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Where I buy groceries: 
Seward Coop
Wedge Coop
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Chocolate Big Biz
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Body Care Products
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I need some help.  I try to make good decisions about what companies I buy from, and am inspired by the DUPED or NOT posts of late.  I have done a lot of research about companiers producing the food I eat, but now I have ...
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Math
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Thanks for doing the math Marcos!
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The Utne Reader: Small Grocery Stores Are Too Big
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Mr. Utne, you're welcome for
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Mr. Utne, you're welcome for the years I and other "outsiders" to your 'hood took care of the Coop for you, served you well, intelligently answered your questions, cleaned up after you and all the other folks in the neighborhood, stocked the shelves, cooked your food, etc., etc.  ...
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The Utne Reader: Small Grocery Stores Are Too Big
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Bravo!
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I have a special place in my heart for LHC, where I earned my coop chops back in the day.  Nothing makes me more proud of all committed coop participants in Minneapolis than to see them grow and be supported in such a fantastic way.  What great ...
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Linden Hills Co-op: Cashed Up and Ready to Rock
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Neighborhood Pride
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Interview with an Urban Chicken Farmer
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Anonymous, Thanks for the
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Anonymous, Thanks for the tips.  I use Dr. Bronner`s for all soapiness, and in general use very little products.  The toothpaste becomes more of an issue when I want a toothpaste with fluoride.  Dry skin up here in the Northland has ...
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Body Care Products
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Equal Exchange
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Check out the Equal Exchange cafe in Boston (226 Causeway Street). Equal Exchange is a worker-owned coop and only buys beans from small farmer cooperatives and the quality is unbeatable.
Vintage Eats
Trashy No More
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woot woot!
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I have resisted the urge to comment on all of your awesome posts, but now I can't resist.  I love buckwheat, and as a recent convert to it, I appreciate others proselytizing about it, too! Your posts are fun to read, and I am also someone ...
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Chicken n' Buckwheat
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Zucchini Fritters
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Hey all, Summer is in full swing, farmer's markets are booming, and I am constantly bringing home too much veg.  Anyone else have that problem?  I see bounteous, beautiful bunches of carrots, celery, greens, onions - and I take it all home.  Inevitably my overzealousness results ...
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Strawberries Two Ways
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Greetings, Fair Food Fighters, and Happy Summer! 
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Bread Smackdown: Vanochka
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It looks like I'm about eight hours too late with my entry for the bread smackdown, but I love this recipe too much to not share it with my fellow Fair Food Fighters.
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Ground Meat Mania! - Cottage Pie
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Hey all, I just read Jennette's recipe for lamb meatballs with garlicky white bean sauce and must say - I think I'm going to have to try it!  Her recipe ...
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Mashed Potato Smackdown: Bul'ba Belarusian Style
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Hey all, Belarusian Eats here with her entry for the mashed potato smackdown!  A little known fact about me: in my previous life, I worked as a linguist.  My master's in Russian Philology is from Belarusian State University, located in Minsk, Belarus.  If you can find ...
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Chicken: Break it Down
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I'm giggling and picturing a dancing chicken "breaking it down".  Piggy-backing on my previous post, I wanted to have a chat with you Food Fighters about how to properly break a chicken down into usable parts.  As I mentioned, it's super cheap, and once you get good ...
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Eating Well on a Budget: Recession Eats
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Hey there, Food Fighters!  Vintage Eats here, who is now considering changing her name to Recession Eats.  My day to day struggle, as is yours, I'd imagine, is to bring healthy and local food to the table in a way that is as economical as possible.  ...
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Sprouts!
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Hey everyone!  I've just discovered something ridiculously cool, and bonus - the thing I discovered makes a food you eat all the time tens and hundreds of times healthier! I'm talking about sprouts.  Set your scepticism aside, if you can, and push the image of ...
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Sensual Eats: My Top Five Local Aphrodisiacs
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Fair food fighters! Vintage Eats here with some sensual eats for you and your sweetie, just in time for Valentine's Day.  A little known fact about me is that, in addition to fresh local food, I have another interest: aphrodisiacs.  Aphrodisiacs are foods that incite ...
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Pie
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You wanted dessert, Food Fighters? - You got it.  I have the easiest, most fool-proof recipe for pie crust, courtesy of my mentor, JJ Gonson of Cuisine en Locale.  The following recipe is hers ...
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Chocolate Big Biz
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Kraft just bought Cadbury which owns Green and Black Organic chocolates.

Please choose other brands of chocolate in your shopping trips- those such as Equal Exchange that support true Small Farmer cooperative trade! (and they are certified organic and delicious!)

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Body Care Products
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I need some help. 

I try to make good decisions about what companies I buy from, and am inspired by the DUPED or NOT posts of late.  I have done a lot of research about companiers producing the food I eat, but now I have a new conundrum when it comes to bopdy care products....

I have used Tom's whole care toothpaste, and I love it.  But, they are now owned by a monolith.  So, I checked out Nature's Gate- I use and have liked their shampoo and lotions.  BUT... they are owned by a huge NY investment firm that seems dirty, dirty, dirty.  So, next was Kiss My face- this is a seemingly good, not too huge (55 employees) NY-based company.

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