September 29, 2011 When you sit down to a meal, do you ever wonder where the ingredients come from? Who grew them? What is history …
Discovering Farmers Markets Wherever You Are
August 12, 2011 Two things came together and made a splash: data and love for good food! Last year the USDA launched a new mapping …
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The Unconventional Harvest: On the Road to Find the Future of Food and Farming
Why did I spend 5 months pedaling 4,300 miles across the country to rediscover our food system? Before I answer that question, I …
Dating Service for Farmers
February 14, 2011 A website I couldn't help but share today, Valentine's Day, whose sole purpose is to connect farmers and …
USDA Partially Deregulating Biotech Sugar Beets
February 04, 2011 Word just came that the ban on planting transgenic (GMO) sugar beets has been lifted. "US agricultural …
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Why Buy Local?
December 23, 2010 A group of middle school photography students from the University School of Nashville went to their local …
Food Supply Chain Competition
December 10, 2010 The final Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy workshop put on by the USDA …
Important Food Stories of 2010
December 09, 2010 This time of year brings out those best-of-the-year lists, and food stories is has its round up too. A few days …
Food Safety Amendment – Tester Amendment
November 18, 2010 The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is being considered in the Senate today. One of the amendments, the …
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This Organic Life: A Conversation with Joan Dye Gussow (video)
Joan Dye Gussow is one of those rare individuals who listen to their own convictions whether it is of popular held belief or not. …
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