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  • Derek Nance eats only raw meat for 5 years

    Gross alert: This guy has eaten only raw meat for the past five years Holly Richmond, grist.org ViceDerek Nance.If you slide waaaay down from the Paleo diet on the weird scale, you find Derek Nance. Dude’s been solely subsisting on raw meat for almost six years and, according to Vice, has “never been healthier”:Five years…

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  • Why would a biotech company keep a secret herd of goats?

    Why would a biotech company keep a secret herd of goats? John Timmer, arstechnica.com These happy looking goats would undoubtedly not run afoul of USDA regulations. USDAThe typical image of a modern biological research lab involves high-tech machinery and table-sized microscopes; at most, there might be some dishes of cells or a fe… RT @arstechnica:…

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  • USDA offers up new seed money for small farmers

    USDA offers up new seed money for small farmers gristsusie, grist.org Make your hydroponic backyard organic kale dreams come true, now with help from the federal government. Yesterday the U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a microloan program to assist veterans, minority growers, and small-time farmers who mig… USDA offers up new seed money for small…

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  • Why the world needs a renaissance of small farming

    Why the world needs a renaissance of small farming Colin Tudge, guardian.co.uk The greed for profit is ruining agriculture – and the world – but the trend for local shops and farmers’ markets offers real hope British farmers can’t produce pigs as cheaply as the Poles, or cattle feed as cheaply as the Brazilians, or…

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  • Howonearth: Great restaurant in Southern Mass

      howonearth.tk.       Related articles Can a New Kind of Fast Food Bring Healthy Green Eating to the Masses? (forbes.com) Former McDonald’s CEO Opens a Sustainable and Healthy Fast-Food Restaurant to Rival the Giant (inhabitat.com) Choose Organic Produce Where It Matters Most (organicready.org) Agri-Cube grows mass quantities of vegetables in a one-car parking…

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