Tag: food
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Greenpeace: Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees
GREENPEACE SWITZERLAND — Greenpeace Switzerland scaled Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and dropped a large banner proclaiming “Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees” …
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Big City Farmers Take to the Rooftops
YES! MAGAZINE — Brooklyn may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of gardening. The dense population and high cost of land means there is precious little space for …
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Got Aspartame? Dairy Industry’s Plan to Add Artificial Sweeteners in Milk
FOOD POLITICS — The dairy industry wants to be able to add artificial sweeteners to chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milk without saying so on the front panel of the package …
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Growing Green Awards: Renewing Equity and Opportunity in the Local Food System
ONEARTH — With the goal of creating self-reliant communities through sustainable, community-supported agriculture, South Central Farmers Health and Education Fund is bringing back organically grown fruits and vegetables to the diets, lifestyles, and livelihoods of Latinos and …
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How Does Your State Rank on Its Commitment to Local Foods?
STROLLING OF THE HEIFERS — Using recent indicator data from multiple sources, the index incorporates farmers markets, consumer-supported agriculture operations and food hubs in its per-capita comparison of …