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Who Owns Organic?

Dr. Phil Howard, an Assistant Professor at Michigan State, is responsible for the creation and updating of the organic food business chart. He teaches in the University’s Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies program.
The latest update of major corporate ownership and involvement in the organic food sector is now out. The chart graphically focuses on [...]

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Organic Food Industry

The organic industry has grown 20% per year in the last 10 years, hitting $20 billion last year in sales. By and large, the increase of supply is coming from the imported industry. Despite the increase, our food is not any safer or better because of this increase – this according to Mischa Popoff, IOIA [...]

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Eggs: which to choose?

Two eggs: both cage free, both organic, what’s the difference?

I bought a dozen eggs this week so we would have plenty for Easter.
I don’t normally buy eggs as our 19 chickens provide plenty. I was at my local grocery and saw a carton of eggs with a handmade label that said “we’re organic eggworks” on [...]

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March greens – Yuma to Salinas Valley

No, it is not your imagination that the green leafy vegetables you have been getting are looking, tired, dried out and not very green. The vegetables look as tired as I feel when it snows on the 7th day of Spring!
Most of our vegetables and greens have been coming from one of the sunniest places [...]

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