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A Volunteer Day at Stone Barns, Celebrating Five Years of Sustainable Farming & Education

Cathy Erway | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Greenhouses, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Blue Hill Restaurant, Stone Barns, Jack Algiere, Seed Saving, Dan Barber, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Inc., Green News
Cathy Erway

A working farm and educational center, Stone Barns is perhaps the most lauded archetype for sustainable agriculture in the Northeast, and popular destination for eco-conscious foodies

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Big Agriculture Wants To Plow Under Climate Bill

Grist | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Climate Legislation, Gmo, Monsanto, Climate Bill, Green News

If the ag giants get their way, they could seriously compromise the legislation's ability to mitigate climate change. Few deny that changes in agricul...

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Greed in the Seed: The "Inconvenient Truth" of How Food Gets to Your Table Revealed in Food, Inc.

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Farming, Michael Pollan, Vegetarian, Factory Farming, Organic Food, Healthy, Health, Vegan, Economic Crisis, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Eating, Food Inc, Sustainable Farming, Meat, Wellness, Eric Schlosser, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

Food, Inc. is a film whose time has come. With the economic meltdown and the change at the White House, people are demanding more transparency and accountability from those in charge.

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MSNBC's Contessa Brewer Dives Into Urban Gardening (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Kitchen Gardens, Green Living, Giy, Urban Farming, Contessa Brewer, Green News

Contessa Brewer: MSNBC anchor and enthusiastic urban farming neophyte. She wanted to learn how to grow her own food, so she took a crack at it and ...

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Hop On The Homegrown Bandwagon

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Carleen Madigan, Farming, Dominique Browning, Gardening, Bill Mckibben, Self-Sufficiency, Eartha Kitt, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Madigan's book, aptly billed as "the Indispensible Guide To Food Self-Sufficiency," is an invaluable resource to help you tackle just about any homegrown, made-from-scratch project.

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Farmer Heroes

Lorna Sass | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Badlands, Fresh the Movie, Farming, Caineville, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Utah Farming, Utah, Randy Ramsley, Green News
Lorna Sass

Through hard work, these farmers have developed a method of farming sustainably in the Utah desert at the same time as they improve the soil in these badlands.

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Still Searching For A Fruitful Summer Internship? Consider Farming

nytimes.com | Kim Severson | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Internships, Organic Farming, Farming, Careers, Jobs, Organic Internships, Health, Agriculture, Living News

They come armed with little more than soft hands and dog-eared copies of Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma," which takes a dim view of industri...

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Owls: Israel's Organic Pesticides

BBC NEWS | Posted 06.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Israel, Pesticides, Farming, Owls, Animals, Green News

Owls and kestrels are being employed as agricultural pest controllers in the Middle East. Many farmers are installing nest boxes to encourage the b...

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Am Food. Will Not Travel

Carolynn Carreño | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Wood Prairie Farm, Maine Potatoes, Lay's, Carolynn Carreno, Farming, Farmers Markets, Food, Potato Chips, Green News
Carolynn Carreño

Potato chip advertisements touting the importance of family farms and local food are fundamentally deceptive and offer all the more reason to shop at your local farmers market.

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The Real Problem With Our Food System: A Response to Makenna Goodman

Gary Hirshberg | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Food, Organic, Environment, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt, Green Living, Organic Food, Stonyfield Farm, Joel Salatin, Food Inc, Green News
Gary Hirshberg

After more than 25 years of environmental activism and a life and career dedicated to organic, I can assure readers organic is better.

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Farmer: It's Bad Farming, Not Meat, Responsible For Waste

Chelsea Green | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Eating Matters, Environment, Waste, Pollution, Meat, Green News

It is not meat eating that is responsible for increased CO2; it is the corn/ soybean/ feedlot/ transportation system under which industrial animals ar...

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Swine Flu Transferrable Through Raw Pork

Grist | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Factory Farming, Eating Matters, Swine Flu, Food, Cafos, Meat, Raw Pork, Green News

"Meat from sick pigs or pigs found dead should not be processed or used for human consumption under any circumstances," Jorgen Schlundt, director of W...

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Jordan River Clean-Up Needs Pope's Help, Say Environmentalists

AFP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Jordan River Clean Up, Farming, Jordan River, Environment, Pollution, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope, Green News

"The world's most holy river is under threat," Israel's Zalul Environmental Association said in an open letter to the pontiff who was scheduled to arr...

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Ambrosia Beetle Attacking Florida's Avocado Industry

AP | SARAH LARIMER | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Ambrosia Beetle, Food, Farming, Florida, Avocado, Green News

MIAMI — A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry. Scientists are tracking the redbay ambrosi...

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Half Of US Sewage Sludge Ends Up On Crops: So?

Grist | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Sewage, Sewage Sludge, Farming, Pollution, Green News

Three hundred million Americans head to the restroom multiple times a day. The amount of sludge produced staggers the mind--7 million dry tons per yea...

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Ethanol Crops: DOUBLE-WHAMMY CHALLENGE For Obama

startribune.com | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Farming, Ethanol Crops Suffer, Environment, Ethanol, Ethanol Crops, Green News

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration renewed its commitment Tuesday to speed up investments in ethanol and other biofuels while seeking to deflect so...

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Food and Farming in Obama's First 100 Days

Michael Pollan | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Michelle Obama, Michael Pollan, President Obama, Organic Food, Crop Subsidies, Sustainable Food, Tom Vilsack, White House Garden, Nutrition, Agriculture, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Obama's First 100 Days, Gardening, 100 Days, Green News
Michael Pollan

Perhaps the most encouraging action so far has come from the East Wing, where Michelle Obama has been speaking out about the importance of real, fresh food, home cooking and gardening.

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Swine Flu May Have Evolved At US Hog Farms

Grist, WSJ | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Cafo, Farming, Hog Farms, Animals, H1n1, Swine Flu, Green News

With swine flu panic sweeping the globe, scientists appear to finally be getting closer to determining its origin -- and it's not quite as clear-cut a...

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Swine Flu Counter: US Cases, Sorted By State

Center For Disease Control | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Cafo, Farming, Swine Flu Counter, Cdc, Swine Flu Us Cases, Swine Flu Cases, Swine Flu, Green News

The outbreak of disease in people caused by a new influenza virus of swine origin continues to grow in the United States and internationally. Today, C...

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Folsom Dam, Salmon, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, San-Joaquin-River, Water Recycling, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Interior Secretary, American Rivers, Water Reuse, Ken-Salazar-Interior-Secretary, Recycling, Endangered Salmon, Environmental Defense Fund, Ken Salazar, Endangered River, Fisheries, Battle Creek Salmon Steelhead, Farming, Contra Costa, California, Contra Costa Canal, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Water Scarcity, Federal Stimulus, Endangered-Fish, California's Central Valley, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Water, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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Grow A Lot Of Potatoes In Very Little Space

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Gardening, Green Living, Potatoes, Growing Potatoes, Giy, Victory Garden, Green News

Who says you need a huge garden to grow a whole lot of potatoes? Nobody--at least not anymore. Turns out you can grow up to 100 lbs of potatoes, and a...

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America's Dangerous Short Sighted Future

Tri Robinson | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Heirloom-Vegetables, Bioengineered Seeds, Hybrid Seeds, Agriculture, Farmers, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Heirloom Seeds, Gardening, Famers Suicide, Sustainable, Green News
Tri Robinson

Heirloom seed will continue to serve humanity as long as there are stewards who understand their value and continue to protect their integrity.

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The 10 Easiest Vegetables To Grow At Home

EcoSalon | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Farming, Vegetable Garden, Urban Gardening, Giy, Victory Garden, Green News

Gardening is hot, hot, hot. And why not? Planting a few seeds on your deck or in your backyard yields delicious, organic results - and money savings, ...

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Sliding-Roof Greenhouse Finds Own Natural Light

dornob | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Design, Sliding Roof Greenhouse, Farming, Greenhouse, Green Technology, Green News

The moving part of this remarkable sliding building is a whopping 50 tons and nearly 100 feet long. Gliding on rails, this enclosing exterior element ...

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It's Time to Take the Pharma Out of Farming

Steve Ells | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Food Matters, Politics of Food, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Antibiotics, Farm Animals, Chipotle, Agribusiness, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Animals, Meat, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Steve Ells

Antibiotic use is not a prerequisite to life on the farm, but rather a threat to life itself. Let's preserve these drugs for the sick animals and humans who need them.

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