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The holidays are behind us now, and reflecting on 2008 (and what a year!) here are my top ten headlines from the RiverWired food blog (posted in order of appearance, starting in January):

1. Creative and ultimately delicious, Apple Farmer Uses Pigs Instead of Pesticides in January.

2. At last, help at the grocery store in Finally! A Guide to Eating Green.

3. The downer cow scandal breaks as Hallmark/Westland Goes to Congress.

4. Fish headlines started with Where Have All the Salmon Gone? back in March. The headlines continued in June (SOS: Save Our Salmon) and October (Seafood Delight).

5. Looking to the future, in the spring we were Building The Doomsday Vault -- Seeds to Save the Human Race. The seed bank is still growing and, according to the Chicago Tribune needs help with funding heading into 2009.

6. You know green is big when fast food companies join in: The Golden Green Arches?

7. This year, we learned about the impact of our food choices, from soup to nuts: Saving The World One Plate At A Time.

8. From organic to hormones in milk to hamburger meat, labels were big this year (see September’s: A Real Hamburger Helper).

9. But, once the bad financial headlines started rolling in, saving money at the grocery store became increasingly important. Hence November’s The Economics of Organics

10. And, our opinion was solicited again and again this year, on milk, corn, and more. The latest: The Department of Ag Wants Your Opinion on GE corn.

What headlines do you think were most important? Did I miss any?

Image from Stephanie Cleaver.