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Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Professor Michael Smith works in the permaculture garden, located on the southeast corner of Williams Hall.

Permaculture and organic gardens plant seed of sustainability at IC

By Sydney O'Shaughnessy, Staff Writer • August 31, 2015
Permaculture gardens mimic the natural ecosystem of an area.

Audio Slideshow: Farm-to-Table

By Jaclyn CataldiRachel Orlow • April 3, 2013
Experience! Finger Lakes welcomed participants to a Farm-to-Table cooking class and wine tour to see how products from Ithaca are organically made, prepared and served in the local area to consumers.

Commentary: Eating locally grown food is more than just a fad

By Chenaya Devine Milbourne • February 27, 2013
Next time you go into a food store, pick up those bananas you always buy and look at the label. Where are they from — South America? Stop and consider how far that banana has traveled, how many pesticides it has been spewed with and how little money the farmer who grew it actually received.…
Organic foods no more nutritious than conventional foods

Organic foods no more nutritious than conventional foods

By Kari Beal • September 11, 2012
A recent Stanford University study found organic food is no more nutritious or safe than conventional food.
The costs and benefits of eating organic

The costs and benefits of eating organic

By Lewis Kendall • September 6, 2012
If you follow eco news at all you will have been bombarded recently by the publication of an extensive study on the pros and cons of "organic" foods.
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