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USDA: ‘Locally Grown’ Food a $4.8 Billion Business
Carolyn Anderson likes to chat up the growers at her local farmers market in Missouri, at times hanging out behind the beds of pickup trucks brimming with ears of corn…. Read more
Organic is About ‘Dirt farming,’ ‘Feeding the world’
Ideas about what constitutes “organic” – especially by people who should know better – surprises me sometimes. For example, I keep seeing “studies” that purport to show that conventional, i.e…. Read more
As More Farmers Go Organic, Consumers ask, “What does organic really mean?”
“Hold on a second — there’s a chicken under my desk,” said Susan Keymer, owner of Merrick Farm in Howell. A typical day in the office does not involve unexpected… Read more
