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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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An apple a day

Is it me or are apples popular again?
Everywhere I look I am inspired by what is happening in the apple world. I have been learning new varieties on a weekly basis. Regions across the county have wide varieties. Varieties that have different characteristics: special flavors, textures, picking time, storage capabilities, etc. There are apples that [...]

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Strawberry Season – Always Worth The Wait

Strawberries…
I love them when they are picked still warm from the vine in summer.
As I enjoy the current strawberry season, I am reminded of the stack of strawberries at my local grocery store that I am not tempted by…
The list of toxic chemicals to facilitate the growth of those hard tasteless red buds:

methyl iodide [...]

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Organic Farming is about Crop Diversity

Do you know where your tomatoes are from?

I am in the grocery store line yesterday and the woman behind me has a basket of little cherry tomatoes.  She tells me that she will eat most of them, but will be planting the seeds for tomato plants from the rest. (I think to myself – [...]

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