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by: berksons
My signature wrestling move: 
Spinach Smackdown
Where I buy groceries: 
Minneapolis Farmers Market
Lakewinds Coop
Groups I belong to: 
Preventing Harm Minnesota
Interests: 
My website: 
susanberkson.com
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Trader/Traitor/Tres Der/Tray Dirt
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Trader Joe's opened in my neck of the woods. There was no fanfare or hoopla, yet from Day One, it was bustling with well-dressed shoppers who knew their way around the aisles. And those aisles are bursting with Certified Organic goodies from all over the world.  ...
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Support Your Local Farmer
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It's not just a bumper sticker.   All you locavores who say you support your local farmers, they need you right now.   Minnesota's record-setting  October cold dealt small farmers a double whammy; first, it knocked down some crops, ...
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Know your farmer. Know your farmer's enemies.
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Big Ag's Blowback: "Know Your Farmer" is a Waste of Money
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On the other hand
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Saw lots of certified organic products on my foray into Trader Joe's; certified organic products (some of which are available here)  from big, non-local companies, shipped from Washington and California and New Zealand.   I would like all my food organic.  I appreciate the certitude ...
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Know Your Farmers: Certified Organic to the Rescue
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Trader Joe's opened in my neck of the woods.

There was no fanfare or hoopla, yet from Day One, it was bustling with well-dressed shoppers who knew their way around the aisles. And those aisles are bursting with Certified Organic goodies from all over the world.  At very good prices.  (For shoppers.)  

Whether the prices or anything about Trader Joe's is good for farmers, I don't know.

I saw Earthbound Farms broccoli, Michigan apples, Fayge yogurt.  According to Trader Joe's website, they try to source locally, and early this morning, a New French Bakery truck from nearby Minneapolis was unloading bread.

But Honeycrisp apples from Washington state?  Minnesota is the home of Honeycrisp.  

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Support Your Local Farmer
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It's not just a bumper sticker.  

All you locavores who say you support your local farmers, they need you right now.  

Minnesota's record-setting  October cold dealt small farmers a double whammy; first, it knocked down some crops, then it knocked out customers.  They simply did not come to market during the cold snap.  So business for small farmers, who depend on direct-to-customer sales, went way down. 

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Real Farmers
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Susan Berkson
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