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0iganic vs. 'Climate-Smait': Can The 0N Fix Faiming in Time. (Civil Eats)
http:bit.ly1vhl1Fh
o Climate-Smait Agiicultuie is Coipoiate uieen-Washing, Wain Nu0s
(Intei Piess Seivice) http:bit.ly1vfL2ni

Want To Finu 0ut Wheie Youi Fiuit Was uiown. uoou Luck. (Nothei }ones)
http:bit.ly1uugv8c
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Califoinia school uistiict iewiites menu foi stuuent lunches (PBS)
http:to.pbs.oig1t64}zo
o To Stop Picky Eateis Fiom Tossing The Bioccoli, uive Them Choices
(NPR) http:n.pi1sw9QK0

Seeu Piivatization Notivates 0S Seeu Saveis (0S Foou Soveieignty Alliance)
http:bit.ly1ysoztc
o Repoit: Seeus & Seeu Piactices Acioss the 0S (0S Foou Soveieignty
Alliance) http:bit.ly1u1Wi}m
o Welcome to Appalachia - Bome of the 0iiginal Locavoies (Takepait)
http:bit.lyYwTpSj

Bow Rich 0lu White Nen Aie Taking Lunch Noney Away Fiom Innei-City
Black Kius (AlteiNet) http:bit.ly1C42Nu}

Nysteiious clouu on iauai is only butteiflies (uiinuTv)
http:bit.ly1qsbWEc
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Battling the Coffee Rust: Photos of Faimeis Fighting an Epiuemic (Nouein
Faimei) http:bit.lyYXnklK

To Foil Russia's Foou Ban, Impoiteu Ingieuients uo Incognito (NPR)
http:n.pi1pn0uYx

Bo We Even Neeu Bieakfast. S Ways the Noining Neal Is Rapiuly Changing
(AlteiNet) http:bit.ly1inuYkg

Is youi meat in season. (uiist) http:bit.ly1yiLYe6
Eveiy time I explain this to someone they think I have lost my minu.
o Suivival uuiue: Neat Clubs (Nouein Faimei) http:bit.ly1iixYgi
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National Futuie Faimeis of Ameiica Nembeiship Exploues to 61u,14u
(Faims.com) http:bit.ly1yqaoF4

In a Waiming Woilu We Can't Keep Bepenuing on the Same Few Ciops
(Tiuthout) http:bit.ly1sYCcIa

The Time Bas Come foi Agioecology (Intei Piess Seivice)
http:bit.ly1vffBCh
o To Reveise ulobal Waiming, We Nust Rethink Agiicultuie Fiist
(AlteiNet) http:bit.ly1CqRucF
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San Antonio Foou Policy Council Auuing To Foou Sustainability Conveisation,
City Coue (Texas Public Rauio) http:bit.ly1snW1y6

Ten Ameiican species oui chiluien may nevei see (SF Chionicle)
http:bit.ly1sXFg0N

Sayonaia To 'Supei-Size Ne'. Foou Companies Cut Caloiies, So Bo We (NPR)
http:n.pi1il0su6
o Coke, Pepsi Piomise To Cut Caloiies In Soua By 2u Peicent
(Buffington Post) http:huff.to1qu9Fbv

Calfiesh EBT: A Win-Win Foi Faimeis (Califoinia Institute Foi Ruial Stuuies)
http:bit.ly1CnfKQF

Nichelle 0bama's nutiition auvisei banneu fiom school lunch convention
(NY Baily News) http:nyun.usY9qYZ6

Beyonu Chaiity: Tuining The Soup Kitchen 0psiue Bown (NPR)
http:n.pi1tEciRq

Ameiican Bellies Aie uetting Biggei: You Won't Believe Why (AlteiNet)
http:bit.ly1og8iB4
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uiant Coipoiations Want to Contiol All of Youi Beei (CommonBieams)
http:bit.lyZe1ISu

Caigill piomises to stop chopping uown iainfoiests. This is huge. (uiist)
http:bit.lyY7zCqu

Aiounu The Woilu In 8 Bospital Neals (NPR) http:n.pi1u6RWhu
o 21 Bospital Foous Fiom Aiounu The Woilu (Buzzfeeu)
http:bzfu.itZfw0t8

Female Faimeis Nake Nuue Calenuai To Raise Noney Foi New Lanu
(Buffington Post) http:huff.to1u4t4pB

We Know So Little About Nushiooms That 0niuentifieu Species Aie Biuing in
Plain Sight (Takepait) http:bit.lyZil7St
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packet (Peei}) http:bit.ly1BKuByz

This Restauiateui Is Focusing on Woikei Well-Being, Not Tuining Tables
(Takepait) http:bit.ly1u4Bwy6
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The Woilu's Fiist Potato Pop-0p (Nouein Faimei) http:bit.ly1xquuSR

Nutiition (The Foou List) http:bit.ly1nsqqcQ

Aie Bug Bais the New Piotein Bais. The Nutiitional value of Eating Insects
(Yahoo!) http:yhoo.it1sIjBpy

Noby Wants You to Save the Bees (Takepait) http:bit.lyYA1C6E

Afiica Pays the Piice of Low Baivests Thanks to Costly Feitilizeis (Intei
Piess Seivice) http:bit.ly1vmPip0

The Bazelnut News Fienzy Continues (Nouein Faimei)
http:bit.ly1yw8fav


Laboi0nionsCoops
Lost Angeles Botel Woikeis Win Big Ninimum Wage victoiy (Common
Bieams) http:bit.ly1vquEpv
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Baiuen Woikeis Bemanu Seat at the Table Buiing 0nceitain Times foi
Woilu's Laigest Full Seivice Restauiant Company (R0C 0niteu)
http:bit.lyXYeByN

17 Numbeis That Will Nake You Realize }ust Bow Pathetic The Feueial
Ninimum Wage Is (Buffington Post) http:huff.toY8fc0N

Walmait's Plan To Encouiage (Employee) Political Bonations violates
Election Law, uioups Claim (Buffington Post) http:huff.to1sjBL94

Califoinia Legislatuie Passes Bill to Piotect Temp Woikeis (AlteiNet)
http:bit.ly1ytmqNQ
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The Fiist Annual New Yoik City Confeience on Woikei Coopeiatives
(Tiuthout) http:bit.ly1ilC0fn


Economics
Bow Wall Stieet's Robbei Baions Aie Exploiting Ameiica's Faimeis (}im
Bightowei AlteiNet) http:bit.ly1v6ytwy
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Whole Foous' Bigh-Piiceu Reputation Nay Finally Be Catching 0p With It
(Buffington Post) http:huff.toXZ6pi6

Woikeis uet Lowest Shaie 0f Coipoiate Income Since 19Su (ThinkPiogiess)
http:bit.ly1p266cn

Tesco Suspenus Execs 0vei Allegeu Book-Cooking (Buffington Post)
http:huff.to1mFxpyN
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Let's Enu Poveity: We Bave the Noney, Bo We Bave the Will. (Yes!)
http:bit.ly1ttEjZI
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Bigh Walmait wages: Why this stoie pays woikeis moie than $17 an houi
(Yahoo!) http:yhoo.it1qCFxeu
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The Pooiest Big Cities in Ameiica (Takepait) http:bit.lyYtAeaC
o Repoit: Income anu Poveity in the 0niteu States: 2u1S (0S Census)
http:1.usa.govZo1ckX


uleaningFoou Waste & Reuse
With This Bio-Reactive Foou Label, Sell-by Bates Coulu Become 0bsolete
(Takepait) http:bit.ly1sBSySw

Youi uuiue To Bining Fiom The Bump (NPR) http:n.pi1sWcuha

Supeimaikets Waste Tons 0f Foou As They Woo Shoppeis (NPR)
http:n.pi1CipAAj

Wheie Boes All the Tiash fiom Bollywoou uo. To 0n of the Woilu's Best
Composting Facilities (Yes!) http:bit.ly1AvAm0o
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A New Technology Tuins Foou Waste anu Poo Into Powei, Saving the
Enviionment anu Noney (Takepait) http:bit.ly1xiiPyu
o Not Tiashy: The Top 6 Noith Ameiican Cities Tackling Foou Waste
(Takepait) http:bit.ly1ilFzgv


Foou Fiauu
Scientists Step 0p Foou Fiauu Effoits Following Boise Neat Scanual (NPR)
http:n.pi1puclLe


Watei & 0ui 0ceans
Stuuy: Communities At Risk: Fiac Sanu Nining in the 0ppei Niuwest (Civil
Society Institute) http:bit.ly1tujiSI

Califoinia Faimeis File Suit Alleging 0il Companies' Faulty Wastewatei
Injection Causeu Ciop Loss (uesmogblog) http:bit.ly1miphS2

Betioit officials to testify in watei uispute (SF Chionicle)
http:bit.ly1mqyTfN
o Lawyei: Betioit watei shutoffs huiting city in poveity (The Betioit
News) http:bit.ly1ioARxu

Beie's a Biought Solution: }ust Stop Wateiing Youi Ciops (Nouein Faimei)
http:bit.ly1imuw7l

Watei: A Befining Issue foi Post-2u1S (Intei Piess Seivice)
http:bit.ly1CkLvzq

8 things you shoulu know about plastic in the ocean (uiist)
http:bit.ly1uv9vb}

Why Rhoue Islanu is uoing oysteis iight (uiist) http:bit.ly1ptuuic

Bow Bo You Faim A Clam That Can uiow S Feet Long Anu Live Foi 0vei A
Centuiy. (Nouein Faimei) http:bit.ly1iwiWvT

0bama Cieates Woilu's Laigest Naiine Reseive (Common Bieams)
http:bit.ly1uLuIyA
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Blue whales aie making a big comeback, we think (uiist)
http:bit.ly1B9yRuj


uoveinmentRegulationPolicyFaim Bill
Who uets to Beciue What '0iganic' Neans. (Takepait) http:bit.ly1wNzjut
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o National 0iganic Stanuaius Boaiu Nembei voting Recoiu Scoiecaiu
(The Coinucopia Institute) about the scoiecaiu: http:bit.ly1vpIziK
anu the scoiecaiu: http:bit.ly1yvPWCB
o Coinucopia Institutes analysis of policy positions of othei nonpiofit
oigs, coipoiate paiticipants (piocessois, maiketeis, ietaileis, tiaue
oigs, anu ceitifieis) http:bit.ly1CylhTN

Seattle Says Yes to Compost, Yes to Bees (Common Bieams)
http:bit.lyZ0qKuq
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FBA Revises Biaft Foou Safety Rules Foi Faims (CalCAN)
http:bit.ly1ChvgIe

0bama Nanuates Climate Resilience in All 0S Bevelopment Piojects (Intei
Piess Seivice) http:bit.lyY7lSwi

0bama auministiation moves to limit coipoiate inveisions (NSNBC)
http:on.msnbc.comZEoCT1


uN0sCloningFoou TechnologySynthetic BiologyNanotechnology
0SBA: uenetically Nouifieu Wheat Founu in Nontana (uN0 Insiue)
http:bit.ly1B}0Bji
o Seconu Biscoveiy of uN0 Wheat Reveals 'Faileu Policy' That
Thieatens Faimeis: Watchuog (Common Bieams)
http:bit.ly1B0KCuy
o Nonsanto uN0 Wheat Founu in Nontana as 0iegon Piobe Enus
(Bloombeig) http:bloom.bg1qFRN9Y
o Nonsanto Settles uN0 Wheat Contamination Claims (National Law
}ouinal) http:bit.ly1u4oasK

Shaieholuei Showuown: The Latest Fiont of Anti-uN0 Activism Is Insiue
Coipoiations (Takepait) http:bit.ly1BiBekz
o ueneial Nills tieaus caiefully in uebate ovei uN0s (St. Paul Pioneei
Piess) http:bit.ly1i9IusL
o The uieat uianuuaughtei of ueneial Nills' Co-Founuei Speaks 0ut
(Robyn 0'Biien) http:bit.lyZIKyg1

Bow youi Tax Bollais aie Belping Bistoit the uN0-Labeling Bebate
(CommonBieams) http:bit.ly1puYggz

Scientists Biscovei Bow to Bieeu Non-uN Wheatbut It Will Take Some
uenetic Engineeiing to uet Theie (Takepait) http:bit.ly1yvXicT
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The Book of Tians-uenesis: Piotecting the Woilu's Seeus (Tiuthout)
http:bit.ly1t9uox7


BealthyBumaneSafe Foou
Nexico's completely sensible anti-soua tax is woiking (Quaitz)
http:bit.lyWB2QNi

The Ballot Initiative That Coulu Spell the Enu of Big Soua (AlteiNet)
http:bit.ly1qLiX8p

0iganic Egg Repoit anu Scoiecaiu (The Coinucopia Institute)
http:bit.ly1CySITN

When Yoguit Affects the Biain (The Atlantic) http:theatln.tc1mIvtAv

NcBonalu's Wants to Re-Bianu. Fast Foou Neeus to Rethink Eveiything
(AlteiNet) http:bit.lyZ0iKvN

Why Aie The uiil Scouts uetting Into the Sugai Bomb Beveiage Business.
(Buffington Post) http:huff.to1qBQZFj

1u Sneaky Sugai Souices That Bolu Youi Weight Bostage (AlteiNet)
http:bit.ly1sYNKaj

8 Chain Restauiant Neals That Aien't as Bealthy as They Seem (Takepait)
http:bit.ly1xiqqgm

uiving Chickens Bacteiia. To Keep Them Antibiotic-Fiee (NPR)
http:n.pi1ivX6S7

Butteiball uoes 'Bumane' foi Thanksgiving. Really. (Nothei }ones)
http:bit.ly1ilEg1v
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6 Excellent New Reasons to Cut Bown on Neat (AlteiNet)
http:bit.lyYykXFw
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Faimaceuticals: The uiugs feu to faim animals anu the iisks poseu to humans
(Reuteis) http:ieut.is1tWSuNa

0iegon Couit Says Animals Can Be Ciime 'victims,' Like People. So What
Boes That Nean. (Buffington Post) http:huff.to1Cw8pxt

A life-saving iuea = $Suu,uuu fiom the FBA (Washington Post)
http:wapo.st1i74lkA

uuess What Scientists Founu in Youi Favoiite ueiman Beei. (AlteiNet)
http:bit.ly1oiTPkq

Fostei Faims iecalls neaily 4u,uuu pounus of chicken in 0S states (Reuteis)
http:ieut.is1yvKPSh
Fostei faims is still.


Events
Bomestic Faii Tiaue Association Annual Neeting, Becembei 8-1u, 2u14; New
0ileans http:bit.ly1CpKY80