The Advantages of Having Your Own Organic Vegetable Garden

Today, many people are concerned about the soaring price of food. While a vegetable garden won't provide everything you need, it can go a good way towards reducing your food bill. Even if you have just a small amount of space around the foundation of your home, you can use it for a wrap-around vegetable garden. Depending on the plants that you choose to grow and how you store them, you may even find that you can have fresh vegetables on hand all year long.

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Is Farming the New American Dream?

By Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing Posted on August 21, 2009, Printed on August 25, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/142131/ In the post-Omnivore's Dilemma reality, where farmer Joel Salatin is known far outside his county, it doesn't take a genius to say it: farming has totally blown up.

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Does Aspartame Cause Tumors and Pose Cancer Risks? The Jury Is Still Out

By Scott Thill, AlterNet Posted on December 17, 2009, Printed on December 17, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/144617/ "Sweet taste is a quality of some chemical substances that the human race has always associated with pleasure," wrote George E. Inglett in the 1984 book Aspartame: Physiology and Biology, about the controversial artificial sweetener marketed in powder form under popular brands like NutraSweet and Equal. Initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974, aspartame is now "consumed by over 200 million people in more than 6,000 products," according to the Calorie Control Council's dedicated site Aspartame.org. "As a result, high value has been placed on materials exhibiting sweetness," Inglett wrote.

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