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August 4, 2008

We Need To Eat Locally Again

OpEd News By Jim Goodman Because we have a globalized food system, we have a food crisis. Food is shipped all over the world, poor ...

July 17, 2008

Wal-Mart Comes to the Farmers Market

As the ground shifts under their feet, food giants experiment with new strategies Grist Tom Philipott For more than a generation, the major corporations that ...

June 30, 2008

Unnatural Roots of the Food Crisis

BBC News VIEWPOINT — Gonzalo Oviedo As representatives of the world’s governments gather to address shortages in major foodstuffs and rising prices, Gonzalo Oviedo counsels ...

June 28, 2008

Eat That?

Agriculture secretary’s reassurance rings hollow in light of current industrial beef processing The Houston Chronicle Editorial U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer recently assured Americans that ...

May 5, 2008

Now, a Commodities Conundrum

The Washington Post By Steven Pearlstein, Business Columnist The global financial system these days is beginning to look like a giant Whac-a-Mole game — when ...

April 28, 2008

Hole in the Middle

To make local food more accessible, time to revive mid-sized farms Grist By Tom Philpott Most people probably don’t think of Carrboro, North Carolina — ...

April 8, 2008

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations — Why You Should Care

Jim Goodman I have farmed for 30 years, land that has been in my family since 1848. Farming has gotten pretty intensive, small farms with ...

March 24, 2008

What’s Not for Dinner — Wild Salmon

Enviroblog Environmental Working Group One of the glories of life in Northern California is the annual harvest of wild chinook salmon. We mark the beginning ...

March 14, 2008

How Now, Organic Cow?

As energy, healthcare, and feed costs skyrocket, organic dairy farmers get squeezed Guest post by Ed Maltby, executive director Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance Deerfield, ...

March 12, 2008

Pay Rent and Eat Too?

Rising food prices hit home around the world Grist Tom Philipott Hey you, in the supermarket line — yeah, you, the one with the stuffed ...

March 3, 2008

My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables)

New York Times By Jack Hedin Rushford, Minn. If you’ve stood in line at a farmers’ market recently, you know that the local food movement ...

January 31, 2008

Cloning: Anything but Natural

By Jim Goodman Advocates of cloning would have us believe it is just another technology on a continuum of breeding methods used in agriculture, and ...