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Delicious Living May 2007 Anne Lappe	Local and Organic Getting the younger generation interested in organic farming so that the tradition continues.
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Nutrition Action Healthletter November 2001 David Schardt	Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? Using biotechnology to produce food has enormous potential: safer pesticides and less harm to wildlife, more nutritious foods, and greater yields to help feed the world's hungry nations. It's the risks of dicing and splicing Mother Nature that are harder to get a handle on...
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Fast Company May 2006	Organic Expansion With total revenues of $15 billion in 2005, and 20% growth per year, organic food is a very fertile market.
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Reason November 2001 Michael W. Lynch	Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers...
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