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How Our Favorite Fish Could Recover in a Decade
After decades of declines, most of the world's fish populations could recover in just ten years, while fishermen make more money at the same time, scientists reported in a new study published Monday....
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Organic Foods Still Aren't As Mass Market As You Might Think
Organic food has gone majorly mainstream, right? Wal-Mart has been driving down the price of organic with an in-house organic line. Whole Foods has begun experimenting with cheaper stores to catch up....
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EPA Watchdog to Investigate Monsanto GMOs and Superweeds
Genetically modified corn and soybeans were supposed to reduce chemical use on farms, but instead they’ve done the exact opposite by creating herbicide-resistant "superweeds" and increasing the use of...
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Bernie Sanders wants to phase out nuclear power plants. Is that a good idea?
You’ve probably heard that Bernie Sanders has the most impressive climate agenda of any major-party presidential candidate in history. His proposals may be politically unrealistic, but they are bold....
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Earthquakes caused by oil drillers are now so common that the government just...
Earthquake risk is on the rise, and we mostly have ourselves to blame — or, more specifically, the oil and gas industry. In a new report, the U.S. Geological Survey maps out earthquake hazards for the...
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Whistle-blower Del Toral grew tired of EPA ‘cesspool’
A previously unreleased U.S. Environmental Protection Agency email shows the agency’s Midwest whistle-blower pleaded with superiors to protect Flint residents from lead contamination and railed against...
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Colorado may trade restaurant grades for higher inspection fees
When inspection fees are not increased on a regular basis to keep up with increasing costs, restaurants often don’t get inspected as well or as often. Colorado is one state trying to catch up, but...
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Canada disbands its Dole salad outbreak investigation team
Health officials in Canada and the U.S. have thus far reported a total of 32 confirmed victims — four of whom died — with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes found in bagged salads produced...
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Facing losses and grain glut, U.S. farmers to plant more corn
MANHATTAN, Ill. Three years into a grain market slump, U.S. farmers are set to plant more corn, taking a calculated gamble that higher sales will help them make up for falling prices without triggering...
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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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Our Guide to Buying Ethical Coffee
New studies show that, despite the skyrocketing price of coffee in the past few decades and the seemingly impressive rise in coffee drinkers who seriously care about their drink, coffee farmers are not...
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The True Cost of American Food
This conference will bring together up to 700 leaders and interested citizens to address one of the most critical barriers currently preventing sustainable food systems becoming mainstream – the...
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A Town Demands Protection from Pesticides
Almost a year ago, National Geographic told the story of Aixa, now eight years old, who lives in Avia Terai, a town in Argentina surrounded by soybeans and other crops treated with pesticides. Included...
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A UConn Rudd Center study of school breakfast-eating patterns suggests that it is not children who indulge twice, but those who skip breakfast altogether, who are more likely to be overweight, The...
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4 ways to redesign the school lunch, according to a former chef at the...
Daniel Giusti, a Michelin-starred chef, knows a thing or two about lunch. For the last three years, he dished out $300 lunches to the elite at Noma, a Copenhagen restaurant consistently deemed one of...
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Food Loves Tech
Food Loves Tech is a first-of-its-kind innovation expo. Arranged as a series of large-scale exhibits, Food Loves Tech (FLT) will link multiple immersive installations, technology tastings, leadership...
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The Farm Bill Drove Me Insane
This post originally appeared at Politico. From the minute I started preparing the course, I could see that the farm bill was going to be too big, bloated and sprawling for any one human mind to...
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Marijuana is legal in Colorado, but rain barrels still are not
While it’s perfectly legal for Colorado residents to sit around in their soft pants with one hand wrapped around a bong and the other in a Cheetos bag, there’s one surprising thing that could get them...
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