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Eating Animals: Why Eating Matters

Kathy Freston | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books

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Kathy Freston

If ever there was a book that could profoundly affect our lives at the most fundamental level, this one is it.

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We Can't Reform Health Care without Reforming Food

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Big Food, Issue 2, Animal Rights, Humane Society, Rick Berman, Agriculture, Ohio, Illegal Immigration, Center for Consumer Freedom, Human Trafficking, Farms, Corporations, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Agribusiness, Food, Politics and Food, Health Care, Food Politics, Green News
Bob Cesca

Without any real changes in how our food is produced, the health care system will continue to bloat and fall apart. Not unlike the insides of an average American body.

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The Moral Ferocity of Eating Animals

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books

Read More: Veganism, Farming, Animal Cruelty, Vegetarian, Factory Farming, Why Our Health Matters, Books, Dr. Andrew Weil, Agriculture, Vegan, Factory Farms, Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, Omnivore's Dilemma, New Books, Vegetarianism, Michael Pollan, Books News, Farms, Food Politics, Eating Animals, Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News
Dr. Andrew Weil

If you eat meat from factories you have not absorbed the reality of factory farms. If you truly understood what happens inside these windowless animal jails and abattoirs, you simply would not eat this meat.

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Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals Turned Me Vegan

Natalie Portman | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

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Natalie Portman

Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist.

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10 Things We Should Teach Every Kid About Food

Rob Smart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Fast Food, Cooking, Children, Farmers, Education, Food, Food Retail, Community, Schools, Home Cooking, Gmo, Innovation, School, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, Curriculum, School Lunch, Food Marketing, Green News
Rob Smart

We must find creative ways to reintroduce food in its broadest sense to children's everyday activities, starting with school, in order to close the knowledge gap between farm and plate.

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Mr. Smith Plays the Farm Card

Rob Smart | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Industrial Food, Farmers, Food, Agriculture, Science, Fertilizers, Genetically Modified Food, Capitalism, Chemicals, Green News
Rob Smart

Right from the start, Mr. Smith works hard to make "good food" advocates out to be a powerful force hellbent on destroying our abundant food system.

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Farm Runoff Pollutes Drinking Water, Sickening People Nationwide

nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Factory Farms, Farms, Farm Runoff, Farm Waste, Food Politics, Green News

In Morrison, more than 100 wells were polluted by agricultural runoff within a few months, according to local officials. As parasites and bacteria see...

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From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 09.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Farms, Retail, Growing Power, The Jungle, Farmers, Food Retail, Will Allen, Upton Sinclair, Business, Fast Food Nation, Innovation, Usda, Slow Money, Michael Pollan, Pro Food, Food Inc., Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Local, Eric Schlosser, Pro, Investments, Triple Bottom Line, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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If Pets Are Protected From Animal Abuse, Why Not Farm Animals?

The Atlantic Food Channel | By Bill Niman and Nicolette Hahn Niman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Production, Farm Animals, Factory Farming, Farms, Animals, Industrial Agriculture, Animal Abuse, Green News

Most people know NFL quarterback Michael Vick jeopardized his career and went to prison for violating animal cruelty laws. What they likely don't real...

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Wind Farms Can Appear Sinister To The Weatherman

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Alternative Energy Sources, Weatherman, Green Energy, Farms, Wind Farms, Weather Forcasters, Strange Weather Stories, Green News

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Wind farms have been blamed for disrupting the lives of birds, bats and, most recently, the land-bound sage grouse. Now the...

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Killing Chickens At Home: Would You Do It? (PHOTOS)

Chelsea Green | Makenna Goodman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Slaughter, Food, Farming, Chickens, Slideshow, Killing Your Own Chickens, Local Food, Farms, Green News

Guest post by Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing Last night, we had fourteen people over for dinner. And they wanted chicken. Good thing we h...

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Is Whole Foods Losing Its Sustainable Luster?

Rob Smart | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: John Mackey, Farms, Whole Foods, Retail, Conventional Food, Wal-Mart, Farmers, Food, Food Retail, Business, Pro Food, Farmers Market, Community Supported Agriculture, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, Supermarkets, Food Cooperatives, Local, Green News
Rob Smart

Whole Foods' very presence in small regional markets undermines established relationships between regional food retailers and suppliers, including farmers, processors and related service providers.

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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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How To Run An Organic Farm Business (VIDEO)

Chelsea Green | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, How to Run an Organic Farm, Farming, Farming Business, Farms, Organic Farms, Agriculture, Green News

There are plenty of books out there on organic farming. (It's true--just check out our bookstore!) But there aren't a lot of books on the actual nuts-...

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Dinner in a Field of Dreams

Liz Neumark | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Katchkie Farm, Red Barn, Farm to Table, Food, New York Farms, Farming, Farms, New York News
Liz Neumark

It has been a dream to host a formal dinner on our farm. It was an idea discussed long ago which finally came to fruition.

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House Passes Far-Reaching Food Safety Bill

AP | The ASSOCIATED PRESS | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed a far-reaching food safety bill in the wake of the recent outbreak of salmonella in peanuts that killed at lea...

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Take A Green Vacation On A European Farm

Yahoo! News | JEANNIE NUSS, Associated Press Writer | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Farm Vacations, Organic Food, Farms, Working on Farms for Vacation, Wwoof, Green News

d SANTA EULALIA DEL MONTE, Spain - Backpackers pining for European adventure have discovered life on the farm, shoveling manure, feeding pigs and maki...

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Guess Who's Controlling Our Food Supply

Rob Smart | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Labeling, Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Usda, Pro Food, Monsanto, Industrial Food, Politics, Farmers, Sustainable, Food Retail, Food Safety, Supermarkets, Local, Food Marketing, Regulation, Business, Gmo, Green News
Rob Smart

It is hard to understand how a handful of companies have amassed so much control over food ingredients found in an estimated 75 percent of processed foods in America's supermarkets.

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Pro Food: Slow Food with an Entrepreneurial Twist

Rob Smart | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Investments, Pro Food, Slow Food, Farms, Sustainable Food, Social Entrepreneurship, Cooking, Sustainable Agriculture, Retail, Eating, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Green News
Rob Smart

Pro Food stands apart in its efforts to revitalize the entrepreneurial side of the American food system, with the express purpose of reestablishing the link between food and source, bringing together eaters and farmers in new, innovative ways.

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Sustainable Food Ripe for Entrepreneurs to Drive Forward

Rob Smart | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Farms, Innovation, Investments, Entrepeneurship, Retail Sales, Cooking, Food, Agriculture, Trends, Sustainability, Business, Consumers, Green News
Rob Smart

While perhaps it's not "broken," America's industrial food system has developed side effects that are accelerating in severity; diet-related health and environmental issues can no longer be ignored.

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Give Me Your Hungry; The Farm as Metaphor

Liz Neumark | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Sylvia Center, Katchkie Farm, Food, Farm System, Organic Food, Local Food, Farms, Green News
Liz Neumark

I stand in the fields and wonder why this access is a privilege and not a right. I wonder how we as a society accept the inequities and absurdities of our food system.

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Adventures in (Secret) Dining: Dinner Down on the (Queens County) Farm

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Supper Clubs, Not Eating Out in New York, Farms, Queens, New York City, Akiko Moorman, Cathy Erway, Michael Grady Robertson, Underground Supper Clubs, Queens County Farm, Urban Farms, Hapa Kitchen, Urban Agriculture, New York City Supper Clubs, Green News
Katherine Goldstein

Was I in the middle of Amish country or the middle of Queens? This is the magic of urban agriculture. I was charmed before I even had my first bite.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Living News
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Green Eggs and Ham

Isabel Cowles | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Local Farms, Food, Eating Green, Chicago Green Restaurants, Green Restaurants, Farms, Green Eating, Green News
Isabel Cowles

One of the risks of worrying about something as grand as the planet is that the concerns never end. As people and pollution proliferate, those apprehensions can be a heavy and constant burden.

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Farm-To-School Programs: Growing a Healthier America

Isabel Cowles | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Local Farming, Food Education, Farms, Health Care, Farm-to-School, Local Farmers, Farm to Table, Green News
Isabel Cowles

Food needs a piece of that seven billion dollar pie. For fortunate Americans, food is as much a source of entertainment as it is nourishment. Yet desp...

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