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Just say YIMBY: Weed expert Nancy Gift talks about lawns for dinner

By • on August 27, 2009

By Holly Hickman vs. Recently, a man I know sprayed his front and back lawns with a brand of weed killer he'd bought from the store and administered himself. He had lived for

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New book about high cost of a bargain, “Cheap,” lauds Wegmans

By • on July 12, 2009

And what about those Swedish meatballs?: This provocatively titled review ("Why Ikea is as bad as Wal-Mart") of Ellen Ruppel Shell's new book, "Cheap:

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In case you missed it: Will Allen profiled in NY Times Mag

By • on July 6, 2009

We can't get enough of Will Allen: The Sunday New York Times Magazine had a must-read profile of Milwaukee urban farmer and grant magnet Will Allen, one of the most inspiring leaders of the sustainable food movement. Allen, writes "Bottlemania" author Elizabeth Royte, "is the go-to expert on urban farming…a

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Fujimotos’ departure from Monterey Market a tough blow to local food chain

By • on June 7, 2009

By Carol Ness Calling Bill and Judy Fujimoto's forced departure on Wednesday from Berkeley's Monterey Market — after two years of family dissension over their vision for the business — a tragedy isn't a stretch. For those who don't know it, Monterey

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Ann Wright named Deputy Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA

By • on June 4, 2009

All Wright!!!: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed Ann Wright as Deputy Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at USDA. Before serving as senior policy advisor to Majority Leader Harry Reid on issues before the Senate Agriculture Committee, she was a policy analyst for Consumers

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Meeting Louis Bromfield – and Wendell Berry! – at Malabar Farm

By • on May 25, 2009

Here in northeastern Ohio, not only are we surrounded by acres of rich agricultural land, on which depend a mixture of big and small farms, but in every county there are hidden pockets of little-known historical significance. And in almost-neighboring Richland County, one historical attraction has appeal

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Family farm advocate named GIPSA head

By • on May 6, 2009

Sunshine comes to the stockyards: USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wins some more fans in these quarters by naming Dudley Butler to head the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). (USDA

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A big O no! Oprah teams up with KFC

By • on May 6, 2009

Bucket O' misery: Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Kentucky Fried Chicken to offer a downloadable coupon from KFC for two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides, and a biscuit. (Los Angeles Times) Ugh. America's

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Everybody loves Polyface Farm

By • on May 5, 2009

Pope Joel: Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm has become Mecca for sustainable agriculture tourists, with farm-tour reservations as hard to get as Spago in the '80s. (Washington Post) We're

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Radical agtivism: California Senate’s new Food and Ag Committee chair

By • on May 4, 2009

Flowers for Florez: We (heart) California Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, new chair of California's ag committee, which in January took the unprecedented step of adding "food" to its name. This piece from a trade newspaper looks at how he's broken with the herd on animal welfare, animal use of antibiotics,

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Dan Barber’s fish tale at the Brooklyn Food Conference

By • on May 3, 2009

A healthy ecoseastem: Chef and lyrical speaker/writer Dan Barber gave one of his amazing lectures at the Brooklyn Food Conference, and some little agtivist angel has transcribed it for those of us who weren't there. Barber tells a love story about two fish: one that he had to throw back into the sea-based

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Tom Vilsack has been making friends in both camps

By • on May 2, 2009

Two-faced Tom?: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has disarmed sustainable-ag opponents through his organic People's Garden for the USDA and appointment of reformers like Kathleen Merrigan, while reassuring agribiz through support for corn ethanol and GMOs. Vilsack himself sees no contradiction: he's

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TV chefs slammed for praising buckets o’protein

By • on April 29, 2009

Greenberg sees red: Matthew Greenberg slams the "stomach-churning" Sandra Lee, of Food Network fame, for shilling for Kentucky Fried Chicken and takes aim at the Food Network, where "the actual act of cooking good food often seems an afterthought." Asks Greenberg, "How in Alice Waters's green earth did

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BAMCO backs Florida tomato pickers in fight for fair labor standards

By • on April 28, 2009

CIW's Lucas Benitez and BAMCO CEO Fedele Bauccio in Florida. Photo from Straus Comm. release Jane Black reports in the Washington Post that the gigantic U.S. food-service company Bon

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Digest – snacks: MoDo meets Alice, Paula Deen disses tofu, and Rush Limbaugh loves … animals?

By • on April 21, 2009

So would she be, like, Princess Leia?: NYT columnist Maureen Dowd jumps from musing on the Dick Cheney–Star Wars connection with George Lucas to Alice Waters, another California celebrity who “inspires cult-like devotion.” Waters responds — kind of — to Friday's article

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