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Getting Ugly Produce on to Hungry People’s Plates
dumped an estimated $100 million worth of the fruit (or 143,000 bushels) in fields where they were left to rot, causing the nearby town to smell like rancid fruit for days. David Bobanick, Executive...
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If You Care About the Future of Food, You Need to Know These 7 People
None of these seven people are chefs. But you’ll want to remember their names. Because by 2020 they will have radically changed the way we eat. The Technologist: Danielle Gould, CEO and founder, Food +...
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Field Guide to the Money-Out-of-Politics Movement
The movement is here, are you in? First time here? Returning user?
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An Actually Useful Guide to Raleigh, North Carolina
This is Spilling the Beans, where plugged-in baristas give us the lowdown on where to go, what to do, and what to eat (and drink) in their hometown. “It’s hard to live in Raleigh and not feel like...
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Are Your Easter Lilies Poisoning This California Town?
Only a few months after moving to Smith River, California, in 2009, Cindy Cameron suffered a miscarriage. It was unexpected, as she and her husband, Tim, already had two children. Their Christian faith...
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New Jersey standoff on homemade food sales continues
A New Jersey state senator is standing firm on his opposition to legalizing direct-to-consumer sales of certain foods not produced in commercial kitchens, citing food safety and fair competition...
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Reinstate Teicholz on Food Policy Panel
Help spread the word about this petition. Copy the code below and paste it into your website or blog to help promote this petition. /widget/all_widgets/706576 Sign Petition 61 Signatures Goal: 1,000...
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You can finally stop feeling guilty for eating quinoa
Back in January 2013, agricultural economist Marc Bellemare was browsing the internet when he noticed a raging debate about ... quinoa. Specifically, whether people in rich countries should feel guilty...
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The World’s Largest Fish Are Missing
Scientists are finding that even the world’s largest fish can hide in the vastness of the ocean. Or at least, they’re hoping that’s the case. The other option is that adult whale sharks are...
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Major brands reverse course on genetically modified food labels
It’s been a heady time for advocates of genetically modified food labeling like Oakland’s Gary Ruskin. To continue reading this story, you will need to be a digital subscriber to SFChronicle.com. By...
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Saving Half the Planet for Nature Isn't As Crazy As It Seems
It’s hard to be an optimist these days. We are living through what biologists call the sixth mass extinction, a time of dramatic depletion of species, from frogs to rhinos and butterflies. By the end...
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How Little Vermont Got Big Food Companies To Label GMOs
Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Sunday will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET. You'll soon know whether many of the packaged foods you buy contain ingredients derived from...
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Japan Killed Hundreds Of Whales For ‘Research’ And The International...
Japan’s fleet known for capturing whales for research returned to shore this week and confirmed it killed more than 300 minke whales, including pregnant specimens, triggering international...
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The Push for GMO Labeling Isn’t About Facts. It’s a Religious Movement.
The fight over genetically modified ingredients is almost over. The industry is backing down. In the next few months, one way or another, packaged foods made with GMOs will be labeled at your...
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A Burgeoning Effort to Restore Native Foods in an Unlikely Food Desert
The Native American tribes that live in the region adjacent to the Klamath River, which flows from Southern Oregon into the northern part of California, once subsisted sustainably off the land. They...
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Looking for calorie labels on menus? Not until 2017
Restaurants and other retailers originally had until the end of 2015 to comply. Last summer, the FDA pushed that deadline back to the end of 2016. This month, they pushed the deadline back again....
View ArticleSmallbatch Pets Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Frozen Dog Duckbatch Sliders Due to...
Smallbatch Pets Inc. info@smallbatchpets.com 888-507-2712 Michael Vogel Michael@smallbatchpets.com 310-722-7903 Smallbatch Pets Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of frozen dog duckbatch sliders due...
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We face a serious health crisis: 40% of kids will get diabetes in their lifetimes unless we do something about it. The link between sugary drinks and diseases like diabetes is undeniable. Measure D is...
View ArticleScientists Call for Retraction of BMJ Feature on Dietary Guidelines ~...
More than 180 prominent cardiovascular and nutrition scientists from 19 countries are calling on the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) to retract an investigation into the Scientific Report...
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You want to develop clean energy on tribal land? Here’s how.
Info Along with poisoning our land and water, these industries also poison our people with a high incidence of pollution-related diseases. The industrial culture also harms women, who experience an...
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