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White House garden ‘ex-seeds’ expectations

January 16, 2010 From growing fresh food to opening minds to new ways of thinking to starting conversations, First Lady Michelle Obama has cultivated something special from the White House Garden. A look back at some of the benefits.
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A Guide to Buying Organic Food

January 9, 2010 To help stay on track to eating healthier, Sharon Lehrman offers this list of six suggestions which include Vegetables and Fruits, Dairy Products, Meat and Poultry, Peanut Butter, Catsup, and Baby Food. Added bonus is “The Dirty Dozen” list of highest pesticide residue fruits and vegetables from the Environmental Working Group.
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What Does Clean Food Mean To You?

What is clean food? I mean what is it, really? Obviously, it’s more than washing off food before it’s eaten. Laura Masterson, an urban farmer, beautifully articulates what she believes is clean food—how it’s much richer, and more comprehensive than merely the absence of synthetic chemicals, or the use of natural, organic fertilizers. Clean [...]

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White House Lawn Victory Garden Campaign

In the video, This Lawn Is Your Lawn, played to the classic tune “This Land Is Your Land”, it describes the dire condition of our world today, as follows: “America and the world find themselves in the grips of four interconnected crisis: food, financial, energy, and environment. The UN estimates that 1 billion will go [...]

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Sticker Shock: Organics and healthier foods are more available, but not everyone can afford them.

Edible Portland Magazine: Winter 2008 Issue
by Kevin Allman
In 2007, Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski and several members of Congress took the “food stamp challenge”: shopping and eating on a $21 per week budget that represented the average American’s food-stamp allotment. Kulongoski and his fellow politicians met with limited success; some managed the challenge, while others [...]

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Carlo Petrini: Good, Clean, and Fair: Part 6

Cooking Up a Story: Food News

Carlo Petrini, in this final installment, argues for economic respect, and fairness to the small farmers of the world. Economy and ecology, he reminds us, share the same roots, and that it is local economies that will save our society, and it’s the global economy that threatens to destroy [...]

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