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Competition heats up in Austin's grocery market
New Braunfels :: TX :: USA | about 7 hours ago
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As she loaded groceries into her trunk outside the Randalls grocery store on West 35th Street in Austin, Robin Scott said the recession has changed her shopping habits. For one thing, she's branched out and now searches multiple stores for the best deals.
Tags: North Austin, Randalls Remarkable Card, Al Edwards, Robin Scott, Leslie Lockett, grocery market, New Braunfels, Randall's Food Markets, Safeway Inc., H-E-B, Grocery store, Shopping, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Organic food, Skaggs family, Business Finance
Organic turkeys see the sun again
Toronto :: Canada | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Janice and Matthew Dick wasted no time reintroducing their turkeys to pasture after the Turkey Farmers of Ontario announced it would exempt organic turkeys from a rule requiring they be raised under a solid roof. "The birds are happy," said Matthew, whose...
Tags: TFO, organic turkey, organic birds, Ontario Agriculture, Organic Council of Ontario, Matthew Dick, Canada, Toronto, Farm, Avian influenza, Heritage turkey, Organic food, Organic farming, Domestic turkey, Environment
Loma Rica organic farm closes
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility The Loma Rica Ranch organic farm — part of a planned development touted as a model for Sierra foothill neighborhoods — has been closed, and its seven farm workers have lost their jobs. The Grass Valley farm was the cornerstone of a multi-use development...
Tags: Loma Rica Ranch Gazette, Loma Rica Rancho, Carville Sierra Inc., Phil Carville, organic farm, rica organic, Grass Valley, Organic certification, Organic farming, Organic food, Carville, Loma
Growing crops in buildings proposed as solution to world's food woes
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility But what is clear right now is that vertical farming is in its infancy. The idea is to grow food inside buildings — not conventional greenhouses, but multi-storey buildings, quite likely in cities — in closed ecosystems using hydroponics rather than soil,...
Tags: Dickson Despommier, Chris Bradford, growing food, Valcent Products Inc, traditional agriculture, Valcent Products EU, growing crops, farm experiments, despommier says, New York City, Sustainable agriculture, Vertical farming, Organic farming, Agriculture, Hydroponics, Farms, Urban agriculture, Organic food, Environment
U.S. shoppers going green despite struggling economy
Lima :: Peru | 1 day ago
Credibility Despite the worst U.S. recession in decades, sales of organic and sustainable products have continued to grow, experts say, with shoppers willing to spend a few more dollars in a bid to become more green. U.S. supermarket sales of environmentally sustainable...
Tags: U.S, Peru, Lima, Sustainability, Organic food, Safeway Inc., Whole Foods Market, Environment, Business Finance
State’s jobless rate rises
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Updated 12 minutes ago Alabama�s October unemployment rate rose to 10.9 percent, according to the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. Counties with the lowest unemployment rates were Shelby, 7.4 percent; Madison, 7.5 percent; and Coffee, 8.3 percent.
Tags: Silicon Valley, jobless rate, unemployment rate, rate rises, Whole Foods CEO, California Employment Development Department, Intuit, Whole Foods Market Inc., San Diego, Health care, Organic food, Whole Foods Market, John Mackey, Health Medical Pharma, Labor, Alabama, Unemployment, Business Finance, San Jose California, Santa Clara California, Intel Corporation, Recession, California, Labor economics, San Diego County California, Inland Empire, San Francisco, Employment, Twitter, Santa Clara County California, Venture capital
Community Farm Napa to show new kind of agriculture
Napa :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Launching spring of 2010, the Community Farm Napa will be the first public showing for a new kind of agriculture — community-based. “If we can weave the farm back into the community, where people actually live, we can have more variety of a better product...
Tags: Community Farm Napa, Napa, Environment, Organic food, Sustainable food system, Napa County California
Forum urges choosing food produced locally
Fairfax :: VA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Marin Organic representative Paige Phinney will lead the discussion of low-impact dishes.
Tags: Fairfax, Bolinas California, West Marin, Organic food, Sustainable food system, Hospitality Recreation
FOOD BEWARE
Paris :: France | 3 days ago
Credibility After countless films about our impending doom, in water ( Flow ), our food supply ( Food, Inc. ), our economy ( Capitalism ) and our environment ( An Inconvenient Truth ), now, thankfully, come the documentaries about ... what the f*** we are doing about...
Tags: France, Paris, Pesticide, Food Inc., Barjac, An Inconvenient Truth, MF Doom, Organic food, Sustainable food system, films, Entertainment Culture
Film sheds light on farming industry
Lawrence :: KS :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility They’re the watchwords of the modern American consumer as he peruses the grocery store aisles. And industry’s response to his demands can be seen on every shelf. The country’s appetite has changed drastically in the last 50 years with the proliferation...
Tags: Diana Endicott, Joel Salatin, Lawrence, Organic food, Sustainable food system, Poultry farming, Polyface Farm, Factory farming, Livestock, Agriculture
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