Ag Speedlinking: 02.20.08

Monsanto U.

"Public-university researchers get cash for studying GMOs - and the shaft for studying organic ag"

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Flour power...Newfield farm banks on organic farming trend

"On his 400-acre organic farm [Thor] Oechsner grows spelt, oats, wheat, corn, soybeans, and hay. He also grows various high-nitrogen soil-building crops, like clover, which are plowed under. In an era where times are tough for small farmers, he derives 100 percent of his income from this small-scale operation."

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Express 5: 'The Hippy Gourmet' on Chow & Travel

"While wearing tie-dye T-shirts (and, sometimes, chef's whites) in his Haight-Ashbury home, Brennan invites the viewer in, espousing the ease of cooking the natural way, all while dotting sentences with "dude." Featuring delicious recipes using fresh vegetables, home-grown herbs and completely sustainable products, the show is the exact opposite of what you'll get from the Food Network's one-size-fits-all chef-lebrities."

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