Who grew it?

• Position: TECHNOLOGY - Doleorganic.com - Brief article

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It can be a tong way from farm to table, but the Internet is making it easier for consumers to find out where their food came from--even which farmers were involved. Buyers of Dote organic bananas can now enter a bar-code number from the banana's sticker on Doleorganic.com and see photos and details about farms in Central and South America. Askinosie Chocolate in Springfield, Missouri, invites customers to enter bar codes on Askinosie.com and visit its cocoa-bean farms in Mexico, Ecuador...