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Aflatoxin: A Toxic Potential of Climate Change

January 24, 2012

One of the most toxic and carcinogenic threats in the human food supply is a natural chemical called “aflatoxin”; the chance that it will contaminate a crop is enhanced by drought and/or insect damage – both conditions expected to be more common with the onset of climate change.
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Corporations Can Legally Dump Toxic Waste in Fertilizers

January 12, 2012

Why would anyone choose organic gardening? Besides being a lot healthier, it is a whole lot cheaper than the alternative. Unfortunately there are a handful of very powerful multi national corporations that don’t want you to know that and they have politicians on both sides in their pocket. Now why is that so important to them? Their goal is to keep you ignorant and enslaved to having to repurchase their seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. In spite of the fact that it is destroying our environment, altering our DNA and propagating and even creating new disease.

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Bumper 2011 Grain Harvest Fails to Rebuild Global Stocks

January 11, 2012

2011′s grain harvest was massive: the largest ever. Given the number of lean years prior to it, though, the grain produced will not replenish global stocks… and, thus, stabilize food prices.
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  1. Rising Meat Consumption Takes Big Bite out of Grain Harvest
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Where Do Christmas Trees Come from?

December 15, 2011

Christmas trees bring green into the home for the holiday. Most come from commercial farms but a few cut their own from federal forests.

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How to Protect Your Garden from Frost

December 13, 2011

Frost is stunning to look at, but damaging to crops. Several factors cause frost. Growers can protect their plants from frost with a few techniques.

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8 Sustainable Wineries in Paso Robles Wine Country

October 26, 2011

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If you’re not familiar with Paso Robles wine country and you love fine wine, you might want to start paying attention. While the region hasn’t received as much press as its cousins to the north, Napa and Sonoma, it is …

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Endangered Species List on the Periodic Table?

October 19, 2011

Phosphorous: A Broken Biogeochemical Cycle

It sounds ridiculous: how could an element on the periodic table be an endangered species? The scientist, James Elser of Arizona State University, who is asking if we need a ‘Red List’ for phosphorous uses t…

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5 Food Memoir Books We Want to Read Now

October 19, 2011

Photo: Hachette Book Group

If you’ve ever dreamed about quitting your job and leaving it all behind for an adventure — and especially if that adventure was based on food — then these food memoirs are the perfect armchair escapes.

The five books he…

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Solar "Double Cropping" Harvests Food & Energy on the Same Land

October 19, 2011
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Co-Housing Meets Commercial Farming and Cheese Making (Video)

October 17, 2011

Image credit: The Perennial Plate

From co-housing for aging boomers to co-housing in urban Brooklyn the idea of building intentional communities that combine shared communal space and property with private dwellings has a lot going for it, from a gre…

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