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How Warren Buffett’s Son Would Feed the World
When his three children were young, Warren Buffett installed a dime slot machine on the third floor of the family’s house, in Omaha, Nebraska. The objective was to convey the dangers of gambling, but...
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Teflon Toxin Contamination Has Spread Throughout the World
IN RECENT MONTHS, PFOA, the perfluorinated chemical formerly used to make Teflon, has been making news again. Also known as C8, because of its eight-carbon molecule, PFOA has been found in drinking...
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How to Travel the Earth And Protect It, Too
So you want to see the world without messing it up? There’s no easy way to do that. Simply going on a trip makes you something of a carbon hog, unless you’re planning to walk, bicycle or sail to your...
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Foreign Affairs Says Slashing CO2 Quickly Requires Non-Existent Technologies
Foreign Affairs has run one of the most confused, out-of-date and error-riddled pieces ever seen on clean energy and climate change. I will fact check it here, since the editors apparently didn’t....
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San Francisco mandates solar panels on new buildings
Never mind that San Francisco is known for waves of fog rolling in from the bay. This week, it became the first major city in the United States to mandate solar panels on new buildings with fewer than...
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Target tests food transparency ideas at Edina store
Do consumers want to know how long a piece of fruit has been sitting in the store? And would they be willing to buy raspberries that have been sitting around for a week if they paid less for them?...
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If consumers knew how farmed chickens were raised, they might never eat their...
The year 2012 marked a leap forward for animal welfare in the European Union. Farmers were no longer allowed to keep egg-laying hens in barren battery cages smaller than an A4 sheet of paper. Instead,...
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Coral bleaching has swept 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef
We knew coral bleaching was a serious issue in the Great Barrier Reef, but the scope of just how widespread it was has been unclear — until now. Extensive aerial surveys and dives have revealed that 93...
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The Gospel According To Wendell Berry, On Screen
When Laura Dunn decided to make a film about America's foremost farmer-philosopher, Wendell Berry, she ran into one significant complication: He was willing to be interviewed, but he didn't want to go...
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In Honor Of #NationalPoetryMonth: Your Favorite Poems About Food And Farming
This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month, and here at The Salt, we wanted to celebrate with a selection of the sauciest, most scrumptious verses about food. Gastronomy and poetry...
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CVS recalls organic herbal tea because of Salmonella
Organic spiced herbal tea is under a nationwide recall by CVS Pharmacy because one of the ingredients is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled Gold Emblem Abound branded organic spiced...
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FDA: Tainted pet food more dangerous to people than pets
Answers Pet Food got some questions recently from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which it probably did not want to hear. Samples of Detailed Answers Chicken Formula dog food taken by FDA...
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Among consumers, good-tasting food may outweigh good for you
Consumers are turning to foods they shunned a few years ago, says the New York Times: “Under the new thinking, not all fat is bad and neither are all salty foods. A stigma among the public remains for...
View ArticleCSM Bakery Solutions Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut in Chick-Fil-A...
CSMrecall@csmbakerysolutions.com 1-800-241-8526, ext. 4, option 3 dennis.murphy@csmbakerysolutions.com 770-724-8503 View Product Photos Atlanta, GA – CSM Bakery Solutions is voluntarily recalling...
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The Forgotten Feast founder, and new ‘Eel columnist’s first book illustrates his fantastic attitude to seasonality. Tom’s root-to-fruit (the veggie equivalent of nose to tail) ethos means more veg, no...
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One Night at Kachka
The real life of a restaurant extends far beyond a line cook’s shenanigans or the number of covers turned each night. It’s the happily tipsy regulars, the vivacious playlist, the backstory of the...
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Helen Rosner: On Chicken Tenders
I know this about you: you love chicken tenders. You love them. You might not ever eat them—you might be a vegetarian or a vegan, or not consume birds for whatever reason, or not want to deal with the...
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Petition: Stop the Faroe Island Whale Slaughter
Each summer, thousands of pilot whales are brutally slaughtered in a horrifying "tradition" in Denmark's Faroe Islands. Reports show that the Faroese Coast Guard are used to help find the pods of...
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