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Yellowstone Park Baby Bison Euthanized After Bonehead Tourists Thought They...
The story making the rounds last week about the tourists trying to “rescue” a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park came to an unfortunate conclusion Monday when the park service announced they...
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School lunch menu is about more than taste, price
When asked to picture a typical school lunch, most of us think of sad-looking chicken nuggets or soggy french fries. For many of the millions of public school students, that’s not far off mark. To...
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Can the USDA Force Convenience Stores to Provide Healthier Food for SNAP Users?
Dennis Lane, has owned a 7-Eleven franchise in Quincy, Massachusetts for 42 years. He says many of his customers use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps) benefits to buy...
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Is Your Food 'Natural'? F.D.A. to Weigh In
Can you define the word “natural”? The Food and Drug Administration is certainly trying. Since 2014, the agency has asked the public to weigh in on how the term should be defined and used on food...
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The fight over taxing your sugary soda just kicked into high gear
The fight over soda taxes is kicking into full throttle as proposals crop up in at least four US cities, with more expected to surface in coming months. Philadelphia is awash in political ads for and...
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Genetically Engineered Crops Are Safe, Analysis Finds
The report from the influential group, released on Tuesday, comes as the federal government is reviewing how it regulates biotech crops and as big packaged-food companies like Campbell Soup and General...
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Child Nutrition Bill Holds Perils and Promise for Healthy School Food
The House Education and Workforce Committee has proposed legislation that would make substantial changes to the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, as well as snacks offered in more...
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Obesity on the scales
Hide PaneExpand allCollapse allEmily Yates-Doerr's book begins with the story of sibutramine, an anorectic drug (appetite suppressant), which although withdrawn from sale in the UK, USA, China, and...
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Last week, lawyers in New York and California initiated a class-action lawsuit against Quaker Oats for selling oatmeal labeled "100% natural," even though it contains trace amounts of the...
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Green Party MEPs prove a point with glyphosate in urine test results
Bee on oilseed rape flower. Photo: ejausberg via Pixabay (Public Domain). More articles about UK Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett will step down this summer Defra stands up for bees: 'No' to NFU's...
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Hey Vegans? Wendy’s Wants You
Samantha Bee Mocks Twitter Trolls By Celebrating A City Council Fantasy Team Seattle sports fans go on the attack after a new NBA arena plan is vetoed Cisgendered Woman Confronted In Walmart Bathroom...
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Study finds 400m meals' worth of edible food wasted each year
More than 400m meals’ worth of edible food waste in the UK grocery supply chain could be redistributed to feed hungry people each year, according to a government-funded report. Just 18% of the 270,000...
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Food Company Offers a Carrot to Farmers Considering Organic Certification
From the farmers market to Whole Foods to Walmart, it may seem like organic foods are everywhere these days. But behind the scenes, some food manufacturers are struggling to meet demand. Since the...
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Congressional (in)action on child nutrition
First the good news The USDA is applying its school-food rules to child and adult care programs. It has just released its final rule for these programs. These go into effect in October 2017....
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No, the UN Has Not Given Glyphosate a 'Clean Bill of Health'
Published on by The Ecologist News headlines today suggest that a UN report on glyphosate residues has given the controversial herbicide a clean bill of health, but that's seriously misleading Anyone...
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More BPA exposure as a fetus leaves kids fatter at age 7
Children whose mothers had higher BPA exposure in their third trimester had more body fat in their school-age years May 17, 2016 By Brian Bienkowski Environmental Health News More BPA exposure before...
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A Boon for Soil, and for the Environment
When carbon escapes from soil, it combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide. Sometimes the loss is gradual, the result of plowing that leaves upturned layers of earth exposed to the elements, or of...
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New Evidence About the Dangers of Monsanto’s Roundup
John Sanders worked in the orange and grapefruit groves in Redlands, California, for more than 30 years. First as a ranch hand, then as a farm worker, he was responsible for keeping the weeds around...
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U.S. Review of GMO Crops Finds Risks and Rewards, Says More Transparency Needed
A new study of genetically modified crop technology by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a mix of observations about the controversial crops, and takes U.S....
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Talking About the Relationship Between Our Waterways and Our Food with Alyssa...
Agriculture is vital to our society and economy, and farming and ranching operations have a critical role to play to protect our waterways and prevent nutrient pollution. The primary sources of this...
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