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Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary
Why that organic label on your milk doesn't tell the whole story |
Tom Philpott |
16 May 2008 |
Victual Reality |
| Tastes great, but who's paying the health-care bills? As a writer, one of my goals is to demystify farming for non-farmers -- to remind people that their food comes from somewhere, grown by someone, often drawing down finite resources. Less than 2 percent of Americans farm, yet all of us eat. Whether you're scarfing a Whopper or savoring a farmers' market peach, food has a hi ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, economy, food, organic food, sustainable ag, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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