Episode-53- 15 Farming Terms You Should Know

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There are a lot of food labels that are suppose to help the consumer make better food choices but how good are they?  Today's show discusses 15 of the most common farming terms and how they effect the food that you eat.  Here are the fifteen terms that are discussed:

1. Organic
2. All natural
3. Naturally grown
4. Natural farming
5. Free range
6. Cage free
7. Humanely treated
8. Grass fed
9. Pasture/grass finished
10. Gmo
11. Heirloom
12. Hybrid
13. Permaculture
14. Sustainable
15. authentic

Resources for today's show

• Register for Email updates
• Provide feedback to Steve@thelegacypodcast.com
• The Legacy Partner Program
• http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Consumers/
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/ofp/ofp.shtml
  http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723725/k.8DCF/Food_Labeling.htm
• http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/issue-8/all-natural-label.php
• http://context.org/ICLIB/IC14/Fukuoka.htm]
• http://www.authenticfarming.com/
• Sepp Holzer
• Elliot Coleman