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Woody Tasch: Socialist? Terroir-ist? Celebratory Slowpoke?

November 21st, 2008 A year ago, investor Woody Tasch’s book Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money might have seemed way out there; slow money? Isn’t that like a slow racecar or a slow rocket? An oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp? Suddenly, with Wall Street in shambles (the victim of too much too fast), Tasch’s vision for a more patient and holistic investment philosophy that values relationships (between people and other people, between people and the natural world) doesn’t seem so strange after all. I sat down wit

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Are Airlines Unfair to Pet Owners?

November 21st, 2008 Are Airlines Unfair to Pet Owners? For people who understand French, Radio-Canada (Channel 2 in Montreal) is showing an investigative piece on puppy mills in Quebec, tomorrow night (Thursday) at 8 pm. The promo is already stomach-turning, so be warned.While retail pet stores defend the... Health 0

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Wal-Mart Learns A Branding Lesson

November 21st, 2008 It has been a gloomy month for US retailers. Iconic brands such as Linens-n-Things and Mervyns are in liquidation, while former electrical retail powerhouse Circuit City filed for bankruptcy protection last week. Store sales are down at every major US retailer - except one. On Thursday Wal-Mart announced a 7.5% increase in sales for the first three quarters of 2008. Chief executive Lee Scott was smiling when he declared his 'optimism' for the upcoming holiday season, and Tom Schoewe, Wal-Mart's

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Eco-Pregnancy Makes for Healthy Babies

November 20th, 2008 Many women discover the green lifestyle when they are expecting, or become moms. Wanting to do the best you can for your child includes considerations that you make before your baby is even born – after all, that’s why you’ve given up wine, right? Everyone knows that eating right and getting enough rest will help both mother and baby be healthy, but the green movement has opened our eyes to the effects that the world around us can have as well. Back in 2005, a frightening study by the Environm

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San Fransciso company MY FARM brings the farmer’s market to your own backyard!

November 20th, 2008 San Fransciso company MY FARM brings the farmer's market to your own backyard! By: 11thhouraction 11th Hour Action recently became aware of a great company in the San Fransisco area that is working directly with homeowners to  install and maintain beautiful, plentiful organic food gardens in their own backyards!  MY FARM helps people transform their unproductive grass lawns (which require tons of water, fertilizer and maintenance) into sustainable mini farms.  It is well known that eatin

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33 Reasons Why Organic Food Is Better For Us All

November 20th, 2008 Sure, you’ve heard all the hype about organic food, but there are still skeptics out there who don’t think it matters. They just eat any old thing and then they wonder why they feel so bad all the time and don’t have any energy. Duh. As it turns out, though, organic food isn’t just better [...]

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Chocolate: Growers Going Beyond Mere Cultivation to Production

November 20th, 2008 Chocolate: Growers Going Beyond Mere Cultivation to Production November 20, 2008 by Faraz Rabbani When Chocolate Is a Way of Life The Quichua people of Ecuador are no longer simply cultivators of cacao, transforming their role into manufacturers and owners, by forming their own cooperative known as Kallari. “Chocolate making has always been less common in cacao producing countries than it has been in Europe, where the technology to create chocolate bars was developed and where such a luxur

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A word (and recipe) from Director, Destin Layne

November 20th, 2008 At Eat Well, we have a lot to be thankful this year, not least of which are all the fabulous recipes we’ve seen people post at the Consumers Union’s site at our Thanksgiving Local and Organic Food Challenge. See my own recipe for pumpkin soup below — tomorrow, Leslie will be posting a roundup of some of our favorites. For those of you who are new to Eat Well and The Green Fork, we’ve come a long way this year — see our first official post, 20 Ways to Green your Fork, published back in April, o

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‘The Kind Diet’: Alicia Silverstone Writes Vegan Book

November 20th, 2008 When the news hit yesterday that Alicia Silverstone is writing a book about veganism called The Kind Diet, I could not have been more excited. I did not think it was possible for me to be disappointed related to this publishing announcement. However, I am. While the book sounds phenomenal - read more about the theory and recipe book at Ecorazzi - it is being published by Rodale, which is where my disappointment enters. I work by day as an editor, and have considered applying for a job at Ro

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I GOT A PACKAGE

November 20th, 2008 I GOT A PACKAGE Hurray!!! Husband just called and said "Hey, checked the mail and you've got a little package, should I open it?" I was like "NO WAY!!!! IT'S ALL MINE!!!!!" I bet it's from Two Frog Home!!! In case ya'll forgot, I won the Organic Gardening in Cold Climates Book. So HA! At least there's something good to greet me when I get home. Unless it's a summons, complete with handcuffs. I guess that's a possibility.

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