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Can Hungry Goats Restore Urban Forests?
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK—Around 11:30 a.m., the goats are dozing. Nearby, the midday sun is dappled through leafy canopies. But where the goats are—on a slope in the northeast segment of Prospect Park—there...
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Produce industry giants team up to promote responsible labor practices
Faced with growing questions from consumers about where their food comes from, the nation’s largest produce industry groups say they are joining forces to promote responsible farm labor practices — the...
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The surprising way that BPA may harm kids
The US childhood obesity rate remains high and is probably still inching upward. A new study points to a possible contributing factor that's often neglected: prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a...
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Egg Comes First in Fight Over What It Means to Be Organic
A decade-plus effort by organic farmers, animal welfare advocates, and consumer groups to guarantee humane treatment of farm animals in the burgeoning organic food industry could be derailed this week...
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To Eat or Not to Eat? The Food Date Labeling Act Could Help You Decide
If you’ve ever argued with your significant other about whether to eat something that has been in your cupboard for a while, you’re not alone. “One of the most common arguments people seem to have at...
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U.S. organic sales post new record of $43.3 billion in 2015
Maggie McNeil (mmcneil@ota.com(202) 403-8514(202) 615-7997 () — The booming U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion,...
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Antibiotic resistance could kill 10 million a year by mid-Century
Without action to protect the efficacy of antibiotics and to develop new antimicrobials, 10 million people a year would die worldwide due to drug-resistant bacteria by 2050, said a study commissioned...
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Local and Organic Food Shopping – Finding the Best Price
When comparing product prices between farmers markets and retail stores, local products are competitively priced – within a 10 percent price range – at farmers markets a majority of the time, even less...
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Global agrichemical giants take a break from killing bugs and weeds and take...
Last year, US pesticide and seed giant Monsanto noisily stalked its Swiss rival Syngenta, in a bold effort to combine the globe's biggest seed company (itself) with the largest maker of insect- and...
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This Is What A Feast For 5,000 Made From Food Waste Looks Like
Mention the concept of food waste, and for many people, it's likely to conjure images of rotting fruit and vegetables or stale meals unfit for consumption. But a lot of the food that gets tossed out in...
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The Alberta wildfire is dumping mercury into the atmosphere
Alberta’s massive wildfire is sending more than just smoke into the air. The Fort McMurray fire, which merged with another smaller wildfire last week, has displaced residents and cleared nearly...
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Why One Startup Is Offering Meals Made By Home Cooks And Middle-Schoolers
We're facing a kind of food revolution, and my generation is driving it. Not so long ago, when fast-food giants reigned supreme, takeout meant cheap, quick, greasy meals. But a recent Goldman Sachs...
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Nestle, PepsiCo, and other big corporations promised to protect forests....
Corporations make promises all the time, but how much are those promises worth? It’s nearly impossible to distinguish between corporate assurances of brilliant superiority and plain old BS … until...
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This genius lawyer is our best hope against deadly food poisoning
Listeria in frozen foods. E. coli at Chipotle. Salmonella-laced pistachios. Practically every week there's a new tainted food to avoid—and as a result, foodborne illness sickens 1 in 6 Americans,...
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Chart The Rise And Fall Of America's Most-Eaten Foods
Potatoes have been Americans' favorite vegetable since the 1970s, and for the last two decades, our most-consumed dairy product has been American cheese. But in some ways, U.S. diets are getting...
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Michelle Obama gets her way on nutrition labels
First lady Michelle Obama Friday unveiled the country's first update to nutrition labels in more than two decades — a move that helps cement her campaign to encourage Americans to eat healthier. The...
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Español Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a major step in making sure consumers have updated nutritional information for most packaged foods sold in the United States, that will help...
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Holding Page
Food Revolution Day is an annual global day of action that celebrates good, fresh, real food. It's a day to shout about the benefits of cooking from scratch and, ultimately to show people that not only...
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An Inconvenient Truth
“In this 10th-anniversary year of the release of the film, I am proud of the progress we have made. Solutions are now within reach. But more than ever, there is no time to waste. We must bring these...
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Uphold International Law! Stop Shielding Dow Chemical from Accountability for...
In 1984 a factory majority-owned by Union Carbide (UCC, a US corporation) leaked toxic gas in Bhopal, India, killing 8K-10K people instantly & maiming 500K more. India charged UCC with...
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