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Earth Day, Living With The land

The Wine Knitter

Every country, state, and region has its own rigorous requirements for sustainability and organic farming certifications. In addition, Viña Tarapacá has a powerful sense of environmental friendliness, submitting to the highest international quality standards and certifications.

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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

Modern Restaurant Management

Gunderson has been a member of the HALL winemaking team since 2005, and head winemaker for award winning WALT Wines since 2010. Compostable cutlery will be available this summer. This technology is EPA-approved and has FDA exemption as well as NSF certification for food contact applications. Megan Gunderson. Gelest, Inc.

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

EATER

Over his first 10 years at Stone Barns, he built a flourishing, 10-acre organic vegetable farm using compost and rotational planting to feed the soil. The first [apprentice] program I did, tractor safety was drilled in,” says Michael Passalacqua, a 2018 apprentice who’d done a certificate program through the University of Vermont. “I