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Less corn planted, despite ethanol

Posted 14 weeks 1 day ago by Philip Brewer

Food and Drink, Consumer Affairs

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Prompted by high prices (driven by demand from ethanol production), farmers planted more acres of corn last year than any year since 1944.  This year, though, planned acres for corn are down 8%, and soybeans are back up to normal.

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Healthy recipes--with cost data

Posted 33 weeks 3 days ago by Philip Brewer

Shopping, Food and Drink, Budgeting, Freebies

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Want to eat a cheap, healthy diet? Want some recipes that use real food instead of packaged food products? Want to argue about how much it costs to feed a family a healthy diet? Here's a free tool, created by the USDA, that will help you with any of those.

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HORIZON ORGANIC MILK – Is it all just lies?

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Food and Drink

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Under the advice of several colleagues and readers, I decided to pick up a copy of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Fascinating read to say the least, and one thing that cropped up was the term ‘organic’ and how the word has become perverted and practically raped by the agricultural industry. Not surprising when you consider it’s now a $15 billion a year business. That’s a lot of money…which means power…which means corruption.

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