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Civil Eats Welcomes Christina Cooke as its New Associate Editor
Christina Cooke joins the Civil Eats team as its new Associate Editor. Cooke is an award-winning, North Carolina-based journalist, editor, and university writing instructor. As a freelance writer,...
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UN/WHO panel in conflict of interest row over glyphosate cancer risk
A UN panel that on Tuesday ruled that glyphosate was probably not carcinogenic to humans has now become embroiled in a bitter row about potential conflicts of interests. It has emerged that an...
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Vilsack says Congress should step up to put out wildfires
Vilsack says Congress should step up to put out wildfires By Whitney Forman-Cook © Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, May 17, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Forest...
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Dear Big Soda: It's Time for a Change
There is a great debate taking place right now in America. Public health advocates are calling on soda makers to stop targeting our children and to stop targeting minorities. They are calling on...
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Judge upholds SF’s pioneering law on sugary beverage ads
San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation law requiring display ads for sugary drinks to carry warnings of increased risks of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay can take effect in July as scheduled, a federal...
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eBay-Style: Big Oil Group Plots to Exclude Public from Public Lands Bidding
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog At the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC)'s 2016 meeting in Denver, Colorado this week, a representative from a prominent oil and gas lobbying group...
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School Nutrition Association and House Republicans: Trouble in Paradise
Well, it was a beautiful relationship while it lasted… Ever since the School Nutrition Association (SNA) stunned child health advocates with its flip-flop on school nutrition (supporting strong...
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The right takes on school lunch
With help from Jason Huffman, Annie Snider, Ian Kullgren and Catherine Boudreau THE RIGHT TAKES ON SCHOOL LUNCH: Heritage Action, a hardline conservative political group, has a new target in its...
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Anti-hunger groups criticize House child-nutrition bill
Ahead of a House Education Committee vote today on child-nutrition programs, anti-hunger groups said the bill, written by Republicans, includes a test of a block grant program that removes most federal...
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Illinois lawmakers propose soda tax to combat state's budget woes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KMOV.com) - A bi-partisan group of Illinois legislators is proposing a soda tax to reduce the state’s debt. Under the plan, a one cent per ounce tax would be leveled on sugary...
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Introducing commonsense bill to standardize food date labeling
Press Release The current dizzying array of date labels on food products—such as “sell by,” “use by,” and “expires on”— confuses consumers and contributes to 90 percent of Americans prematurely tossing...
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FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP: H.J. Res. 87, H.R. 5003
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U.S. should broaden its safety review of new plant strains, says NAS panel
The National Academy of Sciences said the government should conduct safety reviews of all new plant varieties that pose potential hazards, not only those that result from genetic engineering. To...
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National Academies of Sciences Calls for Greater Transparency on GMOs
When it released a 408-page report on genetically engineered (GE) crops yesterday, the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) said claims about GE crops—both pro and con—“have created a confusing...
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Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
Can you believe that McDonald’s enlists teachers to sell junk food to their students? On “McTeacher’s Nights” across the country, teachers “work” behind the counter selling burgers, fries, and soda to...
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West Coast cities sue Monsanto to pay for chemical cleanup
Info Portland, Oregon’s Willamette is no wilderness river. But on a spring day, downstream of downtown, wildness peeks through. Thick forest rises beyond a tank farm on the west bank. A sea lion...
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Cowgirl Creamery sold to Swiss dairy company
Since launching Cowgirl Creamery in 1997 in Point Reyes, Sue Conley and Peggy Smith have turned their small Bay Area dairy business into a nationally distributed artisan brand to be reckoned with. Now,...
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Why Free School Lunches Might Be Harder To Get Soon
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A new bill in Congress aims to make it harder for students across the country to get free lunches. If the bill is passed, 120 Indiana schools with about 60,000 students would no...
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Culinary Institute of America urges chefs to use less meat
Both workplace drug testing and drug usage are on the rise in the U.S. As a result, employers are having a harder time hiring people. Depending on your perspective, we need to do something about the...
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Farming is 'single biggest cause' of worst air pollution in Europe
Farming is the biggest single cause of the worst air pollution in Europe, a new study has found, as nitrogen compounds from fertilisers and animal waste drift over industrial regions. When the nitrogen...
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