Vol. 11 No. 6 - November/December 1983

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Our Food

• Our Food, Our Common Ground

  An introduction, by Linda Rocawich

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• Organic Farming in the South

  Organic farming in the South, by Debby Wechsler

  14

• Pioneers on the Citrus Frontier

  The McComb family, Florida organic growers, by Cheryl Hiers

  20

• Future Food?

  The Disney vision, brought to you by Kraft Foods, by Diana Mara Henry

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• The Good Life on a 25-Acre Farm

  Interview with Booker T. Whatley, by Krista Brewer

  27

• “Some Poor Old Country People”

  Interview with Alice Balance, by Phaye Poliakoff

  30

• Pie

  A prose poem, by Susan Bright

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• What’s Good to Eat?

  An introduction to nutrition

  34

• Eclipse of the Blue Moon Foods

  A report from Nashville

  35

• Your Health is in Your Power

  Interview with Dr. James Carter, by Christina Davis

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• Eat for Good Health

  What’s in a balanced diet, by Marci Kramish

  40

• Co-Ops

  An introduction to community cooperation

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• Co-Ops/Acadian Delight Bakery

  A venture into fruitcake, by Helen Cordes

  42

• Co-Ops/New River Trading Co-Op

  A venture into good food, by Larry Levine

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• Co-Ops/Hilton Head Island Fishing Co-Op

  A venture into shrimp, by Vernie Singleton

  48

• The Golden Pine Cone

  A short story, by Charles Blackburn, Jr.

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• Workers of the Harvest

  Laborers in the East Coast migrant stream, by L.A. Winokur and Chip Hughes

  55

• The Union Makes a Difference

  The United Farmworkers organize in Florida, by James J. Horgan

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• Food from Nature

  Learning from the Choctaw of the 18th-century South, by Daniel H. Usner, Jr.

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• Gather Ye Wild Things

  Edible plants from the wild, by Susan Tyler Hitchcock

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• Billions of Chickens

  The South’s premiere agribusiness, by Hope Shand

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• Return to the Jungle

  What Reagan is doing to poultry inspections, by Kathleen Hughes

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• The Long Struggle

  Poultry plant workers organize, by Ken Lawrence and Anne Braden

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• Snowbird Gravy and Dishpan Pie

  Mountain people’s stories, by Patsy Moore Ginns

  90

• Raise Less Corn and More Hell

  Interview with Jim Hightower, by Geoffrey Rips and Linda Rocawich

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• Stay on the Farm

  A 19th-century song, by James L. On

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• Resources: In General

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• Resources: Organic Farming

  100

• Resources: Nutrition

  101

• Resources: Co-Ops

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• Resources: Farmworkers

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• Resources: Land

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• Resources: Hunger

  108

• Southern News Roundup

  Drought stricken farmers; Carthan freed; relief for overcrowded prisons; Southern poverty and war deaths; who’s first in Klan violence; labor unity in Mississippi; Winn-Dixie keeps beef in one family; and more

  2

• Facing South

  lra Okraseed, by Dorothy Prunty

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• Voices of Our Neighbors

  Growing food in Alaska; sustainable agriculture in Tanzania

  8

• Voices From the Past

  Agrarian revolt: The Texas Farmers Alliance

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