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Receta How is Your Food Raised? Cornucopia Institute and Research
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Dairy cows on pasture at Dwight Martin's farm in Moravia, New York
Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ~Sally Koch
You are a star for being mindful and eating more whole foods to get healthier! If you've decided to buy organic and/or local foods, you've made the decision to support clean, sustainably produced food in the most vocal way possible - with your wallet.
How do you know that your food is being produced the way you want? I mean, if I'm spending more money to buy organic eggs, I want to know that the chickens are running around outside and not just stuffed in a cage being fed organic grain. My extra dollars are going towards both more nutritious eggs AND chickens…
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