July 2010
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“Poultry farms in the U.S. generate roughly 17 million tons of chicken manure...”
– Energy Firm Sees Power in Chicken Manure - WSJ.com
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“A national opinion survey found that Americans are most concerned with how...”
– Attitudes on Food & Farming: Two New Studies : Slow Food USA
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“Love the community initiative… ‘The Baldwin Park city council just...”
– Birthplace of the Drive-Thru Bans Any New Fast Food Restaurants | Sustainable Food | Change.org
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“Lisa Kivirist is an inspiration… ‘For us women farmers our passions...”
– Civil Eats » Blog Archive » Another Farmer Jane! Lisa Kivirist
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“The most notable trade barrier [between the US and Europe] has been the European...”
– American Factory Farms Threatened As EU Sets Higher Meat Standards | Sustainable Food | Change.org
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“Germany is abuzz with a growing problem—hive theft. Approximately 20 percent of...”
– Increased Bee Death Prompts Hive Thefts in Germany | Sustainable Food | Change.org
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Tell Mars, Cargill, and Hershey to Stop Using... →
The U.S. ambassador to Ghana recently announced that since January, the U.S. has been importing much more cocoa than ever thanks to two new processing facilities built by ADM and Cargill, one of the top five global processors of cocoa beans. …
This means small farmers in Ghana, which along with the Ivory Coast produce about 60 percent of the world’s chocolate, will be pushed to...
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Monsanto's Q3 Earnings Down 45% [among other... →
Hugh Grant, chairman of Monsanto, announced earlier this summer that he expected his company would record dramatically lower profits, largely because of generic competition from Chinese versions of its once-popular weedkiller Roundup. But he put an upbeat spin on the down news, telling Reuters that the company was reducing the importance of Roundup to concentrate on more lucrative matters....
January 2010
8 posts
“The final freedom I want to address today flows from the four I’ve already...”
– Hillary Clinton on internet freedom, January 21 | Foreign Policy (via giantrobotlasers) (via tedr) (via rahmin)
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“Detroit is particularly well suited to become a pioneer in urban agriculture at...”
– What Should We Do With a Semi-Abandoned U.S. City? » INFRASTRUCTURIST
Hantz Farms will use a trellised system that’s compact, highly efficient, and tourist-friendly. It won’t be like apple picking in Massachusetts, and that’s the point. Score wants visitors to Hantz Farms to see that...
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SF Underground Farmers Market is Back! « forageSF →
Jan 28th, from 5-11pm
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“Some informed observers now believe Big Meat’s days are numbered. In an article...”
– The Year in Meat: 2009
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“low-effort ideas for ‘edible wall’:
* Make a garden out of a...”
– Local Eating Will Drive You Up the Wall — with a Vertical Garden | Sustainable Food | Change.org
5 Food Films Everyone Who Eats Should See →
Suggestions by Katherine Gustafson of Change.org: Food Inc., King Corn, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Super Size Me, The Future of Food
“Pollan: I think what’s about to happen, if we get this health care bill passed,...”
– Green Fork Blog — Find Good Food with the Eat Well Guide.
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“After spending several years trying to answer the supposedly incredibly...”
– Michael Pollan: “Food Rules”: A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis
December 2009
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