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The national debate over food safety and the right to choose what you eat continues, and as it has been for the last few years, raw milk is right in the thick of it. Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization kills the bacteria in [...]

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“Until a few years ago, markets were the hot, sexy thing,” remarked Cheryl Rogowski, owner of W. Rogowski Farm in Pine Island, NY, the black dirt region of upstate New York and onion producing capitol of the world. “Now it’s CSAs [Community Supported Agriculture]-everyone wants one-everyone wants to be connected to a farm now.”
It’s tough [...]

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Kerry Trueman is the co-founder of EatingLiberally.org, a netroots website & organization that advocates sustainable agriculture, progressive politics and a less-consumption driven way of life. Foodie, blogger & edible landscaping enthusiast in NYC’s West Village and the Hudson River Valley.
The pork industry’s quaking in its collective manure-encrusted boots over HBO’s upcoming documentary Death On [...]

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Regina Rae Weiss has a graduate degree in social policy and more than two decades of experience as an advocate, analyst, writer and organizer for nonprofit agencies and elected officials. She is communications director for Eat Well and several other programs that promote an environmentally sound, socially just and sustainable future.
With the U.S. economy [...]

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I’m often accused of being a creature of comfort, and I own that. I am. I fear change, so giving up meat has been difficult.  Uncomfortable, even.  I’ve shelved my repertoire of soul-satisfying recipes featuring meat as the main attraction. No more bolognese, roasted chicken or (gulp) bacon.
Oh Bacon, I miss your bacony-ness!
All the rationale [...]

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