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Green is in for just about every industry. It's particularly popular for the food industry, including Central Pennsylvania's Amish and other organic, all-natural food producing farmers.Demand is up, and rising costs in the traditional farming industry aren't making a difference, so prices are good, too, said Casey Spacht, manager of Lancaster Farm Fresh. The cooperative represents certified organic farmers whose agricultural commodities are trucked as far as New York.

The price of corn reached a record $5.795 a bushel last week in Chicago as a result of U.S. mandates promoting ethanol production. That has pushed the price of feed for its chickens too high for Pilgrim's Pride Corp., the world's biggest poultry processor, which announced last week it would close a chicken plant in Siler City, North Carolina as a result.

A non-profit in South Florida is turning the concept of food recycling into something huge. Farm Share collects culled fruits and veggies and distributes them to the hungry...at a rate of 15-20 million pounds per year.

They're controversial in Cape Cod, a welcoming sight in Seattle, and growing in number across the Unites States. New wind farms are being built almost daily.Opponents argue that the pure size of wind turbines (about 250 feet tall) results in an ugly skyline and a dangerous flight path for birds. Supporters

This is an article on various sides of the “corn story” published in the Washington Post, with farmers telling us they can’t survive without the subsidies. I guess they’ll inherit the earth when the rest of us have no water to drink.

Farm Bill Pays Many, and Lavishly, for No Apparent Reason

Pictures of organic framers in Kenya

Interest in widespread use of ethanol as an alternative fuel is on the rise. But several organizations, including Food & Water Watch, have released a report warning about the downsides of ethanol, particularly corn ethanol.

Senator Grassley says ethanol is not to blame for a rise in popcorn prices.

Local food systems have been left to languish for decades and now serve us much more poorly than they could. The challenges are forces for change.