We blogged a few days ago about new produce ratings being implemented at Whole Foods Markets and how similar standards may eventually filter down to regular supermarkets and meat and dairy products.  Today an interesting article was published over at cattlenetwork.com regarding how even Walmart and McDonalds are putting increasing pressure on the supply chain for more environmentally sustainable, locally produced and more transparently produced food.   [Read more…]

There has been a trend in recent years toward more transparency for consumers into their food sources.  This week, Whole Foods Market will complete the implementation of a food rating system for produce that goes well beyond organic.

The system will categorize produce as “good,” “better,” and “best.”  The expanded criteria for the ratings system includes  [Read more…]

Here’s a good article that ran in Progressive Dairyman last year that you may have missed.   It focuses on two dairies, one in Texas and one in Idaho which implemented sprouted fodder systems in their operations recently.  Here are a couple of takeaways:

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