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Food Insecurity, Food Sovereignty, and Food Freedom
The intrinsic quality of the food system we uphold is reinforced by humane practices throughout; by fair and equitable agreements with farm/food workers, by respect for and restoration of natural...
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Urban Agriculture: Food Equity and Food Ecology
I don't think there is anything easy about finding the right urban agro-ecology, but I do know it needs to happen. That it is, in fact, already taking place. Read more: Urban Agriculture: Food Equity...
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Food Halls: Just Another Fast Food Stop
Visit the cathedrals to food where delectables from the world over are on display. The gross over production and high price of food in western markets are being demonstrated in a new phenomenon: Food...
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Threats to Organic Farming
We in the independent small farm sector probably need to keep an eye on new threats to organic farming. It seems there is no end of manipulation by industry to control markets and government continues...
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An ‘Ecological Diet?’
How do we really know what to eat? Perhaps it’s environmental. Sure enough! If nothing but markets decide now - and they seem to be careening out of control - and history doesn’t count, everybody can...
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It Takes a Community to Save a Valley
Every year the Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance throws a party – food, drink, dancing, music, and auctions – to raise money to be able to evaluate, monitor, and mitigate the effects of too much...
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Anne Schwartz, Blue Heron Farm, Honored as EcoFarm’s 2014 Steward of...
Anne Schwartz of Blue Heron Farm near Rockport was honored with the 2014 Steward of Sustainable Agriculture Award at this year’s EcoFarm Conference. The lifetime achievement award was presented to...
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Seed is Life. Soil is Life. Water is Life.
The problem is this: seeds need a place to grow; not just a place to grow but also a place that matches the seed. Not a new place, but the pre-existing ecosystem where the seed was produced, or...
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Op Ed: The Problem With GMOs
The fundamental problem with genetically engineered food crops in US soil today: rather than reduce pesticide inputs GMOs are causing them to skyrocket in amount and toxicity. Read more: Op Ed: The...
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I Am Because We Are
In Ghana, and across Africa, women farmers are organizing themselves and helping each other by sharing their experiences and by restoring native seeds. Read more: I Am Because We Are
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Protecting Wild Salmon Is the Right Thing to Do
While Big Fish, Big Food, and Big Business would have you think that you can save nature by eating factory food, we have a better solution. Protect our wild salmon fisheries by eating more wild fish!...
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Urban Ecology and Rural Resources
Now more than ever is the right time to bridge the rural-urban divide. Cities are closing in on rural areas, with distances shrinking both physically through better road networks and also virtually...
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GoodFood World Position Statement on Genetically Engineered or Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the Food System From the beginning of time, food has been the foundation of culture throughout the world and...
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Agri-Culture
What is most important? That people be employed and happy or that investors become rich? The healthy alternative to more unmanaged - and ungoverned - growth is consciously building resiliency to meet...
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Another One Bites the Dust: Wedge Co-op’s Gardens of Egan Farm Auction
Gardens of Eagan, Northfield MN, 2010 As we face climate change and continuing issues of food security, how will natural food markets and co-ops source healthy local food and provide a living wage to...
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It’s a (Wo)man’s World: Meet Carole Willis, Meat and Seafood Manager, PCC...
When someone says “journeyman meat cutter,” what image comes to mind? Probably a big burly guy in a bloody apron throwing a chunk of beef on a chopping block and wielding a cleaver… Today’s skilled...
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Modern Hives Give Ethiopian Women Farmers New Vocation
Most of the Ethiopian farmers in the Lelistu Ogda farmer cooperative struggle with soil fertility. That’s why Ayelech Bekele and 19 other women now embrace beekeeping as an alternative method for...
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Chia and Maya: Potential For a Nutritional Renewal In Guatemala
The conquistadores virtually erased chia from Mayan cultural awareness as part of their campaign to subjugate the Mesoamerican peoples to Church and King. But today, even as ordinary Guatemalans are...
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Eat This, Not That: A Plant Tour with Arthur Lee Jacobson
Arthur Lee Jacobson, plant expert, Seattle’s best kept secret! If you haven’t met Arthur Lee Jacobson, you’ve missed out on a rarity; find a way to seek him out! Born in Seattle, Arthur has been a...
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The Car: Giving Grocery Shopping Consumers Choice and Convenience… or Not?
PCC Natural Markets has jumped ahead of the competition by offering multiple online ordering and delivery choices: Amazon PrimeNOW and Instacart. Read more: The Car: Giving Grocery Shopping Consumers...
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