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"It's a way for traditional family farms to create a new market in the face of corporate farming and for newfound fruit visionaries—like the people I've been meeting—to create viable business opportunities. He explains that he's hoping to convert the orchard at the nearby university into a model fruit tourism destination. "It will be a central resource for travelers and farmers. We'll have a shop where you can buy fruits and books or find out about fruit tourism. You'll be able to have a local coffee and white pineapples." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

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"It's estimated that North America has lost more than 650,000 family farms in the past decade. Organic farming could be one of the few survival tactics left for family farms. 8. Support a True Economy Although organic foods might seem expensive, conventional food prices don't reflect hidden costs, including federal subsidies, pesticide regulation and testing, and hazardous waste disposal and cleanup. 9." - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"Although subsidy programs were originally intended to support struggling family farms and ensure a stable food supply, by the 1960s farm subsidies actively encoutaged larger farms and more intensive methods of crop production focused on growing single crops. U.S. commodity programs that favor wheat, corn, and cotton create incentives for farmers to buy up mote land and plant only those crops. In the 1970s and 1980s, subsidies represented almost a third of U.S. farm income. A tenth of the agricultural producers (coincidentally, the largest farms) now receive two-thirds of the subsidies." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"It is a battle being waged by small family farms. They are networking together to form a community of food producers who want to produce high-quality food and make a decent living doing so. It is a battle to maintain financial dignity, a rural way of life, and provide something of true health value to the American people. It is part of our culture. It is a battle of David versus Goliath, and they need our help. Helping is easy—buy their food. Get to know your local farmers who support the cause of raising and growing food in harmony with nature." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"Hilgard thought that a permanent agriculture required small family farms rather than large commercial plantations or tenant farmers seeking to maximize each year's profits. With a view of the soil forged in the Deep South, Hilgard moved to Berkeley in his early forties to take a professorship at the new University of California. He arrived just as Californians began shaking off gold rush fever to worry about how to farm rhe Central Valley's alkali soils—salty ground unlike anything back East. Newspapers were full of accounts of crops that withered mysteriously or produced marginal yields." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.) "A few miles in from the forest edge, family farms and small villages gave way to cattle ranches. As subsistence farmers pushed farther into the forest, ranchers took over abandoned farms. Cows can graze land with soil too poor to grow crops, but it takes a lot of ground to support them. Large-scale cattle grazing prevents the forest from regrowing, causing further erosion and sending frontier communities farther and farther into the jungle in an endless push for fresh land. The vicious cycle is plainly laid out for all to see." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Lily Morgan, the company founder, is a sixth-generation farmer, and she says Lily Organics sustains family farms in a profitable economic model that also curtails our dependency on oil. www. lilyorganics .com MyChelle Dermaceuticals Myra Eby Michelle was a sales representative in the natural products industry who desired to raise the bar for everyone. She created a very environmentally conscious and natural line of dermaceuticals that combines science and technology with freedom from petrochemicals in favor of food-based, herbal, and other natural ingredients. www.mychelleusa." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"As recently as the early 1990s, the United States had lost more than twenty-five thousand family farms a year. On average, more than two hundred American farms have gone under every day for the past fifty years. In the second half of the twentieth century, the average farm size more than doubled, from under one hundred to almost two hundred hectares. Less than 20 percent of U.S. farms now produce almost 90 percent of the food grown in America." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Promotes family farms and sustainable agriculture through research and advocacy; authors of the excellent 2006 report, "Food without Thought: How U.S. Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity." www.iatp.org www. agobser vatory. org National Farm to School Program A project of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College (California); more than four hundred farm-to-school programs in twenty-two states connect local farms with school cafeterias; a similar program is called farm-to-college, www. farmtoschool. org www.farmtocollege ." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"The simplicity of it belies the fact that this is one of the oldest family farms in America. Only upon closer inspection does it become apparent that there is something unusual about this place. Hanging on the wall is a framed certificate from New York State given to the Esselstyn family in recognition of their family farm, a farm that has now seen parts of five different centuries. Nearby an oar hangs on the wall. It is the oar Ess used in 1955 as an oarsman at Yale, when Yale beat Harvard by five seconds." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Since, without labeling, it's impossible to tell whether any milk product comes from rBGH-treated cows or not, my family and I are drinking only Organic Cow and Vermont family farms brand milk. I've also joined Food & Water, Inc.'s national campaign to make supermarkets more aware of their customers' concerns about the pesticide residues in and on our food. Instead if reading the tabloids to while away time in long supermarket check-out lines, I talk to the manager." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "As a food company reliant on Vermont's family farms, Ben & Jerry's has strong views on these agricultural and consumer concerns. The company has followed the regulatory review of rBGH across the border in Canada, where concerns about veterinary and human health impacts have been raised. The Canadians said no to rBGH. With this new book, my friend Dr. Epstein details the unarguable scientific evidence of the serious, but undisclosed threats, posed by the reckless indifference of Monsanto and the FDA, to human health by rBGH—yet another chilling aspect of this genetically engineered food." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"Horizon produced about 20 percent of its milk from a fairly large four thousand-cow organic dairy in Paul, Idaho, as well as some 305 family farms. Although the Paul, Idaho, farm was small in comparison with other super factory dairy farms, it was still large, and its animal husbandry practices appeared to blur the line between factory farms and ideally humane organic farms—at least according to its critics." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"In these tough times for family farms in the Northeast, Blue Hill has risen up as a pillar of support, inspiring diners to care about the food they eat, as well as the local systems that make this kind of eating possible. At the other end of the spectrum you'll find Chipotle Mexican Grill, a McDonald's-owned franchise that has begun offering natural pork, chicken, and beef—including meat from the well-known Niman Ranch—on its menu of Mexican basics like tacos and burritos." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Their pasture-fed beef and free-range chicken come from certified natural producers, such as Coleman Natural Beef and Petaluma Poultry, and your purchase of their quality products helps support family farms that are committed to natural growing methods and a healthy environment that we all can share. www.petpromise.com Renewable Energy BP BP's stance on renewable energy sources and cleaner air is this: They are working toward a world powered by clean renewable energy, but they accept that hydrocarbons (i.e., coal, oil, and gas) are here to stay for the foreseeable future." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Lundberg family farms www.lundberg.com (530) 882-4551 Applegate Farms www.applegatefarms.com (866) 587-5858 Diestel Family Turkey Ranch www.diestelturkey.com (209) 532-4950 NorthStar Bison www.northstarbison.com (888) 295-6332 Earthbound Farm www.earthboundfarm.com (800) 690-3200 Newman's Own Organics www.newmansownorganics.com Eden Foods www.edenfoods.com (888) 424-3336 SunOrganic Farm www.sunorganic.com (888) 269-9888 Grain and Salt Society www.celticseasalt.com (800) 867-7258 Gold Mine Natural Food Co. www.goldminenaturalfood.com (800) 475-3663 South River Miso Company www." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"We will be supporting agriculture and family farms. Where will you be, Leon? THE EMPRESS HAS NO CLOTHES Detwiler s world began to unravel on October 18, 2001, when it was announced that a four-year British study investigating whether sheep initially diagnosed with scrapie were actually masking BSE was found to be worthless. In 1997 the British government had funded more than $325,000 to the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) to test sheep for BSE." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"There is really no need going around starting wars over oil," said Willie Nelson, the country singer who organized Farm Aid two decades ago to focus on the plight of American agriculture and traditional family farms. Not when we have Bio Willie, a biodiesel fuel made from vegetable oils that is ready to go into your tank without any modifications. Bio Willie is the name of the biodiesel product that is named for the redheaded stranger. Nelson found out about biodiesel in Hawaii, where he has a home, after his wife bought a biodiesel-burning car." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"To support and protect the family farms in each state. Leon Graves, our commissioner of agriculture, is now the president of the state commissioners' society. I would like to know where Leon has been in the past three years. Where was Leon when the USDA first came to our farm in 1998 and tried to force us to sell our sheep? Where was Leon when evidence was presented by European and American scientists showing our sheep were healthy?" - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.) "Freeman have attempted to put forward ideas and compromises that could verify the fact that the sheep are healthy, assure consumer confidence, and allow family farms to once again prosper. What is new today is the ever increasing support we are receiving from friends, farmers, and the American public to have this issue resolved in a humane and scientific manner. Before I go any further I want to emphasize a really important point. Linda and I are as concerned about mad cow disease as anyone else, perhaps more so." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.) "Leon is helping to destroy small family farms and sitting back and watching as federal officials come into our state and steal our property. My sheep were stolen six months ago. Where are the test results? Where is the financial compensation? Our family was making our living farming, and now we are struggling to make ends meet. Is this what we want Leon to teach the rest of the country? It's time for us small farmers to stand up and be heard. Do not allow the government to take control of our lives, and, most importantly, our food supply. How can we do that?" - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"These management practices set in motion the next great reduction of small and diversified family farms in the United States by allowing the creation of huge, intensively managed animal-confinement operations. In 1949 Dr." - Will Allen, The War on Bugs (Get the book.)

"Local Harvest Map - Website allowing you to find all the farmers' markets, family farms, locally-grown produce, grass-fed meats, and other sources of sustainable food in your area. Find the map at www.localharvest.org. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - By joining a CSA, you will gain the benefits of a direct farmer-to-consumer relationship. You then receive fresh produce weekly from the farm you are supporting. This type of commitment will help to sustain local agriculture today and for generations to come. National CSA directory can be found at www.csacenter.org." - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.) "Organic farming could be one of the few survival tactics left for family farms. 8. Support a True Economy Although organic foods might seem expensive, conventional food prices don't reflect hidden costs, including federal subsidies, pesticide regulation and testing, and hazardous waste disposal and cleanup. 9. Promote Biodiversity While mono-cropping (growing only one crop year after year) has tripled farm production between 1950 and 1970, the lack of natural diversity of plant life has left the soil lacking natural minerals and nutrients." - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.) "Resources Online to Support Local Farmers Local Harvest has a website that allows you to find all the farmers' markets, family farms, locally-grown produce, and grass-fed meats, along with other sources of sustainable food in your area. To find your area map, visit www.localharvest.org. Eat Well Guide is a website that aids people in finding local producers, stores, and restaurants offering meat that is certified organic, raised without antibiotics or growth promoters, or raised in other sustainable methods. Visit www.eatwellguide.org;. Food Routes is a website promoting local food." - M.D. David Brownstein, The Guide to Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"Organic grains including many gluten-free choices Lundberg family farms www.lundberg.com Organic grains and gluten-free items such as wild rice Alvarado St. Bakery www. alvaradostreetbakery. com Organic sprouted grain products French Meadow Bakery www.frenchmeadow.com Organic sprouted grain products Carl Brandt, Inc www.carlbrandt.com/mestemacher breads.html Dense German-style breads including flaxseed and others Hodgson Mill, Inc. www.hodgsonmill.com Complete line of whole grains including many gluten-free grains Shiloh Farms Bakery www. shilohfarms." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.) "Lundberg family farms (Drink Rice beverage) www.lundberg.com Organic Herbal Teas Choice Organic Teas www.choiceorganicteas.com Yogi Teas www.yogitea.com Republic ofTea www. republicoftea. com Numi Tea www.numitea.com Organic Spirits Frey Vineyards www.freywine.com Fetzer Vineyards www.fetzer.com Chocolate Chocolate Springs www. chocolatesprings. com A wide range of high-quality chocolate items including chocolate nibs Dagoba Organic Chocolate www.dagobachocolate.com Premium organic chocolate products including raw chocolate nibs Green and Black's Organic Chocolate www." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

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