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Future Farm: A Sunless, Rainless Room Indoors
By not in system - AOL NewsDEN BOSCH, Netherlands -- Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with meticulously controlled light, temperature, humidity, air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high-rise, a Siberian bunker, or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert. Advocates say this, or something like it, may be an answer to the world's food problems. "In order to keep a planet that's worth living on, we have to change our methods," says Gertjan Meeuws, of ...
Wal-Mart Pledges to Put Healthier Food in Grocery Aisles
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsWal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer and grocery, announced today that it is continuing its push toward healthier food with a five-year program to reduce sodium, fat and sugar content in the chain's in-house brands and to encourage suppliers to do the same. First lady Michelle Obama joined Wal-Mart executives in Washington as part of her ongoing campaign to promote healthy eating. She said the announcement has "the potential to transform the marketplace and help Americans put healthier foods on their tables every single day," according to USA Today. Wal-Mart has been working for a few ...
More Farmers' Markets Expand to Year-Round
By not in system - AOL NewsPLYMOUTH, Mass. -- A steady stream of customers filled baskets and shopping bags with vegetables, cranberries, cheese, fresh-baked breads and pies while chatting with the dozen or so farmers selling goods in the visitor's center of a local museum. Gary Kazanjian, AP Ching Thao of Mao's Farm gives change to Richard Wolk, right, at the Vineyard Farmers Market on Nov. 13 in Fresno, Calif. Some farmers' markets are extending their operations into the cold-weather months as farmers prolong their growing seasons and more people want to eat locally grown food. It was a bitterly cold, ...
What Is Organic? USDA Trying to Define It
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(Nov. 7) -- If you've ever wondered exactly what that "USDA organic" seal actually means, you're in good company. The U.S. Department of Agriculture itself has been asking the same question ever since it established the National Organic Program in 2002. "Organic" is intended to mean agricultural products produced without hormones, pesticides, artificial fertilizers or other synthetic additives. But purists have long argued that the USDA standards contain numerous loopholes that have allowed factory-style farms to operate under the letter, if not the spirit, of the organic law. Now, both the ...
Organic Egg Farms May Not Be as Clean as You Think
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(Oct. 13) -- After a massive health crisis like the recent 550 million egg recall for salmonella (which came despite new FDA rules), many consumers may have flocked toward USDA organic hoping to find a safer, more environmentally product. But that little green sticker may not be telling you the whole story. Two weeks ago, James McWilliams wrote in The New York Times about a number of studies suggesting that small-scale egg producers may not have any lower incidence of salmonella infection than their industrial-scale counterparts. But according to a recent report by small-scale farming ...
Fast Food Nation: How Much Can Americans Stomach?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- Alex and I posted yesterday on how much our recent vacations made us appreciate America. But much as I was gratified by the outpourings of (all-American!) friendliness following my post, I must come clean and say that not all is well with my home country. Among the things that irked me during my two-week stint on the East Coast was the continuing dominance of the fast food industry. ...
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