 AM Like Read Share

Apr 05 Thu

Michigan threatens small farms by calling heritage pigs ‘invasive’

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(SUMMARY) By Twilight Greenaway Mangalitsa pigs are common on small Michigan farms -- although they're usually mixed with a heartier breed. (Photo by Danielle Harms.) Things have been pretty tense on Michigan’s small pig farms over the past few days. Farmers...

4/5/2012 12:01 PM Like Read Share

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