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thought for the day:

organic = sustainable

what customers are saying:

I left Countryside for cheaper, "All-Natural" feed. When my customers started COMPLAINING about the taste of my eggs I came back to Countryside!

— Better Feed Makes Better Eggs, Better Eggs Make Happier Customers

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A Citizen's Assembly of Support for Family Farmers vs. Monsanto

If you plan to attend A Citizen’s Assembly of Support for Family Farmers vs. Monsanto, please read and affirm the following principles of assembly. RSVP - A Citizen’s Assembly of Support for Family Farmers vs. Monsanto – Jan. 31, 2012 When: Tuesday, January 31, 2011 @ 9:00 am Where: Southern District Court, New York City Daniel [...]

New Stuff from St. Gabriel Organics

We have a bunch of new stuff from St. Gabriel Organics of Orange, Virginia. St. Gabriel Organics manufacture an extensive line of natural and organic lawn care, household, pest and insect products. St. Gabriel Organics is dedicated to bringing to market quality products that don’t harm people, children or pets.

Stink Bug Killer. Fly [...]

Organics Under Attack – Some Interesting Cornucopia Links

Brighten your day, get under your skin, a little nervous laughter, Cornucopia has something for everyone. Follow the links…

The Monsanto Rag  - Music to steel you against Goliath.

Synthetic Ingredients Bullied into Organic Usage with USDA Blind-eye

Oldie But Goodie – Who Owns Organic?

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Why buy organic? Hmmmm….

500,000,000 eggs are being recalled due to salmonella from a company that has had numerous fines and warnings, but still continues to operate.  It seems that every month there is a new food recall.  Whether it is hamburger, peanut butter, or a frozen food product that contains E coli.  Today it is deli meat. [...]

Florida Feed Stores

I just returned from the Florida Small Farm Enterprises Conference.  It was good to see many of the people that we do business with in the great state of Florida. There was quite of bit of interest at the conference in Organic Feed and Soil Supplements, but I am sad to say that there [...]

Buying Local

When buying local make sure that you are buying quality local goods.  If the Meat that you are buying comes with directions on how to slow cook the beef or even the suggestion that it is best  cooked in a crock pot.  Don’t buy it.  As a consumer you need to demand the very [...]

Organic vs All Natural

I recently had a conversation with someone who believed that “All Natural” and “Certified Organic” mean the same thing. This individual thought the only difference between the two labels is that “All Natural” products are not reviewed by a certifier, but the “All Natural” producers follow the same rules. They also felt that “Certified Organic” has [...]

Antibiotics in Feed

Recently the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said they are going to urge farms to stop using antibiotics on a routine basis to improve animal growth and that antibiotics should only be used in cases where the health of the animal is at risk. They state that there is growing evidence that the over [...]

Factory Organic?

How big is big?