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Agricultural Industry

Would You Pay a Penny/lb of Veggies to Stop Slavery?

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 04.25.2013 | Impact
Read More: Farmworker Rights, Fair Trade, Equality, Food Chains, Agricultural Industry, Equal Rights, Penny for Pound, Summer Rayne Oakes Conversations, Human Rights, Summer Rayne Oakes Podcast, Health, Penny for Lb, Slavery, Food, Sanjay Rawal, Summer Rayne Oakes, Farmworkers, U.S. Ag, Eva Longoria, Video, Impact News
Summer Rayne Oakes

Sanjay Rawal, director of Food Chains discusses with us in the first episode of "SRO Conversations" why a "Penny for Pound" policy may just work to help bring an end to modern-day slavery of domestic farmworkers in America.

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'FRANKENFOODS': What The Food Industry Doesn't Want You To Know

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 04.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Food as Medicine, Nutrition, Processed Food, Big Pharma, Big Food, Sustainable Food, Health News, Agricultural Industry, Diet and Nutrition, Sustainable Foods, Processed Foods, Big Agriculture, Agriculture Industry, Food Industry, Healthy Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

The sustainability of our planet, our health, and our food supply are inextricably linked. The ecology of eating -- the importance of what you put on your fork -- has never been more critical to our survival as a nation or as a species. The earth will survive our self-destruction, but we may not.

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Occupy Your Table: Why I'm Staging A 'Fork In'

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Food as Medicine, Nutrition, Big Pharma, Processed Food, Big Food, Sustainable Food, Agricultural Industry, Diet and Nutrition, Sustainable Foods, Big Agriculture, Processed Foods, Health News, Food Industry, Agriculture Industry, Healthy Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

Our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies is the fork. What we put on it has tremendous implications, not just for our waistlines but also for the planet and our global economy.

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Commodities Farmers Rake It In But Remain Cautious Due To Economy

AP | By DAVID MERCER | Posted 11.01.2011 | Home
Read More: Commodities Prices, Farmer Income, Commodities, Corn Farmer Pay, Agriculture, Farmers, Farmer Pay, Agricultural Industry, Soy Farmer Pay, Home News

DECATUR, Ill. -- More than 600 companies set up tents and booths at the annual Farm Progress Show, but a list of the companies that didn't get in give...

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