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Elizabeth Kucinich: God Did Not Write the Farm Bill

2013-05-19T20:17:03Z

Don't want a children's toy containing lead paint manufactured with child labor in your state? Congressman King and the House Agriculture Committee say "tough." Want the workers in your state to have a better chance? Your state won't have the right to choose. The Feds are encroaching.

Read more: Healthy Food, Steve King, House Farm Bill, Safe Food, Organic Food, Farm and Food Bill, Big Ag, Pollinators, Bee Population, Farm Bill, Rep. Steve King, Green News

'American Agriculture Is Under Siege'

2013-05-17T08:32:18Z

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

Read more: Farm Bill, Video, Organic Food Industry, Traditional Agriculture, Organic Food, Organic Farmers, Agriculture, Kurt Schrader, Green News

Eric Holt Gimenez: Farm Bill Fiasco: What Now?

2013-05-14T20:33:34Z

After months of extensions and some breathtaking backdoor dealing, it's time to ask: What are we -- and our rapidly eroding farmlands -- getting out of the bargains being cut between a handful of legislators and the powerful agribusiness lobby?

Read more: Organic Farming, Farming, Food, Food Fight, Organic Food, Agriculture, Congress, u.s. Senate Agricultural Committee, Agribusiness, Green News

Daniel Klein: WARNING: Spanish Food Road Trip Will Cause Hunger

2013-05-14T16:07:22Z

Jamon, squid ink, anchovies, chorizo, wine, cheese... Spain is really one of the great culinary countries of the world.

Read more: Daniel Klein, Mirra Fine, Galicia, Barcelona, Food Porn, Road Trip, Vidéo Virale, Perennial Plate, Spain, Organic, Basque Country, Intrepid Travel, Sustainable, Foodie Travel, Taste News

Rolfe Hanson: Organic Wine: What to Buy, What to Avoid

2013-05-13T09:18:45Z

Which wines labeled as organic are really worth a look?

Read more: Organic Viticulture, Organic Brands, Organic Wine, Ecocert, Best Organic Wines, Wine, Taste News

Elizabeth Kucinich: Mothers of Pure Food, Rebirthing a Movement

2013-05-10T13:51:52Z

This Mother's Day, let us remember mothers and women who understood the patriotic nature of standing up for wholesome food, of standing up for the health of young children who would become our future.

Read more: Organic Farming, Congress, Children, Mother's Day, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Regulation, Sustainable Agriculture, Fda, Food Politics, Healthy Eating, Healthy Food, Farming, Gmos, Factory Farming, Personal Health, Pure Food, Free Trade, Franklin Roosevelt, GMO Labeling, Mothers, Toxic Chemicals, Farm Bill, Senate, Women's Health, Health, Deregulation, Environment, Food, Food Safety, Food Borne Illness, Industrial Agriculture, Children's Health, Gmo, Food Bill, Politics News

Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen: What's New in Burgundy?

2013-05-10T13:28:23Z

We have been visiting Burgundy for fifteen years, and although wine has been made here since the first century AD and tradition reigns strong, there is always something new afoot in the original home of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

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Anne Maxfield: 6 Ideas for Picking a Great CSA

2013-05-06T15:48:26Z

A CSA is a great way of exploring new foods, while supporting farmers. Here are some guidelines for picking the right CSA.

Read more: Produce, Veggies, Csa, Farmers, Greenmarkets, Accidental Locavore, Community Sponsored Agriculture, Organic, Food for Thought, Primarie Centrosinistra, Taste News

Maria Rodale: The Only Real Way to End GMOs

2013-05-06T08:26:01Z

The other day I was feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and defeated about the whole GMO thing. There is SO MUCH evidence that GMOs, and the chemicals th...

Read more: Maria Rodale, Buy Organic, Label GMOs, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Organic, Gmo, Green News

Jeff Stier: Ideologically Contaminated Produce Shopper's Guide Undermines Health

2013-05-03T14:05:35Z

We will never convince the intransigent ideologues of the error of their ways, but the media can -- and must -- do better at presenting accurate and complete information about pesticides.

Read more: Junk Science, Organic Food, Environment, Ewg, Food, Usda, Obesity, Dirty Dozen, Food Politics, Media News

Amanda Magee: Life Plans: Use Pencils

2013-05-03T11:36:18Z

Realizing the vastness of things, the number of people here and gone and still to come, doesn't make my sorrow fade, nor does it temper the exquisite joy of making the house ring with the peals of my daughters' delighted laughter. What it does is it lets me breathe.

Read more: Seeds, Life, Organic Gardening, Daughters, Detours, Living in the Present, Empathy, Living in the Moment, Life Lessons, Mothers and Daughters, Gratitude, Life and Death, Life Plans, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Maia James: Indoor Garden for City Kids

2013-04-29T16:48:51Z

Last weekend, my parents came to visit, and my dad brought an indoor vegetable garden for Felix. We live in a small New York City apartment, and I have long felt sad that Felix would be denied the chance to have a garden of his own.

Read more: Organic Gardening, Urban Gardening, Gardening With Kids, Indoor Garden, Raising Kids in New York City, Vegetable Garden, New York City, Parents News

Yogi Cameron Alborzian: Let's (Not) Be Blunt

2013-04-29T11:51:09Z

Let us take the people who are the greatest examples of health and put them in charge of the regulations that affect our own health. And let us take the most peaceful people and make them our leaders.

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Ocean Robbins: Monsanto Hates This

2013-04-26T22:04:27Z

Monsanto and their buddies in big agribusiness might want to dominate the world's food supply. But a growing movement of concerned citizens is getting fed up and fighting back.

Read more: Farm Animals, Food, Monsanto, Organic Food, GMO Labeling, Natural Food, Food Revolution Summit, Monsanto Agribusiness, Green News

Zach Puchtel: Abundant Gardens

2013-04-26T17:23:56Z

If you're a person looking for something to sink your teeth into that will produce a tangibly positive change in the world, I have just the thing for you.

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Do You Buy Organic Foods? (POLL)

2013-04-23T17:03:33Z

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Dr. Dave Randle: Food Choices Are a Key Strategy for Sustainable Tourism

2013-04-24T22:59:07Z

Most people agree that good tasting food is part of what makes our travels more enjoyable. Unfortunately, the food served at tourism resorts is ofte...

Read more: Climate-Change, Sustainable Seafood, Organic Food, Sustainable Tourism, Hydroponic Food, Green News

'Eating Organic Is Like Giving Monsanto The Finger'

2013-04-24T17:16:33Z

A new ad campaign is looking to target household chemicals found in everyday life in a series of dark and witty images. Abe's Market, an online eco-re...

Read more: Abes Market, Toxic Chemicals, Abes Market Chemicals, HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS, Abes Market Dishing Dirty, Green-Living, Dishing Dirty, Organic Foods, Chemicals at Home, Green News

Donna Fish: Every Day Is Earth Day at Charlie Hong Kong

2013-04-24T11:41:16Z

What families who really are struggling with low incomes, poverty, can afford to shop organic, afford to feed their kids great organic farm to table food? Well, the answer is here. For those lucky enough to live in Santa Cruz, CA, that is.

Read more: Fast-Food-Franchises, Organic Food, Earth Day, Education Policy, Organic Farmers, Healthy Eating, San Francisco News

Rohit Kumar: How the Local Food Movement Is Transforming Race Relations in America

2013-04-23T15:50:36Z

My suburban street is a picture of American diversity. Nine ethnicities from around the world inhabit this residential area: blacks, whites, Hispanics...

Read more: Organic Farming, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Urban Farming, Ethnicity, Race Relations, Race, Diversity, Green News

Poll Reveals Surprising Attitudes About Organic Food

2013-04-22T17:50:32Z

More than half of Americans think an organic label is just an excuse to charge higher prices even though more people are concerned about the environme...

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Wenonah Hauter: Bust the Trust and the Bypass

2013-04-19T10:39:57Z

Farmers impart stories of having to sell their land and find other work because they can't compete in an unfair marketplace. Former neighborhood market owners explain how they've been pushed out of business by large national chains.

Read more: Food & Water Watch, Civil Liberties, Politics, California, Organic Food, Rural America, Grassroots, Farmers, Antitrust, Police Brutality, Food, Community Organizing, Corporate Greed, Foodopoly, Willits, Green News

Heritage Radio Network: Eating Healthy to Save the Earth

2013-04-19T10:02:51Z

As we think about Earth day and what that means to each of us, take advantage of these simple and accessible ways to do your part. Your body and your planet will thank you.

Read more: Anna Lappé, Climate Change, Organic Gardening, Cathy Erway, Sustainable Food, Earth Day 2013, Earth Day, Sustainable Agriculture, Taste News

Epicurious: 7 Ways to Eat Green and Save Money

2013-04-17T12:38:05Z

In honor of Earth month, how to eat green on budget.

Read more: Food, Eat Green, Organic Food, Money Saving Tips, Sunday Magazine, Sustainable Food, Taste News

Daniel Klein: Coconut: Nose to Tail

2013-04-16T10:06:22Z

In Sri Lanka, the coconut is, in a sense, a source of life.

Read more: Coconut Milk, Sri Lanka, Perennial Plate, Coconut, Organic, Nose to Tail, Sustainable, Mirra Fine, Foodie Travel, Sambal, Chilli, Coconut Water, Daniel Klein, Recipe, Intrepid Travel, Taste News