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Chefs Who Farm
Oct 29th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Some of the top chefs around the country are taking the concept of 'farm to table' and the local food movement to a new level by purchasing and running their own farms.
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Local Food Lab
Oct 22nd, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
The Local Food Lab, a Silicon Valley based start-up incubator, is focused on helping new social entrepreneurs get their local food business ideas up and running...
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How To Make The Food System More Energy Efficient
Oct 12th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
This article was originally published in Scientific American, and is republished on the Sustainable America blog with the permission of the author, Dr. Michael E. Webber.
"Examining our food supply through the lens of energy use reveals opportunities for smart policies, innovative technologies and new dietary choices that can potentially solve food and energy problems together. The same steps would also make our bodies, and our ecosystems, healthier."
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Dirt!
Oct 8th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Dirt the movie shows us how beautiful dirt is and how important healthy soil really is to our existence.
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PodPonics
Oct 5th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
PodPonics says that growing food in shipping containers is a 'local everywhere' approach.
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A New NRDC Report Shows That America Wastes 40% of Its Food
Oct 1st, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
40% of food available to Americans is discarded, and most of that uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills. A new [report](http://www.nrdc.org/food/wasted-food.asp) by the NRDC has compiled many existing statistics to demonstrate the magnitude of [food waste](http://www.sustainableamerica.org/blog/what-is-food-waste-and-why-does-it-matterwhat-is-food-waste-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/) in the U.S.
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Bokashi
Sep 21st, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Most compost systems can't take meat and dairy. Bokashi can take it all! And with an airtight bin, it's perfect for apartments or indoor composting. No smell and no pests...
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Farm Aid's Annual Benefit Concert
Sep 19th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
The sold-out Farm Aid Music and Food Festival returns to Hersheypark Stadium in Hersey, Pennsylvania on September 22, 2012. Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, raising more than $39 million to help family farmers all over the country. Even though the show is sold out, a webcast will also be available on Farm Aid's website for those who can't attend. See this year's line up.
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Oysters For Chickens
Sep 14th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
Guest-blogger Justine Wenger of [The Market Restaurant](http://www.themarketrestaurant.com/), a seasonal restaurant on Lobster Cove in Massachusetts, enlightens us as to what a seaside restaurant can do with all of those discarded oyster shells – feed them to local chickens to improve eggshell and soil quality for area farmers.
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What are feed additives?
Sep 7th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Have you ever wondered what the food you eat has been eating during its lifetime? It's probably more complicated than you could imagine. Feed additives are huge multi-billion dollar business. From antibiotics to basic vitamins, learn more about the wild world of livestock feed.
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