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UPDATE: Zirkle used trail-marker to defend herself, Iditarod Insider reports
Iditarod frontrunners Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle were attacked by a snowmachiner on their way to the Nulato checkpoint Saturday, resulting in the death of one dog and injury to several others, Iditarod...
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The Global Solution to Extinction
DURING the summer of 1940, I was an 11-year-old living with my family in a low-income apartment in Washington, D.C. We were within easy walking distance of the National Zoo and an adjacent strip of...
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How big food brands are trying to blunt start-ups
From Amy's Soup to Justin's Peanut Butter, increasingly health-conscious consumers are eyeing upstarts that may have little to do with branding, and more to do with trust. Health conscious companies,...
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Agri-Pulse helps kick off national Ag Day
Agri-Pulse helps kick off national Ag Day By Agri-Pulse staff © Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, March 13, 2016 - Tuesday is National Ag Day, and Agri-Pulse will help kick off the...
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Kimbal Musk is Changing the Food System One School Garden at a Time
Scale is of the utmost importance in the tech world. If your idea is good enough, the theory goes, it should be something just about everyone can use. You can charge each person pennies, but eventually...
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Reform the Nation’s Food System
By Tom Colicchio The nation’s food system is out of balance. Instead of focusing on public health, food policy in Washington is dominated by money — prioritizing corporate interests at the expense of...
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Kellogg: Investigation under way after graphic video
Share article 1 photo 40.7143-74.006NEW YORK (AP) — A criminal investigation is under way after a video surfaced online showing a man urinating on a Kellogg factory assembly line, the company said. The...
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The Science Behind Baking Your Perfect Pie (Happy Pi Day)
3:55 Download Embed Embed iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/470377841/470378043" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Editor's note:...
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Decoding Animal Welfare Labels
Pasture raised. Hormone free. All natural. With so many buzzwords, it’s hard to decipher labels on meat, eggs, and dairy products. Which ones are just greenwashing, and which ones can you trust?...
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How this son of migrant farm workers became an astronaut
As the son of Mexican migrant farm workers, his education was constantly interrupted as his family followed the changing crops. Often, they would spend December through February in Mexico. Hernandez...
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This Pi Day, Supporting Agricultural Research Is as Easy as Pi(e)
Behind every great innovation lies a lot of patience, struggle, science, and money. When it comes to food and agriculture, we can thank years of effort on plant breeding for reliably crisp and tasty...
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Senators Urge Federal Action to Save Bee Populations
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency to better...
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Modern food is a triumph; modern food is a disaster
Just before the crash that turned the Roaring ’20s into the Great Depression, a man with a crazy idea for making a fortune was roaming across Persia, examining green aromatic nuts in burlap bags,...
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The Family Peach Farm That Became A Symbol Of The Food Revolution
Mas Masumoto grew up on his family farm southeast of Fresno, Calif. His 1987 essay "Epitaph for A Peach," in which he bemoaned the loss of heirloom flavors, captured his changing philosophy as a...
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Editor’s Note: Thank a Farmer
Naomi Starkman is a Founder and the Editor-in-Chief of Civil Eats. She is a 2015-16 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford. She is a founding board member of the Food & Environment Reporting...
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WCRD 2016: Antibiotic Resistance
On 15 March 2016, consumer groups around the world will join together to tackle a major international public health crisis. Consumers International and our Members are calling on the world’s largest...
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The Heroic Future
A live documentary series about reimagining the world of tomorrow, in order to rebuild the world today. Read more 49 backers $3,512 pledged of $75,000 goal Back This Project Back This Project Remind...
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Five million US seeds banked for resurrection experiment
In a vault kept at −18 °C in Fort Collins, Colorado, more than 5 million seeds now lie frozen in time — destined to wait for up to 50 years until evolutionary scientists earn permission to experiment...
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