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How Global Technology Is Advancing Local Foods
Supermarket News -
Nov 27, 2009
It's ironic that technology is required for retailers and consumers to find producers located in their own backyards. But that's just what's happening, and it's increasingly helping the niche local food movement go mainstream.
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Fowl Ball
Newsweek -
Nov 27, 2009
The history of America's beloved -- if a bit dry -- Thanksgiving turkey.
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Cow-Pooling
Time Magazine -
Jun 5, 2009
If you prefer to keep the image of meat say, a juicy hamburger safely separated from the image of an actual animal say, a 1,200-lb. castrated bull then cow-pooling is not for you. Jean Edwards is clearly not squeamish about knowing precisely where her steaks come from.
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Small farmers look to Internet to connect with consumers
Beaumont Enterprise -
Jun 5, 2009
At Pecan Hill Farms, Will Lewis is living his dream of running a small farm.
Last year, he began farming full time, plowing about five acres of his family's land in the Peachtree community northwest of Jasper. Last year, Lewis, placed his small farm on LocalHarvest.org, a directory of small farms.
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Food Web, Meet Interweb: The Networked Future of Farms
Wired -
May 26, 2009
Silicon Valley thinks the internet can transform anything from car sales to anonymous sex, but the way Americans grow and buy food is rooted in ancient, offline systems. Now, a Bay Area startup has launched a service to make it easier and cheaper for restaurants to buy food from small, local farms.
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Enrolling in CSA program brings farm-fresh bounty to Chicago home
Chicago Sun-Times -
May 14, 2009
For this city dweller, joining a CSA is the best way to bring farm's bounty to his home
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For freshest produce buy into a local CSA farm
The Daily Press -
May 10, 2009
Food doesn't get any fresher than that purchased through community supported agriculture (CSA). The programs have been around for decades, and the movement is gaining momentum as people become more concerned about the source and safety of the foods they consume.
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CSA
The truth about organic foods
Redbook -
Apr 27, 2009
The organic-food business is booming: About 70 percent of Americans buy organic food occasionally, and nearly one quarter buy it every week, according to The Hartman Group, a market research firm. For most of us, the reason is simple: We want natural food that's better for us and for the environment, says Samuel Fromartz, author of Organic, Inc. But buying organic can cost you â?? as much as 50 percent more â?? so read on to know when it's worth it.
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New Trend Toward Purebred Meats
ABC TV, Channel 7 news -
Apr 27, 2009
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Local food subscription services grow in popularity
Kansas City Star -
Mar 26, 2009
Community Supported Agriculture started more than a decade ago as a grassroots movement to eat locally. Today the movement continues to grow to serve consumers across the metro area.
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Farmers Markets
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