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Upstate N.Y. farmers turn to regional slaughterhouses	21.7.2010	Durango Herald
EAGLE BRIDGE, N.Y. - When the owners of Eagle Bridge Custom Meat Smokehouse opened the doors of their new slaughtering facility in November, they expected to kill no more than 1,200 animals by the end of their first year in business.
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Organic Gardening: Tenets of permaculture	18.7.2010	Vail Colorado: Our World
Few things in life are as consistently amazing as those moments each spring when the seedlings of our garden push through the soil toward the sun, affirming that life has returned for another season. Perhaps most satisfying is the fact that our garden, at Maytag Mountain Ranch in Hillside is grown organically - planted and cultivated the way nature intended without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers. It has been seven years in the making but today everything is in balance and, when nature does her part, the garden produces a great bounty of vegetables, fruit and even honey. Our fruit trees, shrubs and annuals grow about 120 miles south of Aspen, Glenwood Springs and Vail, and share the same challenges and opportunities found in any ...
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Roundup-resistant weeds pose threat	24.6.2010	Durango Herald
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, it proved it could kill nearly any plant while still being safer than many other herbicides, and it allowed farmers to give up harsher chemicals and reduce tilling that can contribute to erosion.
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Food giants push back against calls to cut salt	30.5.2010	Denver Post: National News Headlines
With salt under attack for its ill effects on the nation's health, the food giant Cargill kicked off a campaign in November to spread its own message.
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Trudy Rubin: A green movement grows in rural China	22.5.2010	Denver Post: Opinion
This small village on the Zouma River - inside the municipal boundaries of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province - is the site of a fascinating effort to fight one of China's biggest problems
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Healthy, tasty surprises fill tourist's plate in Croatia	18.5.2010	Denver Post: Food
Healthy, tasty surprises fill tourist's plate in Croatia
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Research links pesticides with ADHD in children	17.5.2010	Denver Post: National News Headlines
A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.
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Guest Commentary: Sustainable, land-based fish farms in Colorado	6.5.2010	Denver Post: Opinion
There are few glimmers of economic good news these days, but here in Denver, we are seeing at least one hopeful trend. Recently, several Denver small businesses and nonprofits have begun developing sustainable land-based fish farms
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Beef not tested for chemicals, audit says	13.4.2010	azcentral.com \| Arizona Republic Front Page
Feds fail to set limits on pesticides, antibiotics.
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Grass-Fed Beef Won't Save the Planet	22.1.2010	NewWest.Net All Headlines
Grass-Fed Beef Won't Save the Planet
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Lowe's fined in Colorado over pesticide sales	13.1.2010	Vail Colorado: Business
DENVER - Colorado has fined Lowe's $35,000 for selling a restricted pesticide in the state, but $16,000 of that will be suspended if the home-improvement chain has no further violations. The Colorado Department of Agriculture said Tuesday Lowe's was offering Tomcat Ground Squirrel Bait at five stores in 2008, two years after the company was told the pesticide could be used only by people licensed by the department. Lowe's spokeswoman Katie Cody says the company told all its stores to stop selling the product in 2006 and that the restocking and subsequent sales were inadvertent. Cody says the company takes the matter seriously. Lowe's is based in Mooresville, N.C. ___ On the Net: Lowe's: http://www.lowes.com/ Colorado ...
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Iowa program helps lawyers, dentist, factory workers become farmers	3.1.2010	Durango Herald
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - They are lawyers, factory workers, insurance adjusters, even an accountant and a dentist. All share the same dream: They want to farm.
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ConAgra Foods 2Q profit up	21.12.2009	azcentral.com \| business
OMAHA, Neb. - Shoppers continued to pick up ConAgra Foods Inc.'s brands as they tried to save money, sending the packaged-food maker's fiscal second-quarter profit higher.
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Big Ag Forces Farmers to Buy GE Seeds, Report Says	16.12.2009	NewWest.Net All Headlines
Big Ag Forces Farmers to Buy GE Seeds, Report Says
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AP investigation: Monsanto seed biz role revealed	15.12.2009	Salt Lake Tribune
St. Louis » Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an
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The Pesticide Wars	21.11.2009	From the Blogs
Another battle heads to the Supreme Court
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Cargill fined $200,000 for clean water violations at Fort Morgan packing plant	14.11.2009	Denver Post: News: Local
Cargill fined $200,000 for clean water violations at Fort Morgan packing plant
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Pollution Altering Alpine Lakes	11.11.2009	NewWest.Net Environment
What seem to be pristine alpine lakes high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are getting greener, and not in a good way. A report in the current edition of Science finds that those lakes are being swamped with nitrogen from the atmosphere, caused by pollution from cars, factories, feed lots and fertilizer. The nitrogen is essentially fertilizing lakes that aren’t used to being fertilized, causing a growth of algae and threatening to harm the fish at the top of the food chain. In addition to our carbon footprint, researchers say, human activity leaves a more subtle nitrogen footprint that is affecting natural systems around the world, even in some of the most remote places.
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Struggling to Buy Local and Resist Factory Farming	9.11.2009	NewWest.Net All Headlines
The atrocious state of our industrialized food system, which is dominated by big agribusiness, is nothing new. But even for the well-educated consumer with the best of intentions, it's much easier to shake our heads, rue the way things are and say to ourselves there's no good alternative. I'm doing my best not to bury my head in the sand, but there's often a disconnect between what my stomach wants and what I know is good for my body and good for the earth.
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A remembrance of tomatoes past	7.11.2009	Custom Search
In his sonnets, when Shakespeare summoned "up remembrance of things past," he longed for "the lack of many a thing I sought." (30). He was speaking of the Dark Lady, the elusive paramour he swore was "fair" and "bright," yet was "black as hell, and dark as night" (147).
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