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Here’s a great clip of LaDonna Redmond at last Thursday’s Step Up to the Plate event, sponsored by World Hunger Year. WHY has joined forces with several other organizations to form a US Working Group on the Food Crisis, and they’ve issued a Call to Action that you can sign onto.
Anna Lappe has more [...]

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Red fish, green fish? Our good friend Kim O’Donnel from A Mighty Appetite gives us a preview of the new eco-friendly sushi guides coming out next week.
Oh yeah, Oprah Last Tuesday, my grandmother called my dad and said, “those animals Leslie talks about are going to be on Oprah.” That’s right, Gramma! For the [...]

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This guest post is from Alison Arias, a South Anchorage Farmers’ Market reporter and co-owner of Rise & Shine Bakery, who also keeps a great food blog calls Alison’s Lunch. She sent this last week and tells us that there is 5 inches of snow in Anchorage, but the farmers still have brussels sprouts [...]

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Today, October 16th, marks World Food Day, “a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.” With soaring food prices and economic woes on the minds of many, the events on World Food Day 2008 are sure to be well attended.
Among the countless gatherings taking place across the [...]

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As the world watches the stock markets, nobody, but nobody wants to hear about paying more for anything. But one group is moving ahead with a campaign to pressure corporations to pay a little more (a penny a pound, to be exact) for tomatoes. And they’re winning.
Before I go on, think back about [...]

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The New York Times came out earlier this month in support of the FDA’s proposal to “open a pathway” for genetically modified animal products to enter the market. Needless to say, they received several letters opposing their pro-Frankenfood stance. One of these letters was from the Consumers’ Union, which is also running an online [...]

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Don’t wait! Yes, now’s the time to order that local, pasture-raised, heritage turkey for your Thanksgiving feast.
Why settle for a factory farmed turkey from the supermarket when you have the option of treating yourself and your guests to a much more flavorful bird that was raised in a humane manner.
Since labels are one of [...]

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This post was written by Pooja Mottl.
Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Go organic whenever you can.

The buzz surrounding pesticides rages on as an increasingly larger amount (including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides) continues to be used all over the world. Today, more than 5.0 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year, mainly in the agriculture market. [...]

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Sink your teeth into this NYTimes Magazine’s food issue includes features on some of our favorite food fighters, including Severine von Tscharner Fleming and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, as well as a hearty (9 page!) open letter to the next president, calling for a solar-powered food system, from Michael Pollan.
Hard times call for old-timey [...]

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From the Wooster Collective via Good Farm Movement
From Banksy:
“New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing. I took all the money [...]

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