Traveling on the I-5 highway heading north, this transport truck appeared almost out of nowhere. On-board were the saddest looking …
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Traveling on the I-5 highway heading north, this transport truck appeared almost out of nowhere. On-board were the saddest looking …
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“We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for …
One of the top tourist sites in Alaska, the Childs Glacier is now only accessible by boat. The 56 mile Copper River Highway that …
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Part 3: In my previous post, I skimmed the surface of the massive regulations which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
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In my previous post, I sketched the enormous stakes involved as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) re-writes federal food …
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Even a quick perusal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current proposal to improve the safety of our nation’s fruit …
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Although the principles and practices of organic agriculture stretch back thousands of years, the process of organic certification …
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For better and for worse, the popular understanding of organic agriculture in America is inseparable from the environmental and …
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Common dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) have been in cultivation for around 8,000 years, beginning in the regions of Mexico and …
History of Organic Agriculture series- Part 11-conclusion “What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been!” Nov 19, 2012. I couldn’t …
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