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These Awesome Farming Tools Are Made For Women, By Women
One company is making ergonomic tools for women farmers. This article originally appeared on Civileats.com. When Ann Adams and Liz Brensinger started a small heirloom vegetable farm in the early 1990s,...
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Lawmaker seeks increased access amid raw milk warnings
As Louisiana lawmakers consider whether to allow on-farm sales of raw milk, health officials in Utah and Tennessee are echoing last month’s federal warning about the dangers of drinking raw milk,...
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5 disturbing facts the food industry doesn’t want you to know
This article originally appeared on AlterNet. From mercury in tuna and wood pulp in parmesan cheese to ground beef treated with ammonia to retard E. coli (“pink slime”), the press does a good job...
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Farmland Could Play Key Role in Tackling Climate Change
The earth’s soil stores a lot of carbon from the atmosphere, and managing it with the climate in mind may be an important part of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming, according to...
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Diabetes was once a problem of the rich. Now it belongs to the poor.
As the global diabetes rate soared over the past quarter-century, the affected population transformed: What was once predominantly a rich-country problem has become one that disproportionately affects...
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The Problem With Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Her Corporate Cash. It’s Her...
There aren’t a lot of certainties left in the US presidential race, but here’s one thing about which we can be absolutely sure: The Clinton camp really doesn’t like talking about fossil-fuel money....
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Kellogg, Mars, Unilever eliminate palm oil company's supply from products...
Mega food and cosmetic companies cancelled contracts with a large supplier of palm oil this week, following allegations that the supplier was not in line with ethical palm oil standards. IOI Group, a...
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These Awesome Farming Tools Are Made For Women, By Women
One company is making ergonomic tools for women farmers. This article originally appeared on Civileats.com. When Ann Adams and Liz Brensinger started a small heirloom vegetable farm in the early 1990s,...
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Greater Omaha told to pay Cargill $9 million in E. coli case
Remember the Minnesota dance instructor who was made paraplegic by eating a hamburger from Sam’s Club? Almost a decade after Stephanie Smith of Cold Spring, MN, and others were tragically damaged by...
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Invasive Lionfish Coming to a Menu Near You
American seafood enthusiasts have spent years dining on salmon, shrimp, and the occasional mahi mahi. Now a new, rather unexpected fish is starting to creep onto menus and into seafood shelves at...
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31 Indigenous Crops Promoting Health and Contributing to Food Security
According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of...
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Tiny Forage Fish At Bottom Of Marine Food Web Get New Protections
Sardines, herring and other small fish species are the foundation of the marine food web – they're essential food for birds, marine mammals and other fish. But globally, demand for these so-called...
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Campaigners' No to UK field trials of GM potatoes, oilseeds
Late blight is a serious disease - but there are already dozens of conventionally-bred potato varieties with much stronger resistance than the 'new improved' GM version. Photo: Graham Rawlings via...
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Dean Baquet Responds To “Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer”
NYT executive editor Dean Baquet responds to “Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer“: “We published a story yesterday about controversial remarks made by the writer Gay Talese concerning female...
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2016 Chefs Collaborative Summit
Chefs Collaborative’s 7th Annual Summit, Good Food is Smart Business, will take place in New York City from April 10-12th, 2016 in partnership with New York University. Together, in the heart of...
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The 2016 Candidates Don't Seem To Care About Our Food Supply
Last month, we noticed something. Though various media outlets have reported on how much the presidential candidates’ campaigns have spent on pizza and other fast food, we know little about where the...
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Protecting the Seas to Save the Land: The Fight Against the Fossil Fuel...
“Speaking generally I seen oil on the water, oil of some kind, almost every day of my travels. I took very few trips upon which I did not see oil spots or oil glaze on the waters of Terrebonne Bay.”...
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U.N. Official: We Are Acting Like Toddlers on Water Use
Among the many happy challenges of raising children is the surprising effort it takes to keep a toddler hydrated. Any parent knows the dribble-to-drink ratio is alarmingly high, even with special cups...
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