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If you are interested in the Carrboro Greenspace initiative (this land is a treasure that we simply cannot afford to lose!) there are two upcoming events you are encouraged to attend.
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When the U.S. government goes to court this week to try to block Whole Foods Market Inc.'s planned purchase of Wild Oats Markets Inc., the judge will wrestle with this question: Which of John Mackey's arguments is most convincing?
The Federal Trade Commission contends Whole Foods and Wild Oats operate in a distinct market for premium natural and organic groceries and the $565 million deal would curtail competition and raise prices in that segment. To make its case, the agency is relying on comments by Mr. Mackey, the chief ...
The Federal Trade Commission contends Whole Foods and Wild Oats operate in a distinct market for premium natural and organic groceries and the $565 million deal would curtail competition and raise prices in that segment. To make its case, the agency is relying on comments by Mr. Mackey, the chief ...
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AS FALL TEMPERATURES CHANGE on the White Earth Reservation and the mist lifts off the lakes, the Ojibwe take to the waters. Two people to a canoe, one poles through the thick rice beds, pushing the canoe forward, while the other, sitting toward the front of the boat, uses two long sticks to gently bend the rice and knock the seeds into the canoe. The sounds of manoominike, the wild rice harvest, are the gliding of the boat through the water and across shafts of rice, the soft swish of the rice bending, the raining of the rice into the canoe.
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Those who wish to promote change should look closely at what sustains the present system. One reason capitalism doesn't collapse despite its many weaknesses and valiant opposition movements is because of the "nonprofit sector." Yet philanthropic capital, its investment and its distribution, are generally neglected by the critics of capitalism. Most studies of the subject are generously funded by the nonprofit sector itself; few researchers have followed up on the observation of Marx and Engels in The Communist Manifesto:
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Mill City Farmers Market Saturdays 8am-1pm and Thursdays 4pm-8pm
Chicago Ave & 2nd St S. (Between Spoonriver and the Guthrie) JOIN US IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL FARMERS + SMALL BUSINESSES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saturday, July 21st
Best of Minneapolis
2ND ANNUAL RECIPE CONTEST More information below
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Chicago Ave & 2nd St S. (Between Spoonriver and the Guthrie) JOIN US IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL FARMERS + SMALL BUSINESSES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saturday, July 21st
Best of Minneapolis
2ND ANNUAL RECIPE CONTEST More information below
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Saturday, August 18th from 10AM - 2PM.
Free event, all welcome! Visit one garden in your neighborhood or many around the Twin Cities. Gardens will feature a variety of attractions including tasty veggies, massage, ice-cream, music,art in the garden and more!
This event is coordinated by GardenWorks, a program of The Green Institute.
More information, maps and garden descriptions available at www.gardenworksMN.org
or (612) 278-7123.
Free event, all welcome! Visit one garden in your neighborhood or many around the Twin Cities. Gardens will feature a variety of attractions including tasty veggies, massage, ice-cream, music,art in the garden and more!
This event is coordinated by GardenWorks, a program of The Green Institute.
More information, maps and garden descriptions available at www.gardenworksMN.org
or (612) 278-7123.
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There are various reports being prepared right now examining the impact that a large-scale adoption of biofuels technologies would have on the Chesapeake restoration effort.
Some of the early press coverage on those reports have taken a simplified view and painted the impacts as only negative.
A few articles in the media have pointed to increased nutrient and sediment loads and have concluded that more reliance on biomass energy and biofuels production is not a strategy compatible with the Bay watershed's cleanup.
Some of the early press coverage on those reports have taken a simplified view and painted the impacts as only negative.
A few articles in the media have pointed to increased nutrient and sediment loads and have concluded that more reliance on biomass energy and biofuels production is not a strategy compatible with the Bay watershed's cleanup.
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Hello all,
Please see the e-mail alone from the National Farmers Union below (The Cornucopia Institute is a collaborator with and proud member of the NFU).
If we want to know whether our food is raised by American farmers, meeting USDA/FDA standards, or is being imported from Third World countries with endemic levels of pollution, corruption and fraud (like China), we have to fight the agribusiness lobbyists and make sure that the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is not once again delayed.
Please see the e-mail alone from the National Farmers Union below (The Cornucopia Institute is a collaborator with and proud member of the NFU).
If we want to know whether our food is raised by American farmers, meeting USDA/FDA standards, or is being imported from Third World countries with endemic levels of pollution, corruption and fraud (like China), we have to fight the agribusiness lobbyists and make sure that the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is not once again delayed.
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The Chinese mitten crab is likely here to stay, according to scientists who plan to broadcast alerts to fishermen up and down the East Coast to be on the lookout for the Asian crustacean.
Four mitten crabs turned up in late May in the Delaware Bay-a sign that they may be reproducing in the region. (In June, one showed up in the Hudson River, above New York City.)
Four mitten crabs turned up in late May in the Delaware Bay-a sign that they may be reproducing in the region. (In June, one showed up in the Hudson River, above New York City.)
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Shortly after manure or fertilizer is spread on the land, a portion of the nitrogen that goes unused by crops takes a turn that could affect the course of nutrient trading in the watershed.
Instead of being flushed downhill and into a stream during a rainstorm, some of the excess slowly leaches through the soil until it reaches slow-moving groundwater.
The groundwater will also carry the nitrogen to a stream-and ultimately the Bay-but at a more leisurely pace: It often takes years, and sometimes decades, to complete the journey.
Instead of being flushed downhill and into a stream during a rainstorm, some of the excess slowly leaches through the soil until it reaches slow-moving groundwater.
The groundwater will also carry the nitrogen to a stream-and ultimately the Bay-but at a more leisurely pace: It often takes years, and sometimes decades, to complete the journey.
