Food production - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/food-production en Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Would You Like Some Rape With Your Strawberries?]]>

“...the EEOC reports that women in California refer to the fields as 'fil de calzon' or 'the fields of panties' because sexual harassment is so widespread.”

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/sexual-harassment-farm-workers-human-rights-watch http://www.xojane.com/issues/sexual-harassment-farm-workers-human-rights-watch Issues Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:21 -0400 s.e. smith <![CDATA[How Big Business is Killing Small Farmers]]>

Monsanto is feeding something, all right: its coffers. One costly lawsuit at a time.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/monsanto-industrial-agriculture-corporation http://www.xojane.com/issues/monsanto-industrial-agriculture-corporation Issues Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:00:26 -0400 s.e. smith <![CDATA[Filthy Hard Work: Container Gardening for Food and (Not) Profit]]>

There's this tendency in America, particularly within DIY circles, to romanticize farming. Let me make it clear: Farming ain't all that bucolic, y'all.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/diy/container-gardening-for-food http://www.xojane.com/diy/container-gardening-for-food DIY Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:30 -0500 Marianne <![CDATA[How Sugar Snap Peas Changed My Life, Or at Least My Perspective]]>

In tonight's very special episode, Lesley grows something she hadn't planned on planting: humility.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/diy/urban-farming-food-production http://www.xojane.com/diy/urban-farming-food-production DIY Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:02:17 -0400 Lesley