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Farmworkers, Consumers Declare National Boycott of Wendy’s
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Thursday, March 3, hundreds of farmworkers, religious leaders, students, and consumers will gather near Columbus Circle to launch a national boycott of Wendy’s, the...
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First lady launches garden tour as final year initiative
First lady Michelle Obama made a very big announcement Thursday morning on TODAY. FLOTUS is hitting the road this spring on a garden tour in honor of one of her very first initiatives: the White House...
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Fast Company revealed its Most Innovative Food Companies for 2016, and I couldn’t help but feel disheartened when I read the first three companies on the list: Taco Bell, Domino’s, and McDonald’s....
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Senate bill ties state pre-emption to mandatory GMO labeling
Four Senate Democrats proposed mandatory nationwide labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as a substitute for state or local regulation. The legislation is an alternative to the...
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Food and Environment Reporting Network
Two of three urban farmers “have a social mission that goes beyond food production and profits,” says the NYU Steinhart School, citing research by associate professor Carolyn Dimitri and colleagues....
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Was a USDA scientist muzzled because of his bee research?
Jonathan Lundgren is buying a parcel of land — a scrubby, 30-acre plot just north of Brookings, S.D. — from which he hopes to lead a revolution. An entomologist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
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SURPRISE! The First Lady Visits Unsuspecting Local Gardeners
The First Lady has heard from people across the country and around the globe who have been motivated to grow their own gardens since she planted the White House Kitchen Garden seven years ago. As...
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The SNAP Gap: Benefits Aren't Enough To Keep Many Recipients Fed
Nearly one-third of households on SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, still have to visit a food pantry to keep themselves fed, according to data highlighted this week by the U.S. Department of...
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DuPont plucks a top USDA official to lead "government affairs...
As it moves ahead with its $130 billion merger with fellow chemical giant Dow, DuPont has made quite a hire. To lead the company's "public policy and government affairs strategies," DuPont has tapped...
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How One Visionary Changed School Food in Detroit
Chris Hardman is the executive editor of edibleWOW magazine. She has also written for Organic Gardening, Wildlife Conservation, and Chicago Wilderness magazines. As a former contributor to Americas...
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Airport Beekeepers Get a Second Chance
Chris Hardman is the executive editor of edibleWOW magazine. She has also written for Organic Gardening, Wildlife Conservation, and Chicago Wilderness magazines. As a former contributor to Americas...
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Tell the FDA to Ban Harmful Synthetic Food Dyes
This petition is part of a movement by Center for Science in the Public InterestTime for Action on Food DyesPetitioning Food and Drug Administration and 1 otherCenter for Science in the Public...
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A Bad Effort in Congress to Thwart States on Food Labels
The Senate could soon join the House to try to make it harder for consumers to know what is in their food by prohibiting state governments from requiring the labeling of genetically modified foods....
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How Urban Farmers Can Earn $75,000 on 15,000 Square Feet
Two surprising things happened to Curtis Stone the year he decided to start Green City Acres, in Kelowna, British Columbia. First, he became a town celebrity and, second, he made a good living doing...
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Anchorage is so warm this year it has to import snow for the Iditarod
Take an already warming planet, stir in a dash of El Niño, and add a splash of melting Arctic ice. Voila! You’ve got a baked Alaska. The state has experienced a warm and wacky winter, with only...
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Washington State Legislature OKs industrial hemp project
Washington State legislators sent to the governor a bill that would allow licensed farmers to grow industrial hemp as part of a research program to be run by Washington State University, reports the...
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Hillary Clinton Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage for All Workers, Including...
Following her victory over Tuesday's primaries, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is reiterating her stance on labor. The presidential candidate spoke last night outside the Javits Convention...
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There aren’t enough of them, but these apps can help you eat sustainably
When I abruptly decided on New Year’s Eve to try to eat more sustainably, I assumed there would be loads of apps to help me along. Alas, this isn’t so. NoshPlanet (free, iOS), a guide to sustainable...
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Costco's entry-level workers are getting a raise
Costco ( said Thursday that it will raise its minimum wage for existing and new entry level workers to $13 or $13.50 an hour -- beginning in March. It's the first time in nine years that Costco has...
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Feds take more than three years to shutdown sprout grower
A Virginia grower-shipper of fresh sprouts who has had multiple pathogen-related recalls and been under investigation by state and federal officials since 2012 is finally out of business. A consent...
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