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Center for Science in the Public Interest Starts Campaign Against Weakening Pig Safety Inspections on the Slaughter Line
There are hundreds of swine slaughter plants in the United States. Approximately 40 are larger plants that supply approximately 90 percent of the nation's pork, including the slaughter plants of the three meat packing giants, Tyson Foods (revenue of $40.052 billion in 2018), Smithfield Foods (revenue of $14.4 billion in 2015 and now owned by the … Continue Reading »
Savory Zucchini Cheese Bread
When the weekly farm share or backyard garden is "runneth over" with zucchini and summer squash, this is a handy recipe from the All Purpose and well-used Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker (New York, NY: Scribner, 1997). I love the encouragement given in this go-to cookbook: “Remember that muffins … Continue Reading »
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A Small Step Forward: Cover Cropping In The Backyard Garden; A Leap Backward: Deforestation of Brazil’s Cerrado Region
A couple of weeks ago, in mid July, I harvested this season's crop of garlic planted in the backyard garden in a raised bed. With a few more weeks in the 2019 growing season, what to replant in the … Read More
Delicious Dining in the Mohawk Valley Two Blocks From the Erie Canalway Trail
When the Mohawk Valley village of Fort Plain in upstate New York was hit by flooding in the summer of 2013 – four years to the day after a similar horror – nearly 90 businesses told the town’s mayor … Read More
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Know Where Your Wine Comes From & How It Was Produced
Wines produced from grapes grown without herbicides and insecticides, fermented only with natural yeast, and produced with no additives truly capture … Read More...
Farm Aid 2019 Concert In Wisconsin Dairy Country Near Milwaukee This September 21st
Farm Aid 2019 with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews (plus at least nine other acts) will be held on Saturday, September … Read More...
