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Is Hydroponic Organic?

Amber

The USDA Thinks So The argument over what can and what cannot be called organic food came into sharp focus this week as farmers staged a protest, dumping compost in a parking lot and gathered a crowd complete with KEEP THE SOIL IN ORGANIC campaign signs, and action group T-shirts. The problem they want to…

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Swapping Pigs for Aquaponic Farming

After 25 years the hogs are gone, and the aquaponics tanks are going in. Not that the pork business is belly up, Rob Davis, a second generation pig farmer in Lodi, Wisconsin made a fair living raising pigs. But life is all about changes, and his path to switching to naturally grown foods and aquaponic…
August 29, 2015
Amber

Organic Food: Costco Trumps Whole Foods

Is it really surprising that a discount store surpasses an upper end grocer in sales of organic food? Not in a country where everyone wants everything at the lowest price possible. Faced with the choice of buying pesticide-free, gmo-free foods from the whole paycheck store or the cost cutter store, even the most discerning shopper will…
June 5, 2015
Tammy Clayton