Tag Archives: small farms

Regulatory Confusion Hinders Cottage Industry

Local Food | February 12, 2010
I am a Food RENEGADE!

A video interview with a Virginia herbalist dramatically shows the heavy burden too many laws and overlapping bureaucracies puts on cottage industry in the U.S.

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A School Girl’s Essay on Food Safety Issue

Local Food | February 4, 2010
Clare

Clare Hamilton goes to the head of her class on food safety. This farm girl is growing up on a sustainable farm in Colorado, and one can only hope the politicians listen to her words of wisdom.

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Max Kane on Schmidt Verdict, Our Constitutional Rights to Our Own Bodies

Heroes of Sustainable Agriculture | February 1, 2010

Max Kane, an eyewitness at the Michael Schmidt verdict which pronounced the legality of Canadian cowshares, shares his thoughts in words and on video.

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Trautman Dairy Farm Shut Down

Local Food | January 15, 2010
Trautman Family in the Snow

Proud Wisconsin dairy farmer Scott Trautman is being persecuted by state regulators, during the worst economy for dairymen, ever. Will this family farm survive?

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Mastitis Breakthrough Dismissed by Major University

Natural Health | January 5, 2010
Butter Sculpture

William Gehm tells the story of how his innovative milking system curbs mastitis in dairy cows by 93%. The same university that validates his system, ignores it.

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Mark McAfee’s Speech at Acres USA

Local Food | December 28, 2009
Mark and Blaine McAfee with baby calf

Dairy farmer, Mark McAfee has reconnected to his consumer, and is passionate about helping people get well through vital nutrition.

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Traveling Foodie Publishes a Handy Dining Out Guide of Sustainable Eats

Local Food | December 9, 2009
Tasting Super Hot Sauce in Key West at Peppers, a hot chile bar

Holly Hickman, Sustainablesuppers.com blogger now offers her readers an eBook, Healthy Eats Here! a dining guide of sustainable sourcing, small farm supporting restaurants.

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What to Tell Vegetarians Who Say Eating Meat is Immoral

Whole and Natural Foods | December 8, 2009
Cooking our own food from ingredients we raised ourselves is a sort of sacrament no amount of purchased "gourmet" food can offer.

Harvey Ussery is a homesteader and raises all his own food. He defends the slaughter of animals for human sustenance in this impassioned blog post.

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Supercenter Store Welcomes Raw Milk with Huge Fanfare!

Whole and Natural Foods | December 1, 2009
Ksenija Sarazin of Ljubljana and her sister, Ines, enjoying milk at the new LeClerc Mlekomat.

In the capital city of Slovenia, a Target-like Superstore, E. Leclerc, now offers a milk-o-matic raw milk dispenser beside its main entrance. Italy also goes wild for raw milk.

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Jackie Stowers of Manna Storehouse Speaks Out on Issue 2

Food Politics | October 30, 2009
Manna Storehouse Sheep Feed On Lush Green Pasture

Small farmer and food coop owner who has had trouble with a bureaucratic inspired SWAT raid on her farm, warns Ohioans that Issue 2 is dangerous and must be defeated.

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