BIOTECHNOLOGY. Oh, it sounds like the future, what with the “life” in the “bio” and the “innovation” in the “technology.” Making things—inventing—for life and from it. It’s like magic.
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Tags: Activism, agribusiness, agriculture, biotechnology, Ciclovida, Corporations, genetically modified, GMO, health risks, India!, Monsanto, Occupy, Occupy Monsanto, organic, pesticides
Spend
NOT (JUST) FOR PROFIT: AUTONOMIE PROJECT
Launched in 2007, Autonomie Project aims to bring consumers clothes they’ll feel good about – without feeling like they stand out. Continue reading
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Tags: autonomie project, Fair Trade, fashion, not just for profit, organic, social business, vegan
Think
MOMMA ALWAYS SAID: “YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!”
Now I have no problem with killing/dicing/eating animals, it’s something humans have done for millions of years. If you put me out in nature, say in a post-apocalyptic world, maybe add some zombies, I would kill the hell out of some animals, or at least try. However, today we’re not raising animals in a way that is healthy for the general public’s consumption. Continue reading
Laugh
POST-GRAD PRE-DAD: A BEARABLE MARKET
The story of my first Farmer’s Market visit. And of my subsequent disappointment that nobody was actually selling farmers. Jebediah would have made a great lawn ornament. Continue reading
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Tags: Chris Shuptrine, Dig Boston, duck tours, Farmer's Market, laugh, miracle potion, organic, peppers, top of the hub, Vikings
Taste
KNOW YOUR CACAO: TAZA CHOCOLATE FACTORY TOUR
For Alex Whitmore, co-founder of Taza Chocolate in Somerville, the Willy Wonka comparison is getting old.
“I hate it. I always hated it. It always happens,” says Whitmore, standing in the Taza factory that he created in 2006, along with his wife, Kathleen Fulton and friend Larry Slotnick. Continue reading
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Tags: cacao beans, chocogasm, factory tour, organic, Somerville, stone ground, Taza Chocolate
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