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USDA Recognizes Growing Movement to Buy Local

Did you know every million food dollars spent on commercial big agriculture creates 3 jobs in the market?  Now compare that with local farming where the same money creates thirteen new jobs!  That’s right, we all know local food is fresher and helps us reduce our carbon footprint.  We also hear a lot of talk about how local agriculture strengthens our economy and now we have the numbers to back it up. Continue Reading

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USDA approves more GMOs

This is a chart of worldwide GMO production.  As you can clearly see, America is number one in the deregulated production of Genetically Modified crops.  Last month the USDA approved even more GMOs.  Specifically, Monsanto’s new soybean with a modified fatty-acid profile and a multi-pesticide resistant strain of corn created by Dow. Continue Reading

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