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Focus on Food: Growing a Local, Sustainable Supply Chain
There was a time when grain for bread was grown and milled locally in Southern Ontario. But that tradition has long past, forcing Toronto-based bakery Stonemill Bakehouse to source the ingredients for its healthy artisanal breads from Western Canada, the U.S. or even abroad. When the bakery looked at their carbon footprint they found that transporting ingredients to their facility in the Greater Toronto Area was their second biggest source of emissions. The company's solution is something not every food-related business is currently attempting: bakery owner Gottfried Boehringer has purchased a 100-acre farm in Prince Edward County, Onta...
All STORIES in Sustainable Food
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Healthy Food: Michelle Obama Aims To "Green Up" Public Schools
The discussion about what constitutes "healthy food" in the United States is always up for debate. According to the USD...
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Food Safety: Senate Bill S510 Update
In our industrial food system, food safety is and should be the priority concern for every person, not just those of us...
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Can Michelle Obama Put Healthy Food in Schools?
Increasing the availability of healthy food in schools is a hot topic, and if Michelle Obama has any say in the matter,...
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Sustainable Food at the Edinburgh Zoo
People aren't the only beings that should be eating sustainable food, at least according to the Marine Stewardship Coun...
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Who Owns the Rain? Bill S32 Grows Local Food With Utah's Water
Utah is the second driest state. Local food is sustained by snowfall and the gradual depletion of underground reservoir...
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When Slow Food Doesn't Really Mean Fair or Sustainable Food
The recent food issue of the New York Times Magazine featured all things sustainable food. From community incubator kit...
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Food Safety: The Grocery Bag Dilemma
Buying "Green" is trendy. Food safety can sometimes get lost in the mix when discussing the disparity between what is t...
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Food Safety and Public Schools
As more and more public schools take on the task of teaching children and families food safety and food independence, i...
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Sustainable and Safe Food: Solar Cooking
Sunlight is a useful thing. It sustains the life of the world by allowing plants to photosynthesize and make food for a...
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USDA Strips Promiseland Farm of Organic Label
Organic labeling at Promiseland Farm has been removed with a 5 year "sentence." The USDA has been cracking down on ind...
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Food Safety Modernization Act Should be Amended to Reflect the Needs of Small Farms
"Tis the season for food safety and nutrition on Capitol Hill. While the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill works its...
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Veterans Dig Into Sustainable Agriculture in the U.S.
In the spirit of Veteran's day, this column is dedicated to those veterans who have returned from service and transit...
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Sustainable Food Back on the Table: Reviving the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill
Child nutrition is a tenant of a sustainable food system. If we don't encourage and educate our children to eat healthy...
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Fertilizer for Sale? Potash and a Sustainable Food Supply
Potash is not like diamonds and oil. It does not sound sexy, but it's certainly useful, and it's critical to today's fo...
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Farmer's Market Accountability
Typically speaking, Farmer's Markets have cornered the market on trustworthiness, accountability and a convenient quali...
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DoubleSpeak From The USDA?
Food safety is more than just disease-free food. It also considers food security and sustainability at its core: Where...
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San Francisco gives Mayor McCheese The Squeeze!
Food safety includes not only physically safe products, but also the ideas that are being sold into a product. Consider...
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H.R.3564 - CARE Act of 2009
Sustainable Agriculture includes many, many things: the way the soil is raised; the fertilizing cycle and materials use...
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Sustainable Agriculture Update: Organic Beer that's the Real Deal
For all of us who have been drinking our way through the limited, but ever growing, selection of "certified organic" be...
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