Tag Archives: organic

Harvesting Hops, Brewing Hope for Sustainable Agriculture

Posted on 09/04/2011 by M. A. Schweisguth

This Labor Day weekend, I worked, volunteering with the harvest at Alpha Beta Hops, an organic Cascade hops producer in Ashland, OR. What better way for a small-scale, sustainable, organic agriculture advocate to spend Labor Day than supporting family farmers who … Continue reading →

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Article: Responsible Packaging: Organic Industry Collaboration Leads the Way

Posted on 03/08/2011 by M. A. Schweisguth

Latest sustainable business article is… Responsible Packaging: Organic Industry Collaboration Leads the Way. Organic Processing Magazine, March/April 2011. It can be viewed online and will be posted soon. Enjoy!

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Conference Presentation: Measuring the Environmental Impact of Food Products

Posted on 01/20/2011 by M. A. Schweisguth

The Sustainable Foods Summit was held 1/18-1/19 in San Francisco, CA. Conference write up to come…recap from conference site below. (Update: See GreenBiz article I wrote on this conference & others). I presented through my role at the Food Trade … Continue reading →

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