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23 hours ago by celesdavar08

We’ve got a new eatery in Onanole this summer. Sisters Quinn and Jasmin Greavett have launched an alternative to the often poor quality, fast food chains that typically accompany tourism travel routes and destinations. As many writers and investigative journalists are uncovering, our “Fast Food Nati ...

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3 days ago

Image via: Ninety Acres Culinary School Richard Branson, known for supporting all types of wild and high profile schemes (renewable energy, carbon capture, alternative fuels for Virgin Airlines and even eco-resorts on his famous islands), now he's into something a little more mellow: funding a F...

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4 days ago by WineTaster

The recent rise in food consciousness has made many people ask for foods that are grown organically; no fertilizers, pest control methods, anything other than what Mother Nature provides. Yet others prefer to eat food with fewer miles. That is, food that is grown closer to where they are consumed. T ...

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6 days ago by foodservicefootprint

(left to right): Steve Jobson, buying director; Caroline Rofe, senior buyer; Tamsin Gane, sustainable procurement manager; Michelle Hanson, commercial director, Aidan Connolly, chief executive Sodexo, a leading food and facilities management services provider, has today announced that it has been aw ...

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10 days ago

By Lester R. Brown Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a resource whose production will soon be falling. Since 1981, the quantity of oil extracted has exceeded new discoveries by an ever-widening margin. In 2008, the world pumped 31 billion barrels of oil but dis ...

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10 days ago

Image credit: GROFUN Neighbors Come Together for Gardening and Free Produce Growing your own veggies is great. But the process can be intimidating and time consuming. That's why it's so important to help newbies learn new skills and meet like-minded, experienced gardeners. Whether it's instant veggi ...

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11 days ago by theidlespectator

The Idle Spectator would like to issue yet another apology for a prolonged absence from electronic print, it appears that while time does not actually fly, it can get away from one when other concerns take precedent over that which is is business here at this esteemed journal. The reasoning this tim ...

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12 days ago

Photo via stock.xchng by ortonesque Let’s clear up one issue: There is no such thing as local vs. organic. When it comes to consumer choice, we should be buying local and organic, though for mostly different reasons....

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12 days ago by karla

Interested in eating less oil? In this VideoNation/Hidden Driver report, animator Molly Schwartz keeps track of how many miles your food travels from field to fork.

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14 days ago

The realfood festival is a celebration of the produce and producers in the UK and abroad. But food policy and politics are such big issues now that they were also part of the event. There were thought provoking debates on the future of food, buying ethical food in today's economic climate and animal ...

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