Day: January 27, 2012

USDA Reworks Climate Map to Reflect Weather Changes

January 27, 2012

[brightcove vid=1414362781001&exp3=102195605001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=29906170001&pk=AQ~~,AAAABvaL8JE~,ufBHq_I6Fnyou4pHiM9gbgVQA16tDSWm&w=300&h=225] As you think about planting seeds in the yet-frosty earth, you may want to consider the changes in the USDA climate map that was last updated in 1990.

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Slow Food Meets Big Business

January 27, 2012

Ecological food production is typically viewed as a local family run-type enterprise, nothing matching the grand scale of a multinational corporation. So it seemed dubious when I received an invitation to a February 2nd event sponsored by the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York […]

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