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Delicious Living January 2006	Organic Farming as Bountiful as Conventional Organic farming is not only better for the environment, a study has found, but it also produces the same amount of corn and soybeans as conventional farming.
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National Gardening Suzanne DeJohn	Organic or Local? Agribusinesses have realized that consumers are willing to pay more for organic produce. Large farms are converting to organic methods to take advantage of this trend and fill the demand. Is this a bad thing?
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Chi-Chu Tschang	Organic, With Pesticides Some farmers in China are taking advantage of confusing rules to falsely label food.
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Fast Company May 2006 Charles Fishman	A Farming Fairy Tale Imagine that you could wave a wand - and make all our food organic.
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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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The Motley Fool July 5, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Whole Foods Thinks Small Can Whole Foods turn a "dilemma" into dollars? The traditional investor might think it's silly that Whole Foods would earmark funds toward giving smaller farmers and entrepreneurs a leg up, but it fits well into Whole Foods' long-term strategy.
Food Processing October 2006 David Feder	Well Noted: Organic by Any Other Name While the demand for organic foods and ingredients threatens to outpace supply, some companies are coming under fire for allegedly "fudging" what is truly organic. So what do the "purists" expect?
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