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Connecting the Dots: The Journey from Farm to Cafeteria Tray
By Andrea Northup | community blog
May 16, 2012:  I am truly honored and humbled to be this year’s Young Food Leader for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Growing Green Awards.  Truthfully, I’m accepting this award on behalf of the many wonderful stakeholders I work with each day to get more... READ MORE >
Field Notes on Food Justice: Why Your Local Grocery Store Makes Farmworkers Poor
By Lucas Benitez and Greg Asbed | community blog
May 16, 2012:  “Fresh and Fair from Florida”… Five words that would look so beautiful stamped on your next tomato purchase. Five words that would signify a revolution in agricultural working conditions. Five words that today remain tantalizingly just out of reach... READ MORE >
Nature is Our Teacher: A Social Experiment Disguised as a Business
By George Siemon | community blog
May 16, 2012:  Receiving the Growing Green Award from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for my leadership role in Organic Valley is especially rewarding since I have spent my life connecting food with the protection of our natural resources. As a city-... READ MORE >
Regenerating Landscapes For a Sustainable Future
By Gabe Brown | community blog
May 16, 2012: Welcome to Brown’s Ranch!  We are a diversified family operation spanning over 5,400 acres located on the northern Great Plains near Bismarck, North Dakota. For over 15 years, we have said NO to unsustainable ranching and farming practices by... READ MORE >
Troubling Early Trends in Penn’s Woods from Gas Drilling
By John Quigley | community blog
May 1, 2012: A new study from researchers at Penn State University has looked at early trends in land-cover change and forest fragmentation in Pennsylvania due to shale-gas exploration -- i.e., the amount of forests and fields being chewed up by drilling. The... READ MORE >
Waiting for Supermom: Why Parents are Forced to Do the FDA’s Job
By Laura MacCleery | community blog
April 18, 2012: When the New York Times ran a snarky story (“Going to Extreme Lengths to Purge Household Toxins”) under a picture of my daughter, Maya, a few weeks ago describing my efforts to rid my home of toxic chemicals, you can bet the comments from readers... READ MORE >
It’s Water Conservation Month – How’s the Gas Industry Doing in Pennsylvania?
By John Quigley | community blog
April 17, 2012: Thanks to the great people (and former colleagues) at iConservePA.org, I’ve learned that April is Water Conservation Month. They've offered some helpful tips on conserving water at home. In response, one of their Facebook fans commented that “the... READ MORE >
BPA: An Unwelcome Guest in Our Home
By Patty Jen Arndt | community blog
April 2, 2012: I do what I can to avoid exposing my family to BPA, which is a toxic, hormone-disrupting chemical that has been linked to cancer, obesity, and a slew of other health problems.I make sure my baby son's bottles are made from either glass or BPA-free... READ MORE >
"Greener" Fracking Chemicals? Really?
By John Quigley | community blog
March 29, 2012: In my last blog post, I wrote about what I heard at CERAWeek 2012: namely, gas industry officials talking a lot about transparency, disclosure of chemicals, and improving the safety -- not to mention reducing the environmental footprint -- of... READ MORE >
My Dirty Little Secret: I Want a Minivan
By Patty Jen Arndt | community blog
March 28, 2012: I envy what my friends have. I know it's lame. I know what people will say. But I can't help it: I want a minivan. It all started last year when our friends got one. They bought the minivan around the same time we added a second car seat to our car... READ MORE >

 
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