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Organic Growth

BY Walecia Konrad
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:18 AM

As Wal-Mart and its ilk go natural, true believers are grumbling. But investors are chowing down.READ»

FAO: Farmers need fertilizers to fight famine

BY Vatren Jurin
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 10:17 PM

FAO: Farmers need fertilizers to fight famine (12/13/2007) A leader of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says he doesn't ...READ»

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A Farming Fairy Tale

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

Imagine that you could wave a wand--and make all our food organic.READ»

BEAUTY | Comment

GOING GREEN and GIVING UP ALL THOSE CHEMICALS

BY going9green going9green
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jan 5, 2009 at 1:56 AM

GOING GREEN and GIVING UP ALL THOSE CHEMICALS the great living site - is for natural product for the home - for the kids - for the family - for gifts .. for anything and everything in your life .. Five advantages of going Certified ...READ»

BUSINESS BOOKS | Comment

Reading List: Organic, Inc.

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

What really goes on in the organic-food industry may turn you green.READ»

TOMATOES | Comment

Tomato Blight: Centralized Gardening Strikes a Nasty Blow to Local Agriculture

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 68
Wed Aug 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM

"Late blight," related to the disease that caused gthe Irish potato famine in the 1840s, has been ravaging organic farms and gardens in my area of Western Massachusetts. Ironically, it's been traced to <a ...READ»

OBAMA | Comment

Obama Backtreads, Nominates Agri-Biz Lobbyists to Key Posts

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 64
Fri Oct 9, 2009 at 3:06 PM

Well, that didn't take long. The afterglow of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people" has already faded. The President has stirred up controversy ...READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Comment

The Good Earth

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 62
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

Paul Dolan is no woolly-headed idealist. The head of Fetzer Vineyards is a fierce competitor who happens to believe that sound environmental and social practices are also good business. It's all part of his "triple bottom line" approach.READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | Comment

Customers First Local Hero: Sunflower Farmers Markets

BY Alyssa Danigelis
Relevancy Score: 61
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:22 AM

Sunflower Farmers Markets Imagine shopping for organic foods in a store that doesn't fetishize it--and then charge you for its fetish. Wild Oats founder Mike Gilliland started Sunflower Market in 2004 in Denver, Colorado to ...READ»

WAL-MART | 18 comments

Is Wal-Mart Really Organic?

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Jan 17, 2007 at 4:19 PM

The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin has been taking a lot of shots at Wal-Mart concerning the retailer's organic food labeling practices. For one, the organization charges that Wal-Mart's signage ...READ»

FARMING | 4 comments

You Don't Have to Quit Eating Meat to Save the World by 2050

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 56
Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 12:22 PM

In news that will surprise, well, almost everyone, researchers from Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research say that it's possible to feed the world sustainably by 2050, when the planet's population is expected to ...READ»

FC CALENDAR | 1 comment

Agriculture 2.0: The First Sustainable Agriculture Investment Conference

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 52
Tue Sep 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM

While no one advocates that we should stop producing food, when the finger-pointing over climate change begins, the ag industry often gets an unfair shake. If agriculture is so disproportionally bad for the planet, shouldn't ...READ»

MONSANTO | 1 comment

Are Monsanto's GMO Soybeans Good for Us?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 49
Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Monsanto's genetically modified (GMO) soybeans have frequently been vilified over the years. The soybeans, protesters say, require too many pesticides, see lower yields, and could be responsible for the growth of resistant weeds. ...READ»

BUSINESS | 2 comments

200 Green Business Ideas

BY Meredith Gossland
Relevancy Score: 46
Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 1:19 PM

Just for starters....in virtually every industryREAD»

CROPS | Comment

Conventional Crops May Get Green Fungicide Boost

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 40
Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM

Twenty years ago,the health scare over the use of the chemical alar on apple crops effectively launched the modern organic business. Now the fungicide industry is ready to exact its revenge as a new class of green fungicides ...READ»

COCA COLA | 2 comments

Coca Cola and Honest Tea -- The Plot Thickens!

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 40
Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Since Coca Cola acquired a minority interest in Honest Tea back in February of this year, the organic beverage company has utilized the benefits of the partnership to come a long way, and according to CEO Seth Goldman, managed to ...READ»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

When Science and Faith Meet: A Marketing Miracle

BY Adam Hanft
Relevancy Score: 39
Fri May 30, 2008 at 11:11 AM

There are a lot of arguments for eating organically. Some of them are connected to environmental and sustainability issues. Others are based on the absence of a negative: pesticides. But much of the momentum for the explosive ...READ»

SUSTAINABILITY | 1 comment

Whole Foods Gets a Whole Lot Bigger

Relevancy Score: 39
Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 6:05 PM

MarketWatch has reported that Whole Foods has purchased rival natural-foods grocer, Wild Oats, for $565 million. Whole Foods has struggled in recent months, reporting a decline in fiscal first-quarter profit, largely due to ...READ»

ANVILSUSTAINABLE | 1 comment

AnvilSustainable T-Shirt Is Made Out of Recycled Plastic Bottles

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 38
Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 9:06 PM

Judging by the recent spate of mainstream hemp and recycled cotton knitwear, the clothing industry is more than eager to explore sustainable alternatives to regular old cotton. The latest trend is clothing made out of recycled PET ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 2 comments

What Does Green Mean?

BY Alec Appelbaum
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM

Architect Rafael Pelli's approach to designing healthy buildings defies easy categorization--and that's a good thing.READ»

BIODIVERSITY | 1 comment

The Carbon Footprint of Orange Juice is in the Dirt

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 35
Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM

Surprisingly, when it comes to making OJ, it's not the packaging or the trucks--growing the fruit produces the single greatest proportion of the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice, as PepsiCo just hired an outside consultant ...READ»

LOCAVORE | Comment

Can Burgerville Bring the Local Food Movement to the Masses?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Mar 18, 2009 at 2:56 PM

Fast food chains like Burger King and McDonald's aren't known for being particularly healthy, gourmet, or sustainable. It doesn't matter if tomatoes or potatoes aren't in season--McDonald's customers want their fully-garnished ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Can Green Homes be Mass Produced?

BY Kermit Pattison
Relevancy Score: 33
Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 6:28 PM

The Fast Interview: Architect Michelle Kaufmann on finding an alternative to endless subdivisions of McMansions.READ»

EDUCATION | 13 comments

Six Degrees of Sustainability: The Hottest Schools for Environmental Studies

BY Abha Bhattarai
Relevancy Score: 32
Fri May 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM

In January, we reported on the 10 green jobs poised to carry us through the next decade. Five months later, the demand for those jobs is still growing strong--President Obama recently pledged $500 million for environmental job ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | 1 comment

The Dairy Show

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 32
Mon Jun 7, 2004 at 1:41 PM

Kudos to Stonyfield Farm, which launched a series of company blogs earlier this spring. While several of the blogs focus on projects and initiatives the company is backing -- Strong Women, for one -- a couple offer a nice inside look ...READ»

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