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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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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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History of Organic Agriculture series- Part 8 (Oct 8, 2012) Back in July 2012, the New York Times published an article entitled …
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Four years into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, some Americans are losing confidence that the conventional …
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