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 Stories About: Big Ag AND Department of Agriculture AND environmental justice AND gardening AND grassroots activism AND industrial ag AND local food AND New York AND placemaking AND Poverty and the Environment AND sustainable ag
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Turn the Eat Around Forgotten by many, a Brooklyn neighborhood nourishes its own |
Tom Philpott |
22 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Wander into Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood on a Saturday morning in summer, and you'll see a sight not uncommon in New York City these days: a thriving and diverse farmers' market. Neighborhood denizens cluster around stands offering free-range meat, fresh cheese, cream-on-top milk, and a whole array of fresh fruit and vegetables, many of them grown right down the block. An Added Value ... |
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| Topics: Big Ag, Department of Agriculture, environmental justice, gardening, grassroots activism, industrial ag, local food, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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I'm Hatin' It How the feds make bad-for-you food cheaper than healthful fare |
Tom Philpott |
22 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| If you're going to talk about poverty, food, and the environment in the United States, you might as well start in the Corn Belt. So good, and so good for you -- until it's turned into soda. Photo: stock.xchng. This fertile area produces most of the country's annual corn harvest of more than 10 billion bushels, far and away the world's largest such haul. Where does it all go? The majority -- a ... |
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| Topics: Big Ag, Department of Agriculture, environmental justice, gardening, grassroots activism, industrial ag, local food, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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