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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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Fresh Off the Farm
The Herald - May 10, 2009
If you're looking for fresh produce, it might be right around the corner. A handful of Johnston farms allow locals to buy produce fresh off the fields every week or two.

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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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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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Green Scene: City Supported Agriculture
- Mar 5, 2009
Even though there is snow on the ground and a biting chill in the air, we bet you are dreaming about Spring and the bounty that it brings. Now?s the time to think about joining a CSA.

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Food scares should inspire more to become locavores, self-growers
The Oregonian - Feb 25, 2009
Food can be scary, as the recent salmonella spread reminds. And I am growing increasingly suspect of mass-produced edibles and fruits from afar with every recall and public health notice. A partial solution: Supporting local food growers.

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Farmers make presence known
Pough Keepsie Journal - Jan 30, 2009
Winter farmers markets have opened in several Hudson Valley towns this year, organized by food enthusiasts and farmers seeking an expanded local presence. It's a welcome development, and something that ties in nicely with some of the observations made at the Monday's Mid-Hudson Valley Economic Summit in Hyde Park.

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'Eat Local' movement takes root
Associated Press - Dec 30, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- Here's something you might not know about being a locavore, the new-fangled term for the old-school tradition of eating food grown close to home: Coffee is almost always negotiable. Here's another: The people practicing this new-old (and currently quite hot) trend may surprise you.

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