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Category Archives: organics
Alabama Organic Farming Conference
WHAT: Alabama Organic Farming Conference WHEN: October 28-29, 2011 WHERE: Kellogg Center, Tuskegee University COST: Free REGISTRATION: Register by October 1 on the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN) web site. Space is limited. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: PURPOSE: To identify organic marketing, policy, production and research challenges facing Alabama growers, retailers, distributors and consumers, and explore options [...]
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Organic Egg Scorecard from the Cornucopia Institute
Thanks to Nik and Will for sharing the Scrambled Eggs video (below) from the Cornucopia Institute, publicizing their Organic Egg Report and Scorecard, which exposes the real nature of industrial “organic” egg production. You’ll notice from scrolling through the scorecard that a number of national brands with organic products (which are some of the few [...]
Working Cows Dairy at Fairhope’s Windmill Market Saturday, September 18
Rinske will be back with more organic milk and fresh cheese.
Working Cows Dairy at Windmill Market this Friday, September 3
Rinske will be back at Windmill Market tomorrow with milk and cheese from Working Cows Dairy (sorry, I don’t know exactly what time). She will be leaving more milk for the Westside Grocery (the store inside Windmill Market). Apparently they still have a little milk left at the store now. This is our only relatively [...]
Working Cows Dairy at Windmill Market on Saturday, August 21
WHAT: Organic milk for sample and sale WHEN: Saturday, August 21 from 9am – 1pm WHERE: Windmill Market, Fairhope COST: $7.50/gallon, $4/half gallon (according to the Working Cows web site) This just in, Working Cows Dairy will be at Fairhope’s Windmill Market this Saturday with samples and milk for sale. “If the support is good, [...]
The USDA’s October Initiatives
October has been a busy month so far for the USDA, with pleasing results for sustainable agriculture advocates. The organization has launched the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food program, “‘which centers on building buzz around local and regional food systems and “spurring economic opportunity’” (read more at Samuel Fromartz’s Chews Wise). “In the months [...]
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Eat Local Challenge, Day 2
Today was a travel day, and sadly, I ate nothing local. Instead, I’ll share a link to “a great t-shirt”:http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/product/product_focus.jsp?OPTION=PRODUCT_FOCUS_DISPLAY_HANDLER&catcode=TSHIRTS.TSHOP.WOMENS&style_color=59933-665&ws= I received for my birthday. It’s from Patagonia, a company known for its commitment to environmental activism and responsibility, and that started using organic cotton before it became fashionably hip. At $35 it sets you [...]
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The organic Top 20 — A shopper’s guide
Culinate presents “The organic Top 20 — A shopper’s guide”:http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/culinate/mainfeed/~3/393341990/organic_top_20, which is a nice visual guide to the produce you should be buying organic because of its high pesticide content, and produce that’s safer to buy conventionally grown, frequently because thick rinds mean less pesticides make it into the fruit, or fewer pesticides are used [...]
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Georgia Organics Conference