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Organic Food Industry

'American Agriculture Is Under Siege'

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.17.2013 | Green
Read More: Farm Bill, Video, Organic Food Industry, Traditional Agriculture, Organic Food, Organic Farmers, Agriculture, Kurt Schrader, Green News

WASHINGTON — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasin...

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Why Does Michael Pollan Think Cooking Is an Escape From Corporations?

Michael Hobbes | Posted 05.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Food, Michael Pollan, Michael Pollan Cooking, Organic Food Industry, Monsanto, Michael Pollan Food Industry, Green News
Michael Hobbes

In the United States, it's nearly impossible to buy food that wasn't grown from corporate seeds, sprayed with corporate pesticides, plucked from a corporate megafarm.

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The Emperors of Rural America

Evaggelos Vallianatos | Posted 10.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Industrial Food Industry, Organic Farming, Conventional Food, Organic Food Industry, Industrial Food System, Conventional Farming, Industrial Food, Home News
Evaggelos Vallianatos

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has hundreds of scientists and dozens of laboratories devoted to serving large farmers. The country's 65 public agricultural universities do the bidding of large farmers.

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Mompreneurs: Building a Business and Living a Legacy

Sandy Abrams | Posted 09.15.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Health Foods, Nicole Dawes, Organic, Organic Food Industry, Sustainable Foods, Organic Business, Small Business News
Sandy Abrams

At 12 years old, Nicole Dawes, founder of Late July, started baking all natural cookies and selling them to a local deli. This was just the beginning. Dawes is committed to her larger mission of creating a legacy for the sustainable future of our food system.

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