Want Another Reason To Grow Your Own Salad Greens?

February 2, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

If you need another reason to grow your own salad greens this upcoming gardening season, here is on from the March 2010 issue of Consumer Reports magazine,
You might think that “pre-washed” and “triple-washed” salad greens sold in plastic clamshells or bags are squeaky clean. But our recent tests found room for improvement.
No, we didn’t find [...]

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Food, Inc. Nominated For Academy Award

February 2, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

The hard hitting documentary Food, Inc. was nominated today for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary category. It goes up against four other top docu-films, all important in their own right: Burma VJ, The Cove, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers and Which Way Home.
The food industry must [...]

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Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET First To Receive Non-GMO Project Certification

February 2, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET® is a large hydroponic fresh produce grower and distributor that has received the first Certificate of Compliance for the Non-GMO Project Verification Program. Mastronardi is Canadian based with greenhouse operations in Canada, USA. Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatamala, Nicaragua, and Panama totaling 1,400 acres. The company is a family owned operation that [...]

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Food Beware—The French Organic Revolution

February 2, 2010 Compost

From Organic Connections magazine,
The Gard district of the French countryside is singularly beautiful. Nestled at the foot of the Cévennes mountain range, it is a vision of rolling hills, trees, crops and wildflowers. Against this backdrop, in the small village of Barjac, we see a true story come to life in the French documentary Food [...]

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