May 22, 2009

Outbreak of Salmonella is Killing Birds at Feeders

By Lindsey Kennedy

Normally the early bird gets the worm, but lately it's the early bird gets salmonella. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported a deadly outbreak of salmonella originated on or near bird feeders in mid-April. Lindsey Kennedy reports....

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May 17, 2009

Local Foods See Growth Despite Bad Economy

By Jonathan Kelly

As the economy remains stagnant and it seems like no one is turning a profit, sales of local food products are one of the few things still in the black. According to the Hartman Report, local, natural and organic foods are growing at a rate nearly double that of conventional retail foods...

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May 04, 2009

Farmers lean on limited chemicals and being local

By Shane Kitzman

As growth of the U.S. organic food retail market has surged nearly 20 percent every year for the past decade, it would make sense that farmers would be hopping on the synthetic-free bandwagon. But the recent explosion in the field of organic food hasn’t pressured St. Paul’s Farmers’ Market growers to rush to become organically certified.

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