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Bringing Shapeless Hemp Sweaters to Yuppies, at Last
Whole Foods ponders move into organic clothing |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living, United States (all these topics) |
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Thank Your Lucky Starbucks
Starbucks chief pushes for fair-trade, eco-friendly coffee |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics) |
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A Mighty Wind
New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, California, energy, food and agriculture, green living, San Francisco, wildlife, wind power (all these topics) |
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The Fairest of Them All
Fair-Trade Food Starts to Catch on in the U.S. |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics) |
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