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Organic Link Love – April 22nd

I’m off to NYC’s Green Festival today and then to Stone Barns Center in Tarrytown, NY tomorrow for an Earth Day: Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase. It should be a fantastic weekend.

In the meantime, here is some organic food reading pleasure for you. Enjoy!

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Stonyfield’s Chairman Gary Hirshberg on the Dylan Rattigan show talking about GMOs and the need for mandatory labeling – MSNBC

Conquering food deserts in NYC with green carts – NYT

Pesticide misuse a major threat to farmers’ health and food in Ghana – All Africa

Is your favorite restaurant faking organic? – Grist

Canada’s appetite for organic and natural foods is skyrocketing – Canada Newswire

Mother and daughter entrepreneurs build a health food chain – Forbes

State of Wisconsin creates free guide to organic food on its agricultural website – The Republic

Appeal of organic products seeps into the wine industry – MoneyControl.com

Todd Selby’s cool profile of Cookbook, a green grocery store in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles – NYT Magazine

The demand for organic produce in Saudi Arabia is really growing – FreshPlaza

The best organic wines For Earth Day – Forbes

If successful, the Whole Foods in Detroit could become a blueprint for other cities – M Live

The GMO-labeling petition for the White House’s “We The People” initiative gathers the necessary 25,000 signatures, now awaiting a formal response from the Obama Administration – WhiteHouse.gov

Popularity of community supported agriculture program is on the rise – The Columbian