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Is Big Organic the Enemy?

When it comes to organic food, it’s pretty amazing how many of the seemingly small brands at our local health food stores are actually owned by gigantic corporations. OrganicConsumers.org has a chart [PDF] that shows how various brands are associated with each other, something that many consumers aren’t thrilled with.
But is Big Organic the enemy? [...]

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Organic Nation Checks Out Yale’s Winter Greenhouse

Winter may be closing in on us, but that doesn’t mean that we have to stop growing our own food, even for those who live in the cold Northeast. The OrganicNation.tv team talked to Yale Sustainable Food Project director Melina Shannon-DiPietro about the project’s unheated greenhouse, which continues producing tasty winter greens well into the [...]

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OrganicNation.tv Checks Out Rooftop Farming in Chicago

The team at OrganicNation.tv, who are taking a short break from traveling the nation to explore America’s sustainable food landscape, stopped by Chicago restaurant Uncommon Ground to check out the first certified organic rooftop farm in the nation.
Check it out as Dorothee Royal-Hedinger tours the roof, samples honey from the restaurant’s rooftop bee colony and [...]

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Support OrganicNation.tv’s Bid for NAU’s Grant for Change

Exciting news – OrganicNation.tv has been nominated for NAU’s Grant for Change! The $10,000 award will highlight the efforts of people who move in the spirit of the Nau Collective and support those who instigate lasting, positive change in their communities – and there’s no doubt that the Organic Nation team accomplishes that goal.
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What’s Organic About Organic Beer?

OrganicNation.tv is back with yet another awesome video from their travels across America exploring the sustainable food landscape. This time, the Organic Nation team caught up with Chad Kennedy, Head Brewer at Portland’s Laurelwood Public House and Brewery.
From OrganicNation.tv:
Portland is of course known for its beer and microbreweries, and the Portland beer scene has been [...]

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OrganicNation.tv Interviews Curtis Ellis, Producer of King Corn

The OrganicNation team’s kickoff tour was a great success, and they got plenty of awesome video footage as well as lots of great photos documenting the trip. OrganicNation.tv is an exploration of the American sustainable food landscape focusing on the people, places and products that are shaping a new green economy and lifestyle.
At the Organic [...]

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