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COCHON555: Swine and wine

Fans of all parts porcine have reason to celebrate May 1, whenCOCHON555pits 5 local chefs and 5 small wineries against each other in a good-natured...
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McGrath Family Farm now open for the season

Amidst the expanse of conventional agriculture land on the Oxnard Plain, lies the McGrath Family Farm. Since 1995, fourth-generation farmer, Phil...
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Land Institute's Wes Jackson honored by Yes as 1 of 15 making a difference

This past December, the Land Institute's Wes Jackson was honored by Yes Magazine as one of fifteen people making a difference.Jackson received...
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Amicus brief filed against Monsanto

In August 2011 many sustainable farming non-profits joined together to file an amicus brief against ag industry giant Monsanto.Filed in the New...
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Bionutrient Food Association promotes the Real Food Campaign

The Real Food Campaign, a new non-profit supporting sustainably grown local food, is seeking to raise $300,000 by the end of 2011. Real Food is...
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The Greenhorns: Showcasing the New Sustainable Agrarian Movement

During and after the Great Depression, Americans left the farm en masse. The farm was viewed as a place of hard work, poverty and limited...
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Monsanto's new ad campaign: GM and Sustainable?

  • Monsanto GM lawsuit
  • April 1, 2011
On the local DC top news radio station, WTOP,and on other top stations around the country, a new ad for Monsanto is running. The ad talks about...
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Failure to yield: Evaluating the performance of genetically engineered crops

For years the biotechnology industry has boasted that its genetically engineered (GE) crops—primarily corn and soybeans, will feed the world...
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