LocalHarvest in the News :   Meats

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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Where have all the pigs gone?
The Syracuse Post-Standard - May 25, 2009
As a youth, I remember driving through the beautiful hills of Central New York and spotting pig farms dotted throughout the countryside. We would watch highly active pigs do what pigs do: eat, run, root and play in the pasture. One would be hard pressed to locate such farms today.

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New Trend Toward Purebred Meats
ABC TV, Channel 7 news - Apr 27, 2009

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Just a few words of warning about that Thanksgiving bird
Columbia Daily Tribune - Dec 3, 2008
Not to rain on your Thanksgiving parade, but salmonella isn't the only looming threat to our collective holiday tables. A more insidious risk to national food security and safety comes from the loss of biological and genetic diversity in our food supply.

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A table set on a hill
Houston Chronicle - Nov 4, 2008
BRENHAM ? The most beautiful restaurant in Texas ? maybe the world ? bloomed briefly atop the second-highest hill in Washington County on the evening of Oct. 4.

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Revolutionaries by the Bay
The Economist - Sep 19, 2008
TOURISTS who took a wrong turn on their way to San Francisco?s cable car recently were in for a shock. There, between City Hall and other government buildings, a temporary organic garden had sprung up

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Free-range ranchers starting to prosper in fast-food market
Ventura County Star - Jun 16, 2008
It's been said that hot dogs ? like laws ? are something you never want to see being made.

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Districts prefer the beef less traveled
The Denver Post - May 16, 2008
A growing movement that advocates buying and eating locally produced food is gaining momentum in Colorado high schools, where students find homegrown beef can be more palatable...

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Grass is greener for feeding chickens and lambs
Poughkeepsie Journal - May 16, 2008
With 24 years of vegetarianism between them, it might seem a little odd that KayCee Wimbish and Owen O'Connor have started a small livestock farm. The founders of Awesome Farm in Tivoli...

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Saving Endangered Species One Mouthful at a Time
NPR - May 16, 2008
Conservation scientist Gary Paul Nabhan knows how to save endangered species: Slice them up and slap them on the grill.

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