The Bloomingdales of Local Foods Ayrshire Farms of Middleburg, Virginia is an extensive enterprise. It is a livestock farm, butchering & catering company, a restaurant, the Hunters Head Tavern, and an upscale farm store, the Home Farm Store.
The swine flu crisis lays bare the meat industry’s monstrous power The Mexico swine flu outbreak should alert us to a highly globalised industry with global political clout Here is a quote from the article: In 1965, for instance, there were 53 million US hogs on more than 1 million farms; today, 65 million hogs [...]
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Threat Level Raised as Swine Flu Illness Spreads in U.S. See the latest Associated Press Swine Flu Story here.
photo credit: La FruU Another blogger has come across an incredible bit of news, a factory pig farm that produces nearly a million pigs per year is the likely source of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, that is now infecting U.S. citizens in Texas and California.
photo credit: timsnell Next Tuesday’s Natural Cures Blog Carnival, April 28 is on Herbs for Healing, Life never promised you an herb garden, but some of you have discovered the magic of herbal tonics, cooking with herbs. Please share your herbal finds with us. If you are an herb gardener, we’d love to hear about [...]
Monsanto sued a Saskatchewan canola farmer when some of their GMO canola invaded his fields. Percy Schmeiser neither invited, nor wanted such an invasion. Rather than roll over
Yesterday, the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association held its third annual Farm Food Voices lobby day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Farmers and Consumers spent the day lobbying their respective elected officials, the emphasis was anti-NAIS, Pro-Food Freedom, and Pro-Sustainable Agriculture.
Target happens to be one of my favorite retailers, known for bringing good design to the masses. Because of my regard for this company, I would like to be the first to publish tjis op-ed by Mark Kastel. Consumers need to hold our corporate citizens accountable for high standards and truth in merchandising…
We have been doing some research, and have come up with some very effective ways to curb the frequency of acid reflux incidents. Here are a few of the most promising…
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