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Go Bananas During National Food Desert Awareness Month

Mari Gallagher | Posted 11.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Food, Health Policy, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Health, Food Politics, Food Access, Nutrition, Food Deserts, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

Fast, cheap and easy is not a porn film; it's the new American diet.

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Bad Seed Farm in Kansas City Brings Urban Farming to the Next Level: Legislation

Paula Crossfield | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Urban Agriculture, Zoning, Food Access, Urban Farming, Kansas City, Missouri, Organic Food, Green News
Paula Crossfield

How do we value urban land, and what are the existing laws on the books that keep urban agriculture from flourishing and feeding locals?

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Biotechnology Has Failed Us, So Why Promote It Abroad?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Eric Holt-Gimenez, Hunger, Biotechnology, International Development, Food Access, Africa, Food Policy, Gmos, The Green Revolution, Raj Patel, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Groups like the Gates Foundation are trying to renew the idea of creating a "Green Revolution for Africa," using many of the same methods that have been so bad for India.

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The Battle Over Sliced Apples: New York Senators Gillibrand and Aubertine Take Secretary Vilsack to Task on School Food

Paula Crossfield | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Processed Food, Secretary of Agriculture, Farm Bill, Food Access, Tom Vilsack, New Administration, School Food, Food Policy, Usda, Kirsten Gillibrand, Darrel Aubertine, Value-Added, Green News
Paula Crossfield

No, Gillibrand and Aubertine aren't lobbying for the Corn Refiners Association -- they are pushing for local food.

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