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Census says: farm to school is booming!
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Drought and rising temperatures 'leaves 36m people across Africa facing hunger'
More than 36 million people face hunger across southern and eastern Africa, the United Nations has warned, as swaths of the continent grapple with the worst drought in decades at a time of record high...
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American Eagle Foundation Bald Eagle Nest Cam
In 2014, a pair of mated Bald Eagles chose the most idyllic of nest sites within the United States’ National Capital (Washington, DC), nestled high in a Tulip Poplar tree amongst the Azalea Collection...
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How Lessons from the Black Panthers Could Change the Food Movement
The fact that many children can get breakfast at public school may well be thanks to a revolutionary act that brought down the fury of Hoover’s FBI. To dig deeper into this history, and ask about the...
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CRISPR Is Going To Revolutionize Our Food System—And Start A New War Over GMOs
In five years, there might be a little CRISPR-edited corn in your breakfast cereal or CRISPR-edited wheat in your pasta. CRISPR'd tomatoes and CRISPR'd pork might follow. There's already a little...
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One place the government actually belongs
What business does Washington have sticking its nose into what we eat? More than you might think, actually — so say the three dozen food experts POLITICO surveyed for the Food Issue of the Agenda....
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Whole Foods to source slower growing chickens
Whole Foods to source slower growing chickens By Whitney Forman-Cook © Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, March 17, 2016 - Whole Foods said Thursday it plans to be the first major...
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Can We Keep Zika Out of the US Blood Supply?
If Zika virus comes to the United States, will the US blood supply be at risk? Because the disease has demonstrated that it can pass via blood from mother to fetus, and via other bodily fluids between...
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Britain is fighting childhood obesity with a new soda tax. But will it work?
This week, Britain's government became one of a handful in the world to introduce a tax on sugary drinks aimed at fighting childhood obesity. Dancing outside of Parliament after the announcement,...
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‘Forked’ Tells the History of Tipped Labor and Offers a Guide to Dining...
Before I became a journalist, I worked for years in food service. None of the jobs I had paid particularly well. At one coffee shop in a gentrified San Diego neighborhood, I realized I had a better...
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Capital of Food: Ten Years of London Leadership
Cities have an important role to play in making food better for everyone. We want to ensure that every single Londoner can eat well and has a healthy diet. The Capital of Food report highlights the...
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Promoting Sugar to Address Childhood Hunger?
People often ask me why I care so much about school food, and the answer is simple: of the 31 million kids who eat school food each day, about two-thirds do so out of need. These economically...
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We need a national solution for GMO labeling
news Mar 18, 2016 • By Jeff Harmening I have been eagerly awaiting a resolution of the GMO labeling debate in Washington and am disappointed that a national solution has still not been reached. As the...
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Gigi The Cow Broke The Milk Production Record. Is That Bad For Cows?
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General Mills to start using GMO labeling nationwide
General Mills will begin labeling products nationwide that contain genetically modified ingredients after the failure of Congress to reach a national labeling law, a “watershed” development, according...
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General Mills Announces GMO Labeling for US Products
General Mills, the Minneapolis based food giant, has announced Friday that consumers all over the U.S. will soon begin seeing GMO labeling legislated by the state of Vermont on many General Mills...
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Can you imagine your recipe being featured in a cookbook? Or representing your home state at a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House this summer? If so, First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S. Department...
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Death threats, libel, and lies
Jonathan Matthews looks at how Kevin Folta tries to vilify, marginalize, and silence scientists he disagrees with BuzzFeed recently caused a stir with a bizarre story about Dr Kevin Folta, the...
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