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Sara Lee Greenwashes new bread product: “Eco-grain” – buyer beware

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Mayda | Category: Featured Articles, National

This is hot off the newswire:
“EcoGrain” Marketing Blitz — Greenwashing New Bread Produced with Toxic Agrochemicals as Something /Better/ Than Organic
*Cornucopia, Wisconsin:* With the growing success of organics, and increasing consumer interest in buying foods that were grown on sustainable farms without toxic chemicals, Sara Lee Corporation has launched, with much [...]



Urban Farms of Central Ohio

Nov 6th, 2009 | By Mayda | Category: Featured Articles, Local Food & Recipes, Urban Farming

Where are the urban farms in Central Ohio. Take a look at our map. Please support local agriculture.



Co-op canneries…where’s the meat?

May 20th, 2009 | By frijolitofarmer | Category: Featured Articles, Local Food Processing, Urban Chickens

I was really excited about this message (below) until I read further into it. “…for the production of a premium brand of creatively designed fruit based preserves.” Farmers can already make their own jelly at home. It’s covered under the cottage food exemption. You’ll find fruit preserves at every farmers’ market in Ohio.
What our farm [...]



How do we move farming to the cities?

May 7th, 2009 | By frijolitofarmer | Category: Featured Articles, New Farmers, Urban Farming

“So, the question is: how can we plausibly increase the amount of farmers? The answer seems to be to take farming to where most of the people are at: in the cities.” –Sam Rose

I very much agree. In bringing farming to cities, we face two major obstacles, neither of which are insurmountable.