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Filling Their Sales If organic food is so popular, why are so few farms transitioning their land?	Tom Philpott	22 Mar 2007	Victual Reality
On a recent trip to Austin, I visited the flagship Whole Foods -- a vast space where people gather en masse to render financial sacrifice to that new god, organic food. From the depths of the parking lot, as you make your way up to the store, you're urged again and again by a sign that simply says, "Love where you shop." From the doe-eyed look of the supplicants ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, organic food, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Now If Only They'd Stop Serving Meat Restaurant biz hops onto the green bandwagon		08 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Now If Only They'd Stop Serving Meat Restaurant biz hops onto the green bandwagon Green ain't just the color of the broccoli anymore in the restaurant biz. And a good thing too: the average restaurant generates 50,000 pounds of waste (half of it food) and uses 300,000 gallons of water every year. Enter the Green Restaurant Association, which provides environmental assessments and "certifi ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, greening biz operations, news (all these topics)

Oké-Dokey Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers readers' questions		13 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Don't you think it is strange that people will cheer your environmental efforts when you transport fruit a thousand miles? -- Brandon Fedor, Plano, Texas Jonathan Rosenthal, top banana at fair-trade fruit company Oké USA. Yes, I do. One of the interesting things about fair trade is that for many it becomes the solution. For me, fair trade is an opening -- a window into reassessing choices we make a ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Tricks of the Fair Trade Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers Grist's questions		09 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Jonathan Rosenthal. What work do you do? I am the top banana at Oké USA, a new fair-trade fruit company owned by farmers, fair-trade organizations, and nonprofits. What does your organization do? Oké USA is a new model of fair trade that links farmers, fair-trade organizations, and eaters. Farmers get a fair price, a fair share, and a fair say; eaters get a delicious banana at a fair pri ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Well Aisle Be Whole Foods unveils initiatives to boost local and compassionate farming		30 Jun 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: business, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Green-Up on Aisle Six Supermarket chains now offering store-brand organic foods		05 May 2006	Daily Grist
Green-Up on Aisle Six Supermarket chains now offering store-brand organic foods The hippies-and-yuppies stereotype that's long stuck to organic food may soon fade, as mainstream supermarket chains in the U.S. introduce hundreds of store-brand organic products. Supermarket organics can cost 10 to 15 percent less than national-brand organics, while still adhering to the same federal standards. Consumer demand is driving ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, news (all these topics)

One Tray at a Time How to green your company's cafeteria	Joel Makower	06 Sep 2005	Toiling Point
Let's do lunch ... right. © Corbis. "Got anything green to eat?" That's probably not a question you hear much around your company's cafeteria, but you might soon. A growing number of companies are thinking about the environmental impacts of the food they serve. And along the way, the oft-maligned institutional food is giving way to cuisine that won't bite the land that feeds you. Company cafeteri ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Cost in Translation Seriously, now -- why aren't organics getting affordable?	Christy Harrison	25 Aug 2005	Main Dish
So you like whole-grain bread, pesticide-free plums, and low-fat meat? Better ask for a raise. A recent study by researchers at the University of California-Davis reported that U.S. shoppers who consistently choose healthy foods spend nearly 20 percent more on groceries. The study also said the higher price of these healthier choices can consume 35 to 40 percent of a low-income family ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Better Latte Than Never Eco-friendly coffee could save El Salvador's dwindling wildlife		13 May 2005	Daily Grist
Better Latte Than Never Eco-friendly coffee could save El Salvador's dwindling wildlife Environmental groups are working to help El Salvador's coffee farmers achieve green certification so that they can survive in a volatile worldwide market -- and the wildlife that finds refuge on their farms can survive as well. The country's native ecosystems have been almost entirely wiped out, and its once-prodigious ...
Topics: business, El Salvador, food and agriculture, news (all these topics)

Father of the Bribe Monsanto agrees to pay $1.5 million in penalties for Indonesian bribes		07 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Father of the Bribe Monsanto agrees to pay $1.5 million in penalties for Indonesian bribes When agrochemical giant Monsanto's bid to introduce genetically modified cotton to Indonesia was met with widespread protests from farmers and activists, it bribed a government official in order to avoid having an environmental impact study conducted on its GM crop. Yesterday Monsanto agreed to pay $1.5 million in fines -- $1 mi ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, GMOs (all these topics)

Bringing Shapeless Hemp Sweaters to Yuppies, at Last Whole Foods ponders move into organic clothing		12 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Bringing Shapeless Hemp Sweaters to Yuppies, at Last Whole Foods ponders move into organic clothing Have you ever felt chafed by the inconvenience of having to go one place for your bulk bulgur wheat and another for your Guatemalan organic cotton poncho? Well we've got good news: From here on in you can point your Lexus SUV in one direction only, to organic grocer Whole Foods. The retailer is ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living, United States (all these topics)

Thank Your Lucky Starbucks Starbucks chief pushes for fair-trade, eco-friendly coffee		01 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Thank Your Lucky Starbucks Starbucks chief pushes for fair-trade, eco-friendly coffee Starbucks has served as a convenient target for the anti-globalization crowd, especially given that you can't throw a brick in some neighborhoods without breaking a Starbucks window. But CEO Orin Smith is fighting back against the company's bad reputation. He recently announced that, by 2007, Starbucks would attempt to procu ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Vegging Out Advice on antioxidant-rich foods and why they cost so much	Umbra Fisk	21 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Antioxidant foods are "the thing" right now, and I would love to be able to eat as many as I need. However, they are usually the most expensive fruits and vegetables. Would it not make sense for farmers or producers to grow these products in greater volume, so we could all afford them and be able to eat healthier more easily? How difficult would such an adjustment in crops be fo ...
Topics: advice, ag subsidies, Ask Umbra, business, food and agriculture, health, industrial ag (all these topics)

Walk Like an Egyptian Egyptian Agro-Business Is Socially Conscious and Green to Boot		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Walk Like an Egyptian Egyptian Agro-Business Is Socially Conscious and Green to Boot In the arid Egyptian desert -- an area not typically associated with socially progressive entrepreneurship -- the Sekem Group is demonstrating how home-grown business can make both profit and positive change. Founded in 1977 by Ibrahim Abouleish, the agro-business has developed a wide range of products (herbal medicin ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, Middle East, wildlife (all these topics)

The Oil Hits the Fan Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Oil Hits the Fan Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble A $3 billion, 1,000-mile pipeline -- slated to be pumping oil from the newly opened Caspian oilfields through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to the world market by April 2005 -- has run into a whole mess of trouble. Environmenta ...
Topics: Azerbaijan, business, energy, food and agriculture, Georgia, globalization, mining and drilling, population, renewable energy, Turkey, wildlife (all these topics)

The Big Disease-y New Controls Needed on Wildlife Trade to Prevent Disease, Scientists Say		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Brazil, business, food and agriculture, globalization, health, India, wildlife (all these topics)

A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away Between San Francisco and Sacramento lies the nearly completed High Winds Energy Center, a state-of-the-art wind farm expected to generate roughly 162 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 75,000 homes -- and make wind power competitive with extractive energy sources. The turbin ...
Topics: business, California, energy, food and agriculture, green living, San Francisco, wildlife, wind power (all these topics)

The Freon Market On supermarket coolers	Umbra Fisk	17 Nov 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Every time I go to the grocery store and see meats, dairy products, and other products displayed in open-air refrigerators, I get a little miffed and wonder if this isn't a huge waste of energy and a tremendous cost to the supermarket as well. Do supermarkets make more money having their products in open-air rather than closed-door displays? Delos Chapel Hill, N.C. Dearest Delos, If you've ever made an impulse purchas ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, business, energy, energy efficiency, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Beyond the Pale Green Activists and small-scale farmers are going 'beyond organic' to push local foods	Michelle Nijhuis	12 Nov 2003	Main Dish
Activists and small-scale farmers are going "beyond organic" to push local foods By Michelle Nijhuis 12 Nov 2003 A-tisket, a-tasket, an organic produce basket. Photo: USDA. Organic food has hit the big time. The Whole Foods Market chain, the largest natural-foods retailer in the world, boasts 145 stores throughout North America; its leading competitor, Wild Oats, has 101 stores in 25 states and Canada. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture put in place a s ...
Topics: Alice Waters, business, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Baby, We Use Corn to Run House and Senate Reach Agreement Over Ethanol in Energy Bill		06 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Baby, We Use Corn to Run House and Senate Reach Agreement Over Ethanol in Energy Bill Clearing one of the last major hurdles on the way to a final energy bill, negotiators from the House and Senate agreed yesterday on most parts of a plan to almost double the use of ethanol by 2012 and provide a new tax credit for diesel fuels that are blended with soybeans or other farm p ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, Midwest, placemaking, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Fairest of Them All Fair-Trade Food Starts to Catch on in the U.S.		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Fairest of Them All Fair-Trade Food Starts to Catch on in the U.S. Hey, you -- sipping the fair-trade, shade-grown, organic coffee. How would you like a fair-trade banana with that? Or a fair-trade chocolate bar? A small but growing number of products in U.S. grocery stores carry a fair-trade label issued by TransFair USA, based in Oakland, Calif., which guarantees that the workers in developing countries w ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Say It Ain't Soy Brazil Will Allow Planting of GM Soybeans In a big blow to opponents of biotechnology, Brazil announced last week that it will allow farmers to plant genetically modified soybeans, ending its role as one of the leading nations opposed to GM crops. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government had previously promised to oppose GM plantings, bu ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, business, deforestation, food and agriculture, GMOs, rainforests (all these topics)

The Eat Generation		05 Jun 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: business, food and agriculture, health (all these topics)

Seedy		19 May 2003	Daily Grist
Seedy Members of Brazil's Landless Peasant Movement occupied a test farm owned by biotechnology giant Monsanto last week, in a bid to expel the company and establish an organic farm on the site instead. The protestors say neither the people nor the government of the Brazilian state of Parana support genetically modified (GM) crops, such as the transgenic soybeans an ...
Topics: Brazil, business, environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, GMOs (all these topics)

40 Acres and a Tax Break		16 May 2003	Daily Grist
40 Acres and a Tax Break California environmentalists and farmers rejoiced yesterday when Gov. Gray Davis (D) restored $40 million in funding for farmland and open-space protection under the Williamson Act. Together, farmers and enviros had lobbied heavily against the proposed elimination of the act, under which the state pays back counties for property taxes lost when landowners are ...
Topics: business, California, food and agriculture, news, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics)

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