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		<title>QR Codes and the Consumer</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/12/03/qr-codes-and-the-consumer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The QR code will take people to our website where they can pick from cactus recipes and preparation/nutritional information. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food-First Mention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food-First is a web page on food safety issues (They are officially the Institute for Food and Development Policy), here they discuss the marketing group we are a member of... and way cool is the fact that they used our label to show the scan codes the group is using! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Buy, HSBC and Geek Squad Complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/11/25/best-buy-hsbc-and-geek-squad-complaint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[in both cases when I had 'issues', it was with an auxilary company they'd retained to service the agreements (HSBC with the credit card, and Geek Squad with the router and service agreement). So it's NOT Best Buy alone that's to blame... but ANY company doing business with another company has to ensure their auxilary support companies are as good, honest, reliable and ethical as they themselves are.... if they are not, it WILL reflect on the main company. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Hail!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/02/21/oh-hail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it wasn’t fun though when we got hail two days in a row last week… and although I thought of swatting the hail with my tennis racket, I knew it was pointless… But then I realized that not many people are going to get the opportunity to get California cactus with some hail-stone pings….  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting Cactus Again</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/04/06/harvesting-cactus-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the weeks go by, we'll add larger box sizes to the offerings. The leaves are growing well now, and we have good weather forecast which keeps growth active, so we may be able to offer list members an early offering of leaves in bulk within a month. Also, within two weeks I expect we'll be offering the cactus in 16 lb lots. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking On Air</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/01/14/walking-on-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I was happy to find one of my favorite current artists label has done such a thing with her music. Kerli's tunes are now on VEVO through YouTube, and they give the code out so people can embed them legally into their web posts and share the music with others.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Climate Change Policy Leaves Out Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/30/california-climate-change-policy-leaves-out-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[several underused farm management practices, such as cover cropping, conservation tillage and organic fertilization, have the potential to deliver significant carbon sequestration benefits while helping farmers conserve water, maintain yields and resist weeds and pests in the face of climate change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farm on wheels, a &#8216;novel&#8217; concept?</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/29/farm-on-wheels-a-novel-concept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also US citizens are used to 'spic-and-span' in their foods. The idea of an open truck driving around with food sitting in the open might not seem all that appealing to many consumers. Now, I live in farm country, and anytime I drive to town I see huge trucks open loaded with strawberries, broccoli or tomatoes driving to the packing houses.... so I know this happens, but folks in the cities don't know veggies except cello-wrapped, and mostly already washed and trimmed...  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Rivenrock? Will the tin soldier ride away?</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/26/the-end-of-rivenrock-will-the-tin-soldier-ride-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It is this extra bit that has me stymied. We don't really make any money doing this cactus business. All of our money goes to shipping, governmental fees of several thousand dollars yearly in order to maintain our licenses, permits, and associated fees and overhead expenses. Knowing that this trip will lead us into negative financial territory makes me reluctant to want to go. Knowing that due to these regulations, we must take a sample of our water and have it analyzed monthly at unknown costs.... I have for the first time in these many years had serious thoughts to stop all production, stop the business, and plow the cactus into the ground, and have just a family garden in the future.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Nopal Cactus Health Drink</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/15/a-new-nopal-cactus-health-drink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/15/a-new-nopal-cactus-health-drink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one is made from wild-harvested cactus plants. I don't really like the idea of folks wandering the dester and harvesting plants. The animals of the desert use this amazing plant for their life.... I'd be happier if this company advertised that the plants were grown on the terraced fields of Rivenrock.... but instead they take the food from the mouths of the wild critters in the Sonoran desert and call it 'sustainable wild-crafting techniques'. [...]]]></description>
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