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Organic Link Love – December 9th

Here are some of the most interesting and important organic food news stories from the past few weeks. Enjoy!!

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Good piece about how Dr. Oz got it wrong on organics – Mother Jones

Kenya bans the importation of GMO foods – Nation of Change

Students in Los Angeles help bring organic food into Inglewood’s food desert – NBC

Organic food distributor UNFI to open up a $32 million facility in Wisconsin – The Journal Times

Latinos in California start organic farms with help of new programs – The Huffington Post

Great food pictures from Matthew Kenney’s new raw vegan restaurant in Santa Monica, CA – LA Weekly

Walmart starts a monthly food subscription service/box, which includes organic food – The Journal Gazette

In Namibia, an opportunity to turn small-scale production of organic food into a growth industry – All Africa

Russia wants to feed Europe with organic food – Pravda

Organic markets are becoming more popular throughout Turkey – SETimes

Big blue food truck serves up local, organic food across Michigan – SW Michigan’s Second Wave

FDA suspends operations at country’s largest organic peanut butter plant in New Mexico – Oregon Live

How consolidated agribusiness harms the organic sector – Civil Eats

The Department of Justice mysteriously quits the Monsanto antitrust investigation –  Mother Jones

Organic food industry is booming in Brazil, growing at 15-20% per year – Fresh Fruit Portal

Organic farmers condemn AC21 report, no relief for GMO contamination – Reuters

UAE moves to certify organic food – Gulf News

Organic food is struggling for an identity in Russia but demand is soaring – The Moscow Times

Farmers’ market in Beirut, Lebanon brings together a war-torn nation – The National

Cincinnati passes resolution requiring GE-food labeling – EcoWatch

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