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"Todmorden" - The Incredible Edible Town

"Todmorden" - The Incredible Edible Town | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

Herb gardens in strips of earth bordering sidewalks. Apples, pears, cherries, raspberries and strawberries growing all around the town’s health center. Corn growing tall in front of the police station, and fruit trees surrounding the fire station. Vegetables (with invitations to “help yourself”) next to the railway station and bordering parking lots. Residents growing food for themselves in any space not otherwise used. Visitors to the town invited to “take the walk” through the town center to view all of these edible delights for themselves.

No, this isn’t a vision from an inspirational sustainable treatise—it’s a real place.The inspiring result is England’s Incredible Edible Todmorden.... http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/todmorden-incredible-edible-town/#.UO489rbZ03Y

 

Taking the urban garden to the next level: Seattle Creating Massive Edible Forest Filled with Free Food http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1590944878/taking-the-urban-garden-to-the-next-level-seattle-creating-massive-edible-forest-filled-with-free-food

 

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Incestuous Relationships: The US agribusinesses, food corporations and regulatory bodies - VIDEO

Incestuous Relationships: The US agribusinesses, food corporations and regulatory bodies - VIDEO | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
As New York bans large sugary drinks in trying to reduce obesity rates we ask if the move should be extended nationwide.

18 September 2012 - Al Jazeera - Inside Story Americas

 

The powerful food lobby – made up of more than 50 food and beverage groups – has spent more than $175m lobbying since Barack Obama, the US president, took office in 2009.

One of its principal targets is to prevent a California law coming into force that would force labeling on products made with genetically-modified organisms, or GMOs. That is despite concerns over the safety of GMO products....

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2012/09/201291881415461970.html

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Local Food and The Farm Bill: Small Investments, Big Returns

Local Food and The Farm Bill: Small Investments, Big Returns | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
For too long, funding provided by the United States’ most far-reaching food and farm legislation has primarily benefited agri-business and large scale...
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For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful

For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
Whether you’re worried about hunger, social crises, or climate change, the solution is the same: small-scale farming.

 

There is battle raging across the world over who can better feed its people: small-scale farmers practicing sustainable agriculture, or giant agribusinesses using chemical fertilizers and pesticide

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