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California Food Banks Aggressively Seek Slow-Grown, Nutritious Food

Posted 12.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Los Angeles, Slow Grow, Produce, Locally Produced Food, California, Healthy Shelter Food, Food Banks, Healthy Food Options, Impact News

Food banks traditionally supplied with supermarket leftovers and corporate seconds are hurting as their usual providers cut corners and cut back. But ...

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Farmers Use Vending Machines To Sell Produce

Mother Nature Network | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Produce, Vending Machines, Farmers, Eat Local, Local Food, Germany, Produce Vendors, Green Commerce, Green News

In an effort to save money and labor, a farm in Germany has begun selling produce from vending machines. ...

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How Small Farmers Are Saving the World (And How You Can Help)

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Farming, Produce, Local, Farm, Urban Farming, Farmers Markets, Land, Green, Farm Country, Organic, Seasonal, The Giving Life, Careers, Living News
Julia Moulden

Driving through farm country this week - lush green fields, huge blue skies, produce stands filled to bursting - I was listening to a piece on the rad...

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Real Progress, 30 Years in the Making

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthy Food, Michael Nutter, Produce, Adolfo Carrion, Tom Vilsack, Supermarkets, Obama, Philadelphia, Policylink, Urban Affairs, Politics News
Angela Glover Blackwell

For the first time, I can see that the fight for equitable food access is winnable.

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NY Food: How Hard Is It To Get Fruits And Vegetables In The City?

Gotham Gazette/Huffington Post | Courtney Gross | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

Read More: NY Produce, NYC Shopping, Fruits, Produce, Food Problems NYC, Vegetables, Fruits and Vegetables in NY, Ny Food Drought, Produce in NY, New York News

Who knew finding an apple would be so difficult in the Big Apple? Less than a quarter of New York City food retailers -- everything from your local...

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Beyond Hippies And Treehuggers: The Urban Farming Revolution

CNN | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Produce, Soil, Atlanta, Organic Food, Urban Farming, Community Gardens, Will Allen, HABESHA Gardens, Gardening, Fresh Produce, Plot, Green Living, Green News

On a plot of soil, nestled against the backdrop of skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, a group of residents are turning a lack of access to fres...

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