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Farm Aid heads to Beantown This year’s Farm Aid concert will be held in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Sept. 20. They’ve yet to announce the expanded lineup, but as always, the fab four (Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews) will be there.  Thanks for the heads up, Greenhorns!
How sweet is that (really)? Cargill [...]

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Eat Well regularly features a ‘Local Spotlight‘ on our website, where we highlight the work of groups and individuals who are plowing new ground in the sustainable food movement. Presently, our attention is on Mike and Elsa Betit, farmers and owners of Tamarack Hollow Farm in South Wheelock, Vermont. Interview by: Eat Well interns Rebecca [...]

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Just as we expected, the recent New Amsterdam Market was a another huge success, one that saw thousands jostling, sampling, smiling, asking questions, and buying good food from good-natured farmers, foragers, cheesemongers and even — it was true — popsicle vendors. A brief downpour did little to dampen the mood. Our friend Severine was [...]

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Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Speak up!
One of the best ways to see more local sustainable food in your community is to encourage grocers, chefs, and others to source it.
I was in a local grocery store last week on a search for organic turkey. One of the employees saw me scouring the meats section [...]

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Third farmworker death in eight weeks Abdon Felix Garcia, a 42-year-old father of three, died of heatstroke this week after loading boxes of grapes in heat that reached 108 degrees. Garcia is the third farmworker to die of heat-related health complications in the past 8 weeks. Cal-OSHA is investigating, and United Farm Workers [...]

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