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	<title>What&#039;s Organic</title>
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	<description>In Farming, Food, Products and the Environment</description>
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		<title>Getting to Know Your Farmer and the Farmers Pledge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knowing the people that grow your food is the polar opposite from the grocery store chain experience. When you buy produce in a supermarket, you don&#8217;t know what country it was grown in, much less what&#8217;s been sprayed on it, or who harvested the food.
The Farmers Pledge can accompany organic certification or be an alternative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatsorganic.org/2010/06/getting-to-know-your-farmer-and-the-farmers-pledge/</link>
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		<title>Look Who Owns Organics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some organic food products you may have been purchasing for years have changed ownership without changing their labels. If you want to know who processes the canned organic tomatoes you buy, or your organic milk or the cereal you pour it on, take a look at the research of Dr. Philip Howard.
In 2002, the USDA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatsorganic.org/2010/06/look-who-owns-organics/</link>
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		<title>Can organic agriculture really feed the world?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the most popular argument against organic farming is that crop yields can&#8217;t compete with conventional agriculture that uses nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides and often, genetically modified seeds. The usual argument is that these chemical-intensive farming practices are needed in order for us to feed the world.
There is science out there that says this isn&#8217;t so. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatsorganic.org/2010/06/can-organic-agriculture-really-feed-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t read this, if you don&#8217;t want to know&#8230;</title>
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about the relationship between food system and fossil fuels
the history of US Ag policy
the impact of the US Farm Bill on national heath
the impact of US food system on rest of the world
what is meant by &#8220;food security&#8221;
what is meant by &#8220;sun food&#8221;

If you do want to know about these things, a good place to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatsorganic.org/2010/06/dont-read-this-if-you-dont-want-to-know/</link>
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		<title>What do those labels mean?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether it&#8217;s food, personal hygiene products, household cleaners or paper products, what do all those labels mean? You know the ones: small logos placed in a row along the back of a package of herbal tea, or the now ubiquitous green and white circle with the words &#8220;USDA Organic.&#8221;
A great place to find this information [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whatsorganic.org/2010/06/what-do-those-labels-mean/</link>
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