Growing Business Radio – ‘Farmers to You’ founder Greg Georgaklis

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Growing Business Radio – ‘Farmers to You’ founder Greg Georgaklis

Local Organic Food with Farmers to You!

Growing Business Radio welcomes ‘Farmers To You’ founder, Greg Georgaklis. Farmers to You is a Vermont-based company sourcing high quality regional food to populations densities of greater Boston through disintermediation. So exciting we have initiatives like Farmers to You pushing the envelop on regional system reform.

Today on Growing Business Aaron Niederhelman and Nathan Roman welcome Greg Georgaklis, founder and owner of “Farmers To You”. Greg launched Farmers To You to create a partnership of farmers and families by expanding the market for…

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Buzz from “Let’s Talk about Food” event – today

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The third Let’s Talk About Food Festival comes to Copley Square this weekend. This festival lets participants dive into the most important food conversations and debates happening in society today. Through hands-on cooking demonstrations, edible gardens, and more, participants can also explore how to take advantage of the food around them by cooking better and eating healthier. Check back often for more details.

Consumer Reports: Popular food labels often lack meaning

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Consumer Reports: Popular food labels often lack meaning

CAVEAT EMPTOR… (buyer beware)

Real! Simple! Artisanal! Even old brands such as Progresso have been slapping those words on their product labels, notes ShopSmart, the shopping magazine from the publisher of Consumer Reports. They can give you the impression that a product is higher quality. Or they can make food appear more healthful, according to the Hartman Group, a Washington-based firm that specializes in market research and food trends. And that might get you to choose one product over another and maybe even pay a higher price. But the truth is, some lingo is just “marketing paint,” says Carol Harvey, owner of Palate Works, a food-labeling consulting firm. What’s inside the package could be the same old fat, sugar and additives. So no matter what the box says on the front, it always pays to turn it over to check

Teeth are sinking in… local foods becoming big business!

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Teeth are sinking in… local foods becoming big business!

Once a niche business, locally grown foods aren’t just for farmers markets anymore.

A growing network of companies and organizations is delivering food directly from local farms to major institutions like Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in downtown Philadelphia, eliminating scores of middlemen from farm to fork. Along the way, they’re increasing profits and recognition for smaller farms and bringing consumers healthier, fresher foods.

Over the past five years, with more than $25 million in federal aid, these so-called food hubs have helped transform locally grown foods into a bigger business, supplying hospitals, schools, restaurant chains and grocery stores as consumer demand grows.

Profound thinker – Excerpts from Jeremy Grantham’s Guardian interview

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Profound thinker – Excerpts from Jeremy Grantham’s Guardian interview

Recently crafted excerpts of Jeremy Grantham’s 2013 Guardian interview discussing Population Growth, Agriculture and climate change.

At a speaking engagement in June, Grantham wow’ed the audience of pragmatic thinkers interested in hearing how his plan and prognostication has evolved in the past year.  A profound thinker, and engaging speaker.