June 15, 2007

By By Todd Martens, L.A.

Earthology Recordings
Craig Minowa's Alternative Distribution Alliance-distributed label and CD replication house sits on an organic farm in Minnesota, and is close to making an all-green CD package. Minowa promises that by the end of 2007, all CDs will be fit with a corn-based biodegradable shrink-wrap being developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "We want to turn this into our own nonprofit," Minowa says.

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