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Ever pass a small field of growing vegetables and wonder where that came from and where's it going? Meet Amber and Jason, two new urban farmers who are working hard, doing their part to provide food for their community.

"Whoever controls the future of seed controls the future of food" ~Claire Hope Cummings
In a recently disclosed Associated Press investigative report, Monsanto is being investigated for possible antitrust violations regarding its (seed) business licensing practices by the U.S. Department of Justice, and at least two state attorneys general. The video was originally published in February, 2009; the written post has been updated to reflect new information.

Check out this favorite holiday cookie recipe, then watch this video as Elizabeth Beekley, of Two Tarts Bakery demonstrates how to make these tasty cookies: Hazelnut Tassies.

GE sugar beets+swiss chard+table beets+Willamette Valley=Trouble brewing. Frank Morton, an organic seed breeder, shares his concerns over the contamination threat from the introduction of transgenic sugar beet crops into the Willamette Valley (OR) where his farm is located. Morton's main concern, and the reason for his lawsuit against the USDA...

I never quite understood why fruitcakes got such a bad rap: they make good doorstops or paper weights. Gee, am I that strange that I love fruitcake? Well, I think I just found out why... all these years my Mom making fruitcake every year as a gift - she wasn't making 'fruitcake'...it's really a Christmas Date Loaf!! Well, looks like fruitcake to me, and fruitcake is what I'll always call it, too. Here's the recipe...one I'm sure will become a tradition (and a treasure!) in your family too. Happy Holidays! (please share...it's really good!) =)

Flight of the bumblebee - the *human* bumblebee! People pollinating fruit trees on Japanese fruit orchard...that's a lot of pollen!