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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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Monsanto Makes Record Project Advancements towards Sustainable Farm Productivity
The annual research and development update at Monsanto highlights the company's progress in projects aimed at natural r...
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Hershey Makes Good on Commitment to Certify Its Bliss Brand Chocolates
The Hershey Company has announced that its Rainforest Alliance-certified Bliss brand chocolates are now available at mo...
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Bay Area Startup Brings Farmers Markets Online
Farmigo, the San Francisco-based company that brought community supported agriculture (CSA) to the Web, has launched a...
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Straus Family Creamery Issues New Packaging to Support Prop 37 and GMO Labeling
Straus Family Creamery has announced it will roll out new packaging in support of the California Right-to-Know Genetica...
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National Planting Day to Encourage Americans to Plant Native Species
Keep America Beautiful (KAB), the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, is enco...
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Ramps at Risk: Is Overforaging a Problem?
Ramp season is officially upon us. Across North America, ramp festivals are in full swing bringing together foragers, g...
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Ryan Budget to Cut Food Assistance for Poor
An analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that US House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's...
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New Foraging App for Adventurous Eaters
"Wild Edibles" a new app for aspiring foragers provides a useful tool in identifying wild plants for human picking and...
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Industrial Organic Pressed For Transparency
The question about organic growing practices in industrial agriculture seems almost like an oxymoron: How can the indus...
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US National Parks Shift to Sustainable Food
Preservation and enjoyment of the environment is the primary mission of the US national park system, and it is surpr...
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Staph Infected Meat? Oh, About Half.
A new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute shows that, "nearly half of the meat and poultry samples ...
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Final Budget Agreement Cuts Food Aid, Water Quality and Stewardship Programs
The new agreement recently passed to avoid a government shutdown cut programs that promote land stewardship, help poor...
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Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk: New Study Explores Link Between Food and Drug Cravings
A new study published by Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity shows that people who struggle with severe food...
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Urban Gardening Movement Grows Strong Communities
If there's one thing we can say we've been lacking in industrial American society, it certainly is the structure of a f...
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Market Trends: Greenwashing
Walmart sells organics; sets up a fruit stand in front of their automated doors. Hundreds of thousands of re-useable...
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Bt Corn: Fail.
The International Journal of Biological Sciences claims that three varieties of GMO corn have now been linked with org...
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House Bill 589: The Breakdown
Nothing is more distasteful than shady business practices, except maybe shady business practices that seek protection...
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Senate & House Bills SF431 & HF589
Lawmakers in Iowa are looking to make it legal to discriminate against activists that seek work in animal-centric food...
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Hand In Hand: Oil And Packaged Food
Crude oil and industrial food. Two things that don't sound like they should go together, but inexplicably do. Well, may...
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Superfly: San Francisco Airport to Feature Sustainable Food
Maintaining its well-deserved reputation as a forward-thinking city, San Francisco announced plans for a sustainable fo...
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