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Plant a garden, share the harvest. Imagine Food is Free.

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By: Food is Free Project

5 Ways to Eat Less Packaged Food

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While it’s not practical to eliminate packaged foods completely, there are ways to cut back so you can reduce your exposure and protect your health. Try these five fresh food strategies.

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Love this! (via Give a Shit about Nature)

By: Food Inc

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Greenhouses made from repurposed windows—a great idea! (via Growing Organic, Eating Organic)

By: Food Inc

10 Things Food Banks Need But Won't Ask For

1027kord.com

Some items are in high demand at the food bank and you may not realize it. Because they aren't essentials, the staff doesn't publicly ask for them.

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Awesome! Thanks to Upworthy and Greenpeace USA for the image!

By: Pachamama Alliance

How To Turn An Aluminum Can Into A Camping Stove

vimeo.com

One of the best gifts I've ever received on my travels is a stove made with nothing but a drinks can and a knife. In this video, we're going to learn how to make…

20 Surprising Uses for Coffee Grounds

http://www.ivillage.com

Turn remnants from your morning cup of joe into a workhorse in your house.

5 Foods That Still Contain Trans Fats

gma.yahoo.com

The FDA Wants to Ban Artificial Trans Fats

Food safety impacted by US government shutdown

http://www.foodqualitynews.com

Almost half of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employees have been furloughed after the federal government failed to agree a budget deal by the midnight deadline.

Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M | TechCrunch

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TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

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Offer good with purchase of two beverages and any burger entrée or entrée salad.

By: Denver Broncos

Could you eat well on $4.50 a day? | SmartBlogs

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September is Hunger Action Month and for the past several years, people around the country including lawmakers have taken up the SNAP Challenge, named afte

Boulder Flood Relief - Get Help & Get Involved

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Boulder Flood Relief - Get Help & Get Involved

Massive SWAT Raid Seizes Organic Okra

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

A small organic farm in Arlington, Texas, was the target of a massive police action last week that included aerial surveillance, a SWAT raid and a 10-hour search.

Urban Homesteaders Produce 6,000 Pounds of Food on 1/10 Acre

http://www.realfarmacy.com

“In danger of being free.” That’s how Jules Dervaes sums up his journey from a small backyard garden to a super-productive microfarm. It’s a low input, highly efficient urban homestead right next to the metropolis of Los Angeles. Jules, his son Justin, and his two...

Sustainability Goes through Denver's Roof

confluence-denver.com

Progressive developers and building managers are no longer ignoring rooftops. These spaces are growing into a hotbed of agricultural innovation that can include gardens, greenhouses and even beehives.

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force-fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure – video

http://www.guardian.co.uk

The actor and rapper, who now goes by the name Yasiin Bey, experiences the procedure of being force-fed like those on hunger strikes in Guantánamo Bay

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Aquaponics: 20,000 Pounds of Fish & 70,000 Pounds of Vegetables on a 1/4 Acre ►http://www.realfarmacy.com/aquaponics/ — with Bri Johnson and 18 others.

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By: Grow Food, Not Lawns

Mass. supermarket scanners 100% accurate in state study

http://www.lowellsun.com

BOSTON (AP) -- A new state survey of supermarket price scanners has good news for price-conscious consumers.

Farm Bill Defeat Shows Agriculture’s Waning Power

http://www.nytimes.com

Although a number of factors contributed to the defeat of the bill, analysts said the vote also illustrated the shift in the American population and political power to more urban areas.

It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest

http://www.collective-evolution.com

I came across this article through a friend, gave it a read and thought to myself, “this is what the shift is all about”. The article discusses how Seattle is to build the Nation’s first “Food Forest”. 7 acres of organic perennial permaculture contained of hundreds of various plant edibles such as f...