While access to fresh, local produce and other products is
increasing in the U.S., so is the variety of labels on our food.
What does the cage-free, grass-fed, or free-range mean and why
should we care? Here is your cheat sheet for some of those fancy
labels in an effort to make us more educated, healthy shoppers.
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Free-Range is used in reference to poultry.
All birds have unlimited access to food, fresh water, and
the ability to go outdoors. Free range chickens are not confined to
overcrowded...
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I
think we can all agree that the demand for organic fruits, veggies,
and other food products has been through the roof the past couple
of years and shows no signs of stopping. Some people are genuinely
concerned about where their food is coming from while others have
adverse side effects of pesticides and chemicals used on crops
while in the fields, orchards, greenhouse, etc. So what is the hype
all about? Let's tackle some of the more common questions regarding
organic products in the U.S.
What...
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When starting a new market or trying to boost the attendance of
a current farmers market, the Market Manager must spend some
resources of advertising and marketing. That doesn't mean you have
to spend hundreds of dollars on billboard signs and fancy online ad
campaigns to get more people to come shop at your market. It means
you have to find the people interested in agriculture, fresh
produce, organic produce, sustainability, and health and bring them
to you. Here are three ways you can find...
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According to recent studies, 1 in 5 Hoosiers don’t get
enough to eat on a daily basis.
City Market wants to do its part in helping reduce that number.
One way we do that is accepting SNAP EBT and WIC vouchers but we
are also running a promotion this year called “Buy Two, Give
One.”
Shoppers will be able to buy two fresh produce items and
donate one to our weekly donation basket.
There is a common misconception that pantries and shelters can
only take nonperishable food and we want to promote...
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What: The Greenfield Farmers Market
When: May 18th - October 26th, 8:00a-2:00p
Where:

The new Greenfield Farmers Market is shaping up quite nicely! As
farmers across the state, whether they be large or small scale,
rural or urban are sowing their seeds for the upcoming season, we
are hard at work procuring the best local producers to participate.
If you are an Indiana-based producer, specializing in any of the
following items, please go here to apply to be a part of the...
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So you want to
start a farmers market and you find yourself asking countless
questions; some of which should be the following:
- Do we need another farmers market? If so, where?
- What items will vendors be allowed to sell?
- When should the farmers market be held?
The first thing everyone must know about farmers markets is that
best practices exist in theory but ultimately there is no tell-tale
way of doing anything! Markets are at the mercy of two distinct yet
complicated groups of people: producers and...
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· Study: Global Food: Waste Not,
Want Not http://bit.ly/VR1dWu
o Rich Countries Trash Up
To Half Of All Food: Report http://huff.to/13lrQY6
o The Independent:
Letters: End the scandal of edible food going to waste http://ind.pn/ZT48Uk
o Dumpster Diver TV:
Austrians Cook Up Food Waste Reality Show http://n.pr/ULzlVb
o Fine dining’s
trash-to-table movement http://wapo.st/13eWsM0
· Food produced globally is enough
to feed almost double the existing population http://bit.ly/XtkMp6
·...
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· Insecticide ‘unacceptable’
danger to bees, report finds http://bit.ly/13CGhHo
Campaigners say the conclusion by the European Food Safety
Authority is a ‘death knell’ for neonicotinoid pesticides
o EFSA identifies risks
to bees from neonicotinoids http://bit.ly/VZPY0k
· Farmers hope to plow the way for
sustainable US hemp http://bit.ly/13AVs44
· The Edible House in the
Netherlands http://bit.ly/ZLXmzI
· 20-foot Urban Farms: Compact,
Versatile, Aquaponic Systems http://bit.l...
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and here http://fertilegroundusa.com/index.php/organic-matter
Twitter: @chefjennyhuston
· Food as Weapon http://bit.ly/Y0ZNu4
Dr. Vandana Shiva Brings Earth Democracy to Hawai’i
· Peasant Leaders Stage Hunger
Strike Against Genetically Modified Corn http://bit.ly/Wgepa4
Planting of GM corn would be ‘coup de grace to food
sovereignty for the Mexican people.’
· McDonald’s Sustainable Fish:...
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· Force-fed: How corporate
sponsorship poisons nation’s top group of nutritionists http://bit.ly/T0Lt5I
· This 15-year-old helped convince
PepsiCo to stop putting flame retardant in chemical in Gatorade
http://bit.ly/XN2X2M
Now can we get the stuff banned and off the GRAS list?
· 26 States to Consider Toxic
Chemicals Legislation in 2013 http://bit.ly/145p8r0
Despite intense industry opposition and Congressional
inaction, state governments continue to defend the vulnerable...
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