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What I saw at the Summit
Thoughts from the big organic confab in Boulder |
Tom Philpott |
01 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Attending last week's Organic Summit, held within the tasteful confines of the St. Julien Hotel and Spa in Boulder, was a very, well, organic experience. It started with the hotel itself. The St. Julien, a human-scale building right in downtown Boulder, exudes calm. The lobby, a light, airy space overlooking a sun-dappled garden with mountain views behind, practically echoes with a low and relaxing ohhhmmm. As far as accommodations, I get drowsy just thinking about the ... |
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| Topics: greening biz operations, sustainable ag, organic food, food, business (all these topics) |
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Udderly awesome
Starbucks vows to make 100 percent of its milk rBGH-free |
Glenn Hurowitz |
27 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you haven't been ordering that double whipped Frappuccino at your local Starbucks with soy milk, you've likely been gulping down Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH). It makes cows produce more milk, but it's thought to increase the risk of breast, prostate, and colon cancer in humans (if only they could come up with something to make cows squirt machiatto directly from their udders). But now, after two years of pressure from the organization Food and Wate ... |
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| Topics: business, food, greening biz operations, organic food (all these topics) |
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Putting the Source Before the Cart
Regional grocery chains seek 'organic retailer' certification |
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03 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Putting the Source Before the Cart Regional grocery chains seek "organic retailer" certification In some mainstream grocery stores, organic options are shunted to the side, put in a sort of "Food for Freaks" section where only the bravest shoppers dare to tread. But increasingly, regional chains are getting certified as "organic retailers" ... |
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| Topics: business, food, green living, greening biz operations, news, organic food, shopping (all these topics) |
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McKibben on 'green' Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart may sell organic, but it also thrives on ruined downtowns and long freight hauls. |
Tom Philpott |
21 Nov 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I've always been a bit appalled by the polite applause with which some enviros greet Wal-Mart's 'green' initiatives. Seems to me that the only way the company could really 'go green' would be to stop selling cheap plastic crap shipped in from halfway around the world in vast suburban megastores. In other words, completely change it's business model -- not, say, adopt 'green' building techniques for its appalling superstores, or haul mass-produced 'organic' food from Cal ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, business, food, greening biz operations, greenish companies, organic food, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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