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Eat Your Green(s)
By Andrew Gumbel, LA City Beat
Whole Foods has long faced complaints over its pricey eats, but the organic giant's recent acquisition of Wild Oats has garnered a barrage of criticism that Andrew Gumbel suggests might better be directed at US agriculture. He argues that deliberate government policies that favor huge agribusinesses and limit crop diversity are the real reason for high prices in specialty stores. A solution, Gumbel says, might be to mimic Europe's focus on crop diversity, not gripe about pricey organic grub. -- Jenna Fisher
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5117&IssueNum=195

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Marigolds Make Way for Marijuana in Suburbia
By Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor
Cannabis could be coming to a cul-de-sac near you. Georgia police cite recent raids in several counties as indicative of a national trend in the marijuana industry. Grow-houses are increasingly cropping up in suburban neighborhoods of privacy-loving, unsuspecting residents. Growers purchase the homes to convert the basements into year-round cultivation sites. Upstairs, the houses contain only 'a cot, a chair, and a rabbit-ear TV,' and remain uninhabited -- save for the occasional 'baby-sitter' dropping by to tend the operation. -- Elizabeth Ryan
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0305/p01s02-ussc.html?page=1

OpenCongress.org
By the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation
Sifting through the legislative labyrinth of Congress can be a tall order for the average citizen. OpenCongress.org is there to help. The new website weaves together coverage from blogs and news sources with official government information to give people more insight into what's happening in Washington. -- Bennett Gordon
http://www.opencongress.org/

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