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Pig Business Exposes the Grisly Inner Workings of the Pork Industry

March 11, 2010

grist pig business photo
Image credit: Grist

Pig business is not an easy documentary to watch. First of all, the images of the inner workings of pig farms and slaughterhouses can turn the stomach of even the most steadfast meat-eater. Second, and more significantly, the film has not been—and likely never will be—released in the United States. This means that American viewers are relegated to ingesting the film in 10-minute segments via YouTube….Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Young Farmers are Combining Politics with Pitchforks

March 11, 2010

good young agrarian movement photo
Image credit: Good

The life of a farmer is a difficult one—meaning, for most, years of hard work, little money, and even less appreciation. Maybe it is this reason that passing down the family farm has become an increasingly difficult proposition….Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Arctic Doomsday Vault Now Has Half Million Samples – Becomes World’s Most Diverse Collection of Saved Seeds

March 11, 2010

svalbard seed vault interior photo
photo: Mari Tefre/Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The doomsday Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway–begun as protection against any potential future calamity that threatens global food production–just turned two years old and has also just passed the half million mark in terms of seed varieties saved. This makes it the most diverse collection of crop diversity anywhere in the world. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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