Homebuyers Lured By Newly Planted Organic Farms

July 1, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

All around the U.S., subdivision developers are building housing developments around organic farms in hopes it will increase the chance of someone buying their newly built homes.
The success of two initial developments, one outside Chicago and the other outside Boise, Idaho, proved the concept worked, and like-minded developers around the country are trying it on [...]

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Secrets Of A Rooftop Garden From CBS

July 1, 2009 Flowers

On Wednesday morning’s Early Show on CBS, they had a four minute feature on ten secrets of rooftop and patio gardens. A good lightweight container is the first secret. Then they share nine more:

William Moss is the CBS garden expert and he has more on urban gardening on his site, William’s Web.

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Whole Foods Market & United Natural Foods, Inc Undermining Organic With “Natural” And “Eco-Label”

July 1, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

The Organic Consumers Association claims Whole Foods Market and United Natural Foods, Inc. are undermining the decades long building up of the certified organic brand by labeling foods with the “natural” label or the “eco” label.

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