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Monsanto’s U.S. Supreme Court Appeal: Could The Fix Already Be In?

March 10, 2010 Environment

We saw what good corporate citizens the US Supreme Court were a few weeks ago when they ruled 5-4 in favor of corporations, giving them the rights of free speech and personhood by allowing them to throw unlimited amounts of money into political campaigns and buy their own personal Congressional Representative or Senator.
Now the Supremes [...]

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Triscuit Crackers Promotes Home Farming Movement

March 10, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Pay attention the next time you have the late night munchies, reaching for the box of Triscuit crackers and start chowing down without looking closely. Four million packages of Original and Reduced-Fat Triscuit crackers will include cards with basil or dill herb seeds that can be planted directly into the ground.
The new campaign by Triscuit [...]

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In A Few Short Years, Organic Has Become The Norm

March 10, 2010 Compost

It was just a few short years ago that organic gardeners and growers were looked upon as freaks of nature in the gardening world. Miracle-Gro, Roundup and Peters were the norm on the shelves of garden sheds in most places. Now, those products are kept out of sight and usually shunned at the garden center. [...]

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Students See Growth Potential Of Aquaponic Tomatoes

March 10, 2010 Aquaponics

Zack Harold writes in the Charleston Daily Mail,
Winter is not a good time for fresh tomato lovers. You either chow down on hard hothouse tomatoes that taste like cardboard, or simply do without. And that last option isn’t much of an option at all.
Barbara Liedl, associate research professor at West Virginia State University, wants to [...]

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Three Acre Urban Farm Planned For Skokie

March 9, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

The urban farm movement is happening in large cities like New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee and Detroit. It is also happening in small towns like Skokie, Illinois as Mike Isaacs writes on the Skokie-Review.com,
The Skokie Park District is trying to acquire about three acres of property near Howard Street and the North Shore Channel that [...]

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The Ten Most Inspiring People In Sustainable Food

March 9, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

Fast Company magazine lists and describes their The Ten Most Inspiring People in Sustainable Food, many of which I have mentioned in posts the past year.  I am sure everyone has their own local list of inspiring people but these are the national ones that Fast Company recognizes.

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European Union Approves GMO Potato

March 9, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

The European Union has traditionally rejected approval of GMO vegetables but in a surprising reversal, the EU has approved a GMO potato, which critics fear the plant could spread antibiotic-resistant diseases to humans, as Martin Hickman and Genevieve Roberts write in The Independent,
The introduction of a genetically modified potato in Europe risks the development of [...]

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Forgotten Flavors Of Heirlooms

March 8, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Richard Cornish writes about the forgotten flavors of heirloom edible garden plants on theage.com.au,
THERE’S a melon on the kitchen bench. Pale yellow with green stripes, its scent fills the room with a deep, sweet aroma of honeysuckle blossoms and a minty hint of musk. The flesh drips with juice, shimmers in the morning light and [...]

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The Wealthy Are Buying Up Farms And Water Rights In Africa While The Locals Go Hungry

March 8, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

I have commented before on posts related to this; the world grows enough food, it is the agri-biz industrial food distribution system, and the abject poverty around the world that is the cause of world hunger. Now the wealthy countries are buying up farm land and water rights in Africa and other parts of the [...]

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Newest Idaho Greenhouse Is State Of The Art

March 7, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

The recently completed greenhouse at the College of Southern Idaho is the most modern educational facility in the state of Idaho. It grows plants using hydroponics and aeroponics, soil less systems that grow the plants faster than in soil.

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