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5 Facts You Should Know About Shopping for Organic Food – Global Citizen
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Organic milk producers face 24% cost shortfall – report – Agriland.ie
December 1, 2021 9:27 amOrganic milk producers in Germany currently face a 24% shortfall in relation to costs, according to a new report. The German Farm Economics and Rural Studies Office (BAL) carried out the annual study on production costs for organic milk, which aims to complement the Milk Marker Index (MMI). The European Milk…
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Learning from the ground up: 2021 Good Fruit Grower of the Year – Good Fruit Grower
Mike Robinson constantly seeks ways to do things better.When he took the helm at Double Diamond Fruit a few years ago, he standardized pooling and accounting practices to increase transparency among owners. In the orchard, he was one of the first to use louvered netting panels so he could capitalize on sunshine and cool without…
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The Problem With Alice Waters and the “Slow Food” Movement – Jacobin magazine
LoginOur latest edition is out in print and online this month. Subscribe today and start reading.If we followed the advice of “slow food” advocates like Alice Water, we’d end up with literally billions hungry and more workers hyperexploited. There’s nothing progressive about the “slow food revolution.”Alice Waters hosting a dinner at Viader Vineyards in Napa,…
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General Mills talks growth of natural and organic segment – FoodNavigator-USA.com
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Several area farms star in MOFGA's new Maine Organic Marketplace in Freeport – Lewiston Sun Journal
Sign in or Subscribe See Offers • The Vault is moving to bigger quarters in Lewiston. • It's a skiing trifecta with Sunday River, Sugarloaf and Saddleback news. • Can you guess Maine's most-searched present for the holidays? This week, the Buzz is retailing, skiing, moving and apparently, hoping to find a PlayStation 5 under…
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Conservation ethic allows Monterey Bay farmers to thrive during drought – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Trending: Even as desperately needed rain continues to drench California, Central Valley farmers are still reeling from having their water supplies drastically reduced when the drought intensified last spring. Many farmers have been forced to rip out crops that can no longer be irrigated. Some have doubled or tripled their groundwater pumping as wells dry…
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Organic Farm-to-Hospital Program Eyes Menu Expansion – WebMD
A veteran executive chef with a passion for healthful eating. A 12-acre farm on site that grows kale, eggplants, winter squash, and 100 other crops. A menu that changes by the season.You may be familiar with farm-to-table restaurants. But have you heard of organic farm-to-hospital dining?Since 2014, patients, visitors, and staff at St. Luke’s University…
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Organic Farmers Hurt by Trump Administration Hope for a 'Level Playing Field' – In These Times
This article was published in collaboration with UpNorthNews and In These Times’ The Wisconsin Idea, an investigative reporting initiative focused on rural Wisconsin. Under the Trump administration, small organic farms were hurt when the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut off a proposed rule to protect their farming practices. Now, those farmers are getting a new opportunity to guard…