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[29 Apr 2010 | View Comments | ]
The Case for Local Food

Here is a food claim may shock you.
Farmers markets offer food that is three times better for you than supermarkets.
A study published in September 2007 by the Organic Center discovered this startling fact after looking into our modern food system. They had a theory that food has changed since the 1950s, before the industrial food revolution. To test this they gathered seeds from the 1950s and today, grew them to harvest, and compared their nutrient values.
In nearly every category our modern food was lacking. The study gets complicated and covers …

Farmers Markets, zero waste »

[22 Jul 2009 | View Comments | ]
Certified Naturally Grown vs. Organic

All of this content comes to us from a comment on a previous post. Tom Hedrick (his farm) said it perfectly and so no need for my commentary.
Certified Naturally Grown vs. Organic
Tom Hedrick said:
Another topic I think lots of us would be interested in is the significant difference between “Certified Naturally Grown” and “Organic”. Organic certification is really a barrier to entry for most small farmers. From the Wikipedia article, “To be Certified Organic (as opposed to Certified Naturally Grown) in the US, a grower must keep detailed …

environment, health »

[30 Jun 2009 | View Comments | ]
Rant About Lazy Americans

So I posted this comment on twitter as robotchampion:
@gavinNewsom in San Francsico, signs first ever compost mandate, requires food scraps be gathered for composting. – http://tr.im/qeQJ
And got this response in Facebook:
“Nothing like building global harmony through state coercion!”
Now this gets me going. In my journeys through A Clean Life one thing keeps hitting me smack in the head. Our environmental problems come from us, the people.
You can’t blame the big companies anymore. You can’t blame the government anymore. There is nothing left to blame and that means we are the …