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You and I Call It Hunger; USDA Calls It Food Insecurity

David Becker | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: USDA Policy, Hunger, Usda, Hunger in the United States, Childhood Nutrition, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Csa, Impact News
David Becker

A USDA report released Monday found the highest rate of food insecurity in 13 years. Almost one in six American households, or 17 million households, are food insecure.

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Eco Etiquette: How To Eat Local This Winter

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Community Supported Agriculture, Green Living, Winter CSAs, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Csa, Farmers Markets, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

For those of us in the Midwest, summer is so much easier when it comes to eating local -- lots of farmers markets stocked with goodies from local grow...

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The Armchair Locavore No More, Thanks to No Impact Week

Susie Middleton | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Striped Bass, No Impact Week, Local Food, Recipes, Local Eating, 100-Mile Diet, Chest Freezer, Family Farms, Seasonal, Locavore, Csa, Martha's Vineyard, Green News
Susie Middleton

One hard lesson I learned this year--if you're going to grow or harvest a lot of your food locally and seasonally, you must learn how to preserve it, or much of it will go bad.

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The True Cost -- and Reward -- of Fresh Food: Time Well Spent

Susie Middleton | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Cheap Food, Small Farmers, Preserving, Local Food, Recipes, Food Costs, Csa, Organic Food, Gardening, Living News
Susie Middleton

The usual argument against sustainable food is that it costs too much; but my farm share (which I pay directly to the farmer) is a bargain.

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Dear Julia Child, We Need You!

Rob Smart | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Chefs, Television, Farms, Cooking, Farmers, Community-Supported Agriculture, Kitchen, Julia Child, Food, Home, Farmers Market, Csa, Mark Bittman, Green News
Rob Smart

I wonder how the rising popularity of cooking networks and shows about cooking has contributed to the migration of eating away from the home.

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The Truck Farm: The Coolest Urban Agriculture Project Around (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Urban Farming, Community Sustainable Agriculture, Green, Ian Cheney, Sustainable Farming, Green Living, Green Living Tips, Wicked Delicate, Dr. Marion Nestle, Fresh Vegetables, Brooklyn Truck Farm, Marion Nestle, Politics of Food, Mobile Farm, Truck Farm, Curt Ellis, Home-Grown Vegetables, Food Politics, Vegetables, Local Vegetables, Food, Local Farmers, Csa, Green News

Struck with the urge to build a garden but with no land to grow it on, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis (co-creators of the film King Corn) of Wicked Delica...

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Community-Supported Agriculture: Great Cheap, Green Veggies

Chelsea Green | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Community Supported Agriculture, Food, Green Living, Eating Matters, Csa, Green News

The following is an excerpt from Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture by Elizabeth Henderson and Robyn Van En. It...

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From Gardening to Farming: A Glimpse at Long Island's Garden of Eve Organic Farm

Cathy Erway | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Community Supported Agriculture, Organic Farming, Garden of Eve, Long Island Farms, Chemical-Free Farming, Pesticide-Free Farming, Csa, Agriculture, Green News
Cathy Erway

After a trip out to Garden of Eve organic farm in Riverhead, I was introduced to a world of old-school farming values being led for the most part by young and fresh-thinking pioneers.

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A Survival Guide to Eating Chicken you Can Feel Good About

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Chicken, Certified Humane, Sustainable Food, Livestock, Barefoot Contessa, Sustainable Agriculture, River Cottage Cookbook, Csa, Green Living, Green News
Jerusha Klemperer

Without getting into the gory details, industrially produced chickens lead a (how do I say this nicely?) less than charmed life. I outline your various options for how/where to get chicken you can feel good about.

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Community Supported Agriculture: Green Food At Your Doorstep

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Vegetarian, Food Matters, Local Food, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Local Food Movement, Csa, Vegan, Sustainability, Community Supported Agriculture, Green Living, Locavore, Green News

Short of tilling your own backyard, joining a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme is perhaps the most effective way you can green your eating...

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The Salad Bowl Of The East Coast: Organic Greens, Grown In Maine

Good | Peter Smith | Posted 12.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Organic Farming, Farming, Whole Foods, Local, Agriculture, Locavore, Atlantic Organic, Eating Matters, Organic Food, Maine, Csa, Food Politics, Environment, Salad, New England, Trader Joe’s, Green News

Ben Dobson is making the 3,000-mile salad a thing of the past. He has planted 170 acres of salad greens this year, and the 24-year-old farmer is hopin...

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Coming Together For A Three Day Sleepover Music Festival To Help Multi-Culture Agriculture In The Northwest

Patricia Amaya | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Chelalis River, Green Living, Northwest, Csa, Agriculture, Community, Local Music Festival, Food Coop, Multi-Culture Farming, Oganic Food, Benefit Concert, Sleepover, Green News
Patricia Amaya

The three day Sleepover will feature homemade organic foods with the proceeds being donated to Thurston County Gleaners Coalition.

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