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5:11 pm in agriculture, Business & Politics, food, food safety, organic agriculture by TreeHugger
A menacing herd. Image: USDA via Flickr (Creative Commons)
In yet another example of wasted resources and misplaced priorities police in LA have raided Rawesome Foods, arresting three people in connection with the distribution of raw milk products without the proper permits. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:00 am in almosts, food production, fruits & vegetables, gardeners, organic agriculture, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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Is your dream a Tomato Sauce Garden...or the White House Garden? Or are you still embarrassed about last year's patch -- the one where the lettuce crowded the carrots, the green beans spilled over into the cucumbers, and the edible flowers edged out the tomatoes?
These seven online garden planners help you pull together the perfect plot while offering tips on spacing, planting times, and harvest yields. Read through to find the one that's right for you -- and start planning for next year....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:32 am in 100 mile diet, agriculture, awards, birds, Design & Architecture, eggs, food, Food & Health, food miles, local food, organic agriculture, spain by TreeHugger
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In and around Barcelona slow food and local delicatessen have become quite the thing lately. Projects like the slow food restaurant Fastvínic or the happy pig farm Finca del Saüc are popping up like mushrooms. Via the blog Read the full story on TreeHugger
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11:45 am in agriculture, california, farming, food, Food & Health, green wine guide, organic agriculture, photo galleries, recipes, Travel & Nature, wine by TreeHugger
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Peachy Canyon Winery is a sustainable, family-owned winery located on the westside of Paso Robles' popular Highway 46. The winery is named after a horse thief who took refuge in a cave near the vineyard; Jesse James made use of the same hideout. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:41 am in botanical, cooking, do it yourself, eco-tips, food, Food & Health, italy, local food, organic agriculture, recipes, Take Action, vegetarian, waste not want not by TreeHugger
Image Credit: Lisa Casali
Lisa Casali is an environmental risk expert by day, and an eco-food blogger by night. Her passion for cooking got her to think about all the stuff that usually doesn't enter the recipe, such as the outer leaves of artichokes, the stems of asparagus, peels, pods, cores,... A few years ago she asked herself: Is it really necessary to throw aw...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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4:58 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, farming, food, Food & Health, organic agriculture, wine by TreeHugger
Photo: B. Alter, Flat Rock Cellars
In the past decade a whole region with new Ontario wineries has sprung up around Beamsville, near Niagara Falls. This was formerly a rich fruit growing area, but the peach and cherry orchards are disappearing as the wineries pop up.
Many of them are striving to be eco. They are making organic and biodynamic wines, and have recycled buildings, sheep grazing the vines, and geo-thermal heating and cooling systems. Forget about Wayne Gretzky and Mike Weir's vanity wineries and welcome to the new green world of Wine Country Ontario.
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4:05 pm in agriculture, alternative energy, animals, biomass, Business & Politics, Cattle, farming, food, Food & Health, organic agriculture, Science & Technology, spain by TreeHugger
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If shrimp can be happy on a farm, why not pigs? For all the weekday vegetarians and omnivores out there, here is a way to obtain sausages, chorizos and bacon in a friendly way. First of all, plen...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:31 am in Food & Health, local food, organic agriculture by TreeHugger
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Restaurants looking for some quick press can follow this tried and true formula: Take a simple dish (candy, a hamburger, soup); add some crazy valuable ingredients (gold, truffles, crystal); and market it as "The World's Most Expensive."
And while we know the market for a $5,000 burger, $2,000 sushi roll, and $1000 frittata isn't exactly huge, there are definitely better ways to blow your money in one shot....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2:07 pm in food, Food & Health, fruits and vegetables, organic agriculture, pesticides by TreeHugger
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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. The seventh edition of the guide is a summary of data compiled from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) research. EWG ranks the produce based on a composite score that balances the number of pesticides present and at what levels.
The results are publicized through the popular "Dirty Dozen" list. While I advocate buying organic produce, s...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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4:50 pm in agriculture, cities, community supported agriculture, diet, farming, local food, organic agriculture, TreeHugger Radio by TreeHugger
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