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Would You Like Extra Ractopamine With Your Pork, Sir?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 02.04.2013 | Home
Andrew Gunther

If you haven't heard of the drug ractopamine before, you're probably not alone. But if you've eaten intensively reared pork, beef or turkey, then you will almost certainly have consumed meat from an animal that's been fed the drug -- and probably eaten ractopamine yourself.

Eggs That Elevate Health, Conscience, and More?

Pooja R. Mottl | Posted 01.06.2013 | Green
Pooja R. Mottl

"Lucky" hens and their eggs live the way mother nature wants them to, on pastures! Their environments are free of pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals, and they're never administered hormones or drugs.

Will Yours Be a Sustainable Super Bowl Sunday?

Andrew Gunther | Posted 04.04.2012 | Home
Andrew Gunther

No one takes health and fitness more seriously than today's top football players. So isn't it kind of absurd that as we watch Sunday's game we will all be bombarded by advertisements for some of the unhealthiest junk food imaginable?

Twelve-Year-Old Farmer Is an Inspiration to Us All

Andrew Gunther | Posted 03.26.2012 | Home
Andrew Gunther

Shelby Grebenc of Broomfield, CO is founder of "Shelby's Happy Chapped Chicken Butt Farm," located 20 miles outside of Denver. At just 12 years-old, she is also the youngest Animal Welfare Approved farmer to date.

Eco Etiquette: What's The Greenest Thanksgiving Turkey?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 01.01.2012 | Green
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I'm about to order my Tha...

Pasture-Raised Dairy -- And Why It Makes Sense

Daniel Klein | Posted 07.20.2011 | Home
Daniel Klein

Earlier this week we posted the first in a series of short documentaries from around the country. Along with our weekly videos, we will be posting so...

The First Stop On The Perennial Plate Real Food Road Trip

Daniel Klein | Posted 07.16.2011 | Home
Daniel Klein

Last year we created 52 episodes about sustainable and adventurous food in Minnesota. For the final episode of this past season, we announced our pla...

The Good Slaughter: A Proud Meat Cutter Shows His Processing Floor

Liza de Guia | Posted 06.08.2011 | Home
Liza de Guia

"My hope is that my children will have the same passion for this as I do..." Meet Larry Althiser, the owner and head meat cutter for Larry's Custom M...

Building Artisan Slaughterhouses to Feed the Demand for Grass-fed Meat (Part 1)

Liza de Guia | Posted 06.08.2011 | Home
Liza de Guia

Meet Chris Harmon, the Executive Director of CADE, The Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship in New York State. CADE is a non-profit ...

Beware the Myths of Feedlot Marketeers

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Andrew Gunther

Industrialized animal agriculture has a lot to answer for when it comes to its impact on animal welfare, the environment, and the livelihood of family farms.

The Nutritional Superiority of Pasture Raised Animals

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
David Kirby

You are what you eat - and the same goes for the animals whose meat, milk and eggs you put in your mouth. We should not only be concerned about what we eat, but what our food eats as well.