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Is This Congressman's 'Oversight' An Effort To Hobble Climate Science?
Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Kathryn Sullivan, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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Surprise! These 15 common grocery store items are almost never recyclable
The trash from our meals is piling up. For starters, supermarket goods are hitting the shelves in increasingly elaborate packaging—think soup pouches, snack packs, and squeeze tubes. Meanwhile, booming...
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Grocery chains leave food deserts barren, AP analysis finds
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015 photo, Pablo Salazar shops for fruits and vegetables in the Fresh Stop bus, a mobile market, at the Taft Community Center, in Orlando, Fla. The Fresh Stop brings fresh...
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This Slick Trick Could Save Farmers and The Post Office at The Same Time
Postal banking is an idea that seems weird and unlikely until you keep thinking about it and really see how it would work and who it would affect. The idea is simple: Institute a public, low-cost...
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Reducing Food Waste, Feeding Americans
Keep posted to pingree.house.gov/foodwaste for updates on Congresswoman Pingree's legislation. Pingree introducing landmark legislation aimed at reducing food waste in grocery stores, restaurants,...
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Carbon Farming Gets A Nod At Paris Climate Conference
Las Cañadas is an ecological cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico that's working to sequester carbon and mitigate climate change while producing food, materials, chemicals and energy. Courtesy of Ricardo...
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New Data Suggest Period of Soaring Global Emissions May Have Peaked
LE BOURGET, France — Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases rose only slightly in 2014 and appear to be on track to decline in 2015, according to new data that raise the possibility that a period of...
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Webinars
Every month, we host a webinar on a different topic relating to the community food sector. Attendance is free, but space is limited. Video from the session is posted to our Knowledge Exchange, along...
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Why Food Belongs in Our Discussions of Race
Kristin Wartman is a journalist who writes about food, health, politics, and culture. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Huffington Post and many others. Kristin's first book,...
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Fatal Thaw: The Sámi Fight to Preserve an Ancient Culture as the Arctic Warms
SEVETTIJÄRVI, Finland—We enter the taiga forest from a trailhead at the end of a dirt road, not far from a shed where a fresh reindeer hide had been nailed up to dry. After an easy 20-minute walk along...
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Happy 25th Birthday, National Organic Program!
Former president George H. W. Bush was not known as a supporter of organic agriculture, not even remotely. But back on November 28, 1990, the elder Bush did play a small, but significant role in the...
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Your Interactive Guide to Understanding the Minimum Wage
In his 2014 State of the Union Address, President Obama called upon Congress to raise the minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $10.10, an increase that would've given a full-time worker a $6,000 annual...
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Death By Coconut: A Story Of Food Obsession Gone Too Far
German nudist August Engelhardt sits in front of his thatched tent-like hut on the island of Kabakon (in what is now Papua New Guinea) with the books that he brought with him from Germany. In 1902, he...
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The World’s Largest Garden Supply Store Is Phasing Out Bee-Killing Insecticides
I have two criteria for plants that I buy for my backyard garden: They have to be capable of dealing with the hot, dry Southern California summers, and, especially if they aren’t fruits or vegetables,...
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'Food For Fines': In Some Cities, Parking Tickets Drive Holiday Giving
A few cities around the country are letting drivers cover part or all of their parking fines with food donations. Amber Riccinto/Ocala Star-Banner /Landov hide caption Parking fines aren't usually the...
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In Minnesota's farm country, clean water is costly
Taxpayers spent nearly $125 million last year to clean up Minnesota lakes, streams and groundwater contaminated by farming, according to a Star Tribune analysis of state and federal budget data that...
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Jane Goodall just called out Republicans on climate change
At the major climate summit in Paris on Monday, renowned conservationist Jane Goodall called for Republicans in Congress to back down from opposing an international agreement on climate change....
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2015 Food Tech Holiday Gift Guide
Searching for the perfect gifts for all the food nerds in your life this holiday season? Have no fear, our 2015 Food Tech Holiday Gift Guide is here. We’ve culled together tons of food gadgets, books,...
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Kitchensurfing: Are On-Demand Private Chefs the Next Wave of Meal Delivery?
Matthew Pflueger discovered Kitchensurfing and Blue Apron during the same conversation with a friend. The two services that help consumers more easily serve a home-cooked meal appealed to Pflueger and...
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Small Kitchens, by Choice
SEATTLE — For many, the American dream kitchen has long been a grand showplace, filled with granite islands that stretch like aircraft carriers through a sea of shining appliances. But in the urban...
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