
Source: food.theatlantic.com
Just a couple of blocks from the Washington Monument, the air carried the ripe, green scent of tomato plants, which were nestled in planters made from salvaged oak and locust planks. Lazy strums of folk ...

It can be tough being both an environmentalist and a meat-eater. We know that industrial animal feedlots can produce as much waste as cities and a lot ends up fouling our waters. We know ...

Food Declaration
Interview with "Joel Salatin, a confident and charismatic third generation farmer who
became known to many through Michael Pollan's admiration of his work
and ideas in "The Omnivore's Delimma," describes himself as "a
Christian Libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer.""
Source: shepherdstownchronicle.com
Local news from the Shepherdstown area from The Shepherdstown Chronicle.

Tim Edwards Facebookgroup "Know Your Farmer..." is new and base of operations is just outof San Antonio, Texas. They will be focusing on information andbringing names of local farms that sell to the public at their locationor via farmers markets. Worth taking a look and getting involved at thegrassroots level.

Food Declaration More people eating local food despite recession.
Source: www.zacharyadamcohen.com
We all know that locally grown sustainable food is better for us and the environment, but it often seems to be bad for our wallets. Even though foodies are willing to go to extreme lengths to support good food, will mainstream America ever do so?

Food Declaration NYT Op Ed: "We live now in the world of the generic apple, in large part because our taste buds have gone generic."
Source: www.nytimes.com
Apples are representative of an overall trend in agriculture what is available is more generic to suit our generic tastes.

Food Declaration MARION NESTLE: Frank talk about food sometimes quashed.
Source: www.seattlepi.com
Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers' questions in this column written exclusively for The Chronicle. E-mail your questions to food@sfchronicle.com, with Marion Nestle in the subject line.

Crying Wolf: Climate Change Will Cost Farmers Far More Than a Climate Bill | Environmental Working G
Source: www.ewg.org
Farm industry leaders and their supporters in Congress are trying to derail climate change legislation by insisting that the House-passed bill, the American

Food Declaration
"The White House has nominated Mr. Siddiqui for the position of chief
agricultural negotiator in the office of the United States trade
representative. He is presently a vice president at CropLife America, a
coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry,
including Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow Chemical and D...uPont. That job doesn’t
seem to square with the Obama administration’s professed interest in
more sustainable, less chemically dependent approaches to agriculture."Read More
agricultural negotiator in the office of the United States trade
representative. He is presently a vice president at CropLife America, a
coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry,
including Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow Chemical and D...uPont. That job doesn’t
seem to square with the Obama administration’s professed interest in
more sustainable, less chemically dependent approaches to agriculture."Read More
Source: www.nytimes.com
President Obam’s nomination for the nation’s chief agricultural negotiator should represent a broad view of American agriculture.

Food Declaration
Headline: "Farmers grow electricity along with their crops" -
"We are basically harvesting the sun when we're farming," said Falen.
Source: www.capitalpress.com
Capital Press Agriculture Newspaper is the most comprehensive online source of daily, farm and ranch news and classified ads for California, Idaho Oregon and Washington.

Source: www.nytimes.com
Singling out meat-eating as harmful to the environment is overly simplistic. Encouraging judicious choices for all types of food is a better approach.

Source: www.google.com
WASHINGTON — Cupboards at a soup kitchen near the White House will be spilling over for several days after a donation of fresh produce harvested Thursday from first lady Michelle Obama's vegetable garden.

Carol Crooks Food for all!

Emily Please come out and show your support for REAL MILK IN TEXAS!
Help lift the unfair marketing barrier that limits consumers’ choices
Location:TX Dept. of State Health Services Bldg.
Time:12:00PM Wednesday, November 4th



























