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Dawn Swidorski profile image72

Organic vs. Conventional Farming

A recent study showed that 56% of Americans don't know what organically grown means and so are reluctant to pay what seems like more money for organically grown produce. Today we're going to set the facts...

5 comments    health food environment
Marye Audet profile image83

Ultrapasteurized:What Does It Mean?

What are ultrapasteurized dairy products and how does pasteurization affect the nutritional value of milk? What about raw milk? Is raw milk really full of diseases?

3 comments    health milk dairy
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A MacArthur Fellowship for an Urban Farmer: Will Allen

Will Allen, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has decided to make it his mission to bring affordable healthy food to families in city neighborhoods that generally lack quality fresh food. In 1995, he established a...

0 comments    composting vermiculture
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Global Warming - A Local Perspective

We now know that the climate of the planet we all depend upon for survival is changing, and that the earth is warming at a rate unprecedented in recorded history. Human activities have been altering the...

1 comment    health global warming recycling
Eric Normand profile image67

A Different Opinion on Climate Change and Cow Burps

In a recent article in the South Cheatham Advocate, "An opinion on Climate Change and Cow Burps", Pettus L Read stated that “climate change worrying do-gooders want regulations put on cows and...

0 comments    climate change conservation
John D Lee profile image65

Ecological grocery shopping. The hidden oil in the foods we eat

It's strange to think of oil and food as interlinked, and images of barrels of crude seem incongruous with thoughts of ripe vegetables, and steaks on the grill; but the reality of our current food production...

3 comments    food processed foods peak oil
Goats, not just cows, provide alot of milk for raw milk cheeses.71

No More Raw Milk Cheese?

Artisan raw milk cheeses are created by small dairies and family run farms. Normally the milk is organic and the animals are pastured and treated humanely. The cheese produced in these small dairies is...

2 comments    food small business fda
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