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Farm to Folk

Feb 4th 2010

By: Anastasia Bodnar

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I finally got signed up for a vegetable share with Small Potatoes Farm through Farm to Folk, our local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. This is the fourth year that I’ve had a CSA and I love it. I’m really looking forward to spring, and not just because I don’t want to look at snow [...]

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Talked with Pollan, not too much, mostly about plants.

Jan 28th 2010

By: Karl Haro von Mogel

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Anastasia was on the ball the other night with publishing her review of our evening with Michael Pollan. Mine comes a little late but not too little. We had all weekend to prepare our thoughts for what we wanted to talk about (And what we wanted to eat), and I daresay we did well on [...]

Food, Genetic Engineering, Local, Media, Nutrition, Science
A Vf gene a day keeps the fungus away

Nov 16th 2009

By: Anastasia Bodnar

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Ever gotten apples from the farmer’s market or grocery store only to have them go bad in the back of your fridge? I know I have. Just a few weeks ago, I got about 20 apples from the CSA. Unfortunately, I can only eat so many per day and they started to go bad before [...]

Biodiversity, Food, Genetic Engineering, Local, Organic, Plant Breeding
To Label or Not to Label

Jan 31st 2009

By: Pamela Ronald

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If GE crops are considered safe by most scientists, why not simply label the produce from these crops and let people decide for themselves? Most people like to know what they are eating and make their own choices.
I am a label reader. If there is an excess of added sugar or too many ingredients with [...]

Biofortification, Intellectual Property, Local, Media, Science & Society, Soils, repost

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