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• Anita’s crepes get a home of their own (Seattle Times)
• Drying on the Vine (The Austin Chronicle)
• Save green, think green at O’Naturals (Asheville Citizen-Times)
• Organic Dairy Farm Doing Well (WLBZ Bangor)
• Co-op grocery store will offer organic food, nontraditional products (Pendulum)
• New Grub Street (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Rhinoceros beetles wreak havoc on coconut farms in SCotabato (GMA News)
• Restaurant listings (San Jose Mercury News)
• Community Cafe: Residents, business owners welcome restaurant with Open Arms (The Burlington Free Press)
• Farm takes organic path to turkey day (Portland Tribune)
• Local business briefs for 11/13 (The Press-Enterprise)
• Going organic, better late than later (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Organic food products can play key role in managing lifestyle diseases in the Middle East (AME Info)
• Chicago’s Top Chef plans new restaurant (Chicago Sun-Times)
• The Inside Scoop: Bay Area restaurant owners branch out (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Business briefs November 11, 2008 (Santa Fe New Mexican)
• Culinary calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times)
• New environmental standards for livestock farms released (Wilson County News)
• Shopping for Affordable Organic Foods Has Never Been Easier (Today’s News-Herald)
• Grower honored at farmers market (The Record Searchlight)
• America’s healthiest grocery stores (CNN)
• Naturally professional France Rhône-Alpes Pavilion (AME Info)
• Special Reports (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
• Barnes Farms is big on organic (The Deming Headlight)
• Buying local gives state boost (Detroit News)
• DTH Archives (The Daily Tar Heel)
• Butte County farm commended for renewable energy use (The Sacramento Bee)
• Hungry? Portsmouth Restaurant Week starts today (Portsmouth Herald)
• Hard times encourage a comeback among old-fashioned crafts (The Times-News)
• Tough times on Tryon (BizJournals)
• School menus freshen up (Chicago Tribune)
• Readers comment on Pine Avenue (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
• Worms Power Avon Farm (13WHAM Rochester)
• Making the move to organic (The Journal-Standard)
• Tea Party (Forbes)
• 39 Reasons to Go to the Caribbean This Year (New York Times)
• Herald/Steven Doll (Killeen Daily Herald)
• Green Planet heralds food revolution (Sioux City Journal)
• Art Institute Taps Award-Winning Chef Tony Montano for Upcoming Restaurant at the Modern Wing (Art Daily)
• GAS: New fuels; going green with grain at the pump (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)
• Shopping for Affordable Organic Foods Has Never Been Easier (Palatka Daily News)
• Restaurant Week Portsmouth kicks off Monday (Portsmouth Herald)
• ECONOMY: Recession alters lunch trade (North County Times)
• Dining out: au naturale (Deseret Morning News)
• Sodexo: Strong Fiscal 2008 Performance; Continued Strong Cash Flow Generation (wallstreet:online AG)
• ENVIRONMENT: New corn-based fuel available at NT Wilson Farms (Tonawanda News)
• Eatery update: CO/RK Gallery and SAME Cafe (Rocky Mountain News)
• White truffles at the Ritz-Carlton (The Japan Times)
• Carol Cloud Bailey: These fungus among us are real stinkers (TCPalm.com)
• Austin Bites: Greenling Organic Delivery (Austinist)
• Father-daughter duo hopes autistic children benefit from soup (The Capital)
• Despite costs, healthy school lunches on the menu (WAVY 10)
• Despite costs, healthy school lunches on the menu (WAVY 10)
• Sushi restaurant is going sustainable (The Oregonian)
• Local families team up to buy organic foods direct, at discount (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland)
• ‘Go Organic’ campaign launched with P20M (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Agribusiness: Spain’s organic farmers look homeward (BusinessWorld Online)
• Turducken wraps turkey, duck and chicken into a tasty Thanksgiving package (Detroit Free Press)
• For Starters: The no-fear turkey (The Sacramento Bee)
• Potluck: New farmers market in Placer (The Sacramento Bee)
• Organic “Gourmet Fudge Bar” from Earth’s Sweet Pleasures Debuts at the New Whole Foods Market in Roseville, California (PR.com)
• Coombs Family Farms Announces New Maple Recipes For Entrs and Entertaining (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
• Bacon (Akron Beacon Journal)
• Cook?s Delight: Another Helping of Hopkinson (New York Times)
• Priciest U.S. Restaurants (Forbes)
• A Boutique Hotel Grows in Brooklyn (The New York Observer)
• Fourth Estate Restaurant at the National Press Club Opens After Renovations (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
• Food Notes (The Providence Journal)
• USDA Trying to Put Loophole in Organic Dairy Rules Out to Pasture (Washington Post)
• Shopping for Affordable Organic Foods Has Never Been Easier (Lonoke Democrat)
• Fair Harvest preserves offer taste of northern Michigan (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
• Animal waste helps power farms (Lansing State Journal)
• Shopping for Affordable Organic Foods Has Never Been Easier (Maumelle Monitor)
• Black Olive owner moves ahead with Fells Point inn (BizJournals)
• A bounty sprouts in the city with MyFarm enterprise (USA Today)
• Organic food craze spurs farm weddings (The Times of India)
• Woods Eco-Cuisine plans ‘healthy’ expansion (Business Times (Malaysia))
• Florida farm an organic gourmand’s delight (Boston Globe)
• Locals share advantages of hunting for your own meat (New York Daily News)
• Stahlbush Island Farms seeks emissions permit (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
• Working farms are in vogue for saying, ‘I do’ (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
• Many organic fans but too few farmers (The New Straits Times)
• Restaurant review: AA Gill at York & Albany (Times Online)
• Farms Are for Lovers (New York Times)
• Oregon’s organic farmers fight genetically modified seeds (The Oregonian)
• A Chef Sells Customers on Providing Him Capital (New York Times)
• Mesa to get Valley’s first organic pizzeria (East Valley Tribune)
• Mesa to get Valley’s first organic pizzeria (East Valley Tribune)
• Local candidates talk smoking ban, organic and gangs (Sioux City Journal)
• Stahlbush Island Farms seeks emissions permit (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
• Conspicuous Consumption - People’s Poll (Metro Times Detroit)
• Simonsig revives Cape Winelands charm with new eclectic restaurant (South African Wine News)
• Restaurant Rouge Tomate Opens, Looks Gorgeous (Gothamist)
• Bar listings (The Union)
• Crustacean creation (China Daily)
• Restaurant news: Fabrizio Ciconne creates hot trend for these cold, cruel times (Pioneer Press)
• Farms in Davao risking more infestation (GMA News)
• EPA recognizes Lundberg Family Farms with Green Power Leadership Award (Gridley Herald)
• Agribusiness: Bukidnon to convert 10,000 hectares into organic rice farms (BusinessWorld Online)
• Market Report: Temescal Farmers’ Market in Oakland (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Discussion Focuses On Urban Gardening (South Tampa News & Tribune)
• Seasonal, organic recipes from Californian chef Alice Waters (Guardian Unlimited)
• Chelan development touts green building (The Wenatchee World)
• Shamrock Farms Gears Up to Go National (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
• Organic meals for health (The New Straits Times)
• £6.8m boost for organic Welsh farms FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
• Going green in Panama’s cloud forests (Miami Herald)
• Best Brunch Spots in New York: Northeast Manhattan (New York Post)
• Best Brunch Spots in New York: Southwest Manhattan (New York Post)
• Best Brunch Spots in New York: Brooklyn (New York Post)
• Bringing home the goods (The Saratogian)
• Bringing home the goods (The Saratogian)
• One man’s garbage becomes another’s power plant (AP via Yahoo! News)
• Shopping for Affordable Organic Foods Has Never Been Easier (Beaches Leader)
• ‘Bitten by the green bug’ (Rochester Eccentric)
• Pescadero: small coastal town with big options (San Francisco Chronicle)
• An ecology village grows (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Hoteliers fume at CCP decision on garbage (Navhind Times)
• SYLVIA RECTOR | WORD OF MOUTH: Mind Body & Spirits keeps it real with all-organic menu (Detroit Free Press)
• Events for this weekend in New York (New York Daily News)
• USDA Releases New Organic ‘Pasture Rule’ — Running out the Clock for Family Farmers? (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
• Organic aquaculture harvest to begin on Nov 1 (The Hindu)
• Pasture provisions of organic regulations clarified (Meat News)
• Greens want 15pc of NZ farms organic by 2015 (Stuff)
• Greens want nation’s farm output to go organic (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
• Organic farming reduces poverty in Africa (Independent Online)
• Farm-to-table meals let you dine right at the source (USA Today)
• Stalking the Great Pumpkin (Metro Santa Cruz)
• Acclaimed Flagstaff House Restaurant Delivers Gourmet Thanksgiving Dinner to Your Door (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
• Proposed Pasture Requirements: Organic Trade Association’s Initial Impression Is Favorable (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
• Technological University of the Philippines (Manila Bulletin)
• Organic farmers vow to sustain food security (Sun Star)
• Organic Farming ‘Could Feed Africa’ (Environmental News Network)
• Company: 6 charged with abuse no longer employed (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
• Art Fair benefits Fallon Boys and Girls Club (Reno Gazette-Journal)
• SYLVIA RECTOR | WORD OF MOUTH: Mind Body & Spirits keeps it real with all-organic menu (Detroit Free Press)
• Eco-Friendly Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes Offers Organic Fine Dining Restaurants (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
• Take your child to a kid-friendly restaurant (The Wichita Eagle)
• SFist Tonight (SFist)
• Organic Alliance Recruits Food Industry Marketing Veteran as President (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
• Organic Alliance Recruits Food Industry Marketing Veteran as President (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
• Organic Alliance Has Made Arrangements To Begin Initial U.S. Marketing Operations For Organic Produce And Organic Beef (GroceryRetailOnline)
• Healthy school lunches on the menu (San Mateo Daily Journal)
• Healthy school lunches on the menu (San Mateo Daily Journal)
• The return of Dine Around Seattle (Seattle Times)
• Cafe Society: Economy could be culprit in closures (Ventura County Star)
• Steve Cahalan: Maggie’s on Main to open in Onalaska (River Valley Business Report)
• Organic farming ‘could feed Africa’ (Independent)
• Terroir lessons in a nutshell (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Taste treats for visitors to Point Reyes area (San Francisco Chronicle)

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