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Auction! The Music of Competitive Markets
09/02/2007
auctioneers storyThe song goes on at 1100 livestock auctions in the U.S.. But these bastions of competitive marketing are under siege; a system of 'captive supply' is gaining a monopoly over what we eat.
Food
Sunday Dinner: What's On The Table Out Yonder
09/01/2007
Summer Sunday DinnerSo, what's for dinner? The Daily Yonder is asking, and the answers are delicious. This week we see what's on the table in East Tennessee.
Food
You Call Them 'Yams' -- Wrong !
08/22/2007
Yam labelLouisiana farmers have been calling their super-sweet sweet potatoes "yams," casting a nation into doubt and confusion. Chuck Shuford sets us straight.
Food | Main Street Economics | Media
Letter From Langdon: Know the Source of Food and News
08/08/2007

The Desert Trail mural, 29 Palms, CalifornniaLand is being bought up, consolidated. Ted Turner owns a good chunk of Nebraska. Newspapers, too, are being gobbled by ever larger chains of ownership, from the local weekly to The Wall Street Journal. Now we don't know where our food or our news is coming from.

Food | Wildlife
Fireweed Says 'Carpe Diem' in Alaskan
07/28/2007
close up thumb of fireweedNothing lights a fire under Alaskans like the ascending bloom of fireweed. "Summer's clock," it sounds the alarm.
Food
Help Thine Okra Unbelief
06/30/2007
okra sign near Selma, AlabamaThe Daily Yonder doesn't shy away from controversy, and that includes slimy vegetables. Which side are you on?
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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