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The county fair: Less country every year, even in Nebraska
When the tomatoes turn red and the corn is so tall I can't even reach the top by jumping, I get a hankering for funnel cake, sno-cones, and the tilt-a-whirl. It must be county fair season in the Midwest! But while those things are still on offer, other traditions are disappearing.
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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Week 10: the veggies of summer
Making pesto for the first time, learning how to pickle, discovering panzanella, and improved self-esteem. All part of the territory for this CSA shareholder in week 10 of a take-out eater's transformation into Community Supported Agriculture fiend.
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Master small-scale farmer Eliot Coleman speaks [VIDEO]
When chemical-farming advocates dismiss organic farmers as Luddites, I always think of the brilliant Eliot Coleman. Check out a video of the master farmer sharing his wisdom.
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Risk to kids from toxic pesticides may be underestimated, study finds
A new study sheds light on the murky topic of childhood pesticide exposure.
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New Orleans steps up its local-food game
New Orleans has the sense of a wild laboratory, with free-wheeling discussions about food security and plenty of action. It's partly because of Katrina's ruin, but it's also just part of the culture, reports David Hanson for Feeding the City.
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School Nutrition Association steps up for its 'patron,' the dairy industry
The School Nutrition Association exists to "advance good nutrition for all children." So why is it promoting sugary milk drinks in school cafeterias?
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D.C. Public Schools partners with food-service agency that teaches ex-cons to cook
The District of Columbia is about to embark on what may be the nation's most unorthodox public-school food program: meals made from scratch, using locally grown ingredients, by a charitable social-services agency whose primary mission is feeding the homeless and teaching ex-offenders how to cook.
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Please eat this fish to extinction
In the recent wave of goodwill toward the ocean, some people are channeling the Noah's Ark approach to saving sea life while others are channeling Hungry Hungry Hippos. Check out this snack-rifice.
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An anti-corn elitist helps harvest … corn
Up to my elbows in corn, I explain why -- despite recent dead zone and ethanol rants -- I am not against the grain.
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Baltimore seeds city farms as path to sustainability, jobs
Forget "Homicide" and "The Wire." In some Baltimore circles, there's now a lot more talk of sustainability and green living than of the murder rate, and ambitious plans for workforce training and job opportunities are under way -- on places like Great Kids Farm and Real Food Farm.
