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Entries from November 2008

Take the Local, Organic Thanksgiving Challenge!

November 13th, 2008 · 18 Comments

With Thanksgiving fast approaching and farmers’ markets around the country virtually overflowing with fresh, tasty food, we at Eat Well have teamed up with the Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, to challenge people around the country to search the Eat Well Guide for a local farm or market and find and cook [...]

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Wired presents: How Science Will Solve the Next Global Crisis

November 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This post was written by Pooja Mottl.
Food is getting some tech-savvy street cred as Wired magazine puts “The Future of Food” front and center in its November 2008 issue.
The magazine dishes about why the chemical age of agriculture is “running out of juice” at a time when demand for food continues to soar and output [...]

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Whats Good from the Good Farm Movement: The Garden

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

The feature-length film is screening in LA this Friday, November 14, so if you’re in the area, go check it out at the Aranti Japan America Theater at 9pm. There will be a question and answer session with the filmmaker and guests following the film.

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Eat Healthy Monday!

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

This Healthy Monday tip was written by Pooja Mottl.
Today’s Healthy Monday tip: Eat Less Meat!
Surprise! Eating a bit less meat can lengthen our individual lives as well as the lifespan of our planet. This is the message coming from two recent Nobel Prize winners and a slew of grassroots and non-profit organizations. In an op-ed [...]

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Dispatch from Seattle: The Stock Market and the Farmers’ Market

November 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

When the economy started looking really grim a month or so ago, the farmers’ markets also took a hit. The first week was particularly bad; my own sales were down quite a bit, and nearly every farmer I spoke to was in the same boat. Over the intervening weeks things have leveled off some, I [...]

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