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Conventional corn increase
Conventional (non-GMO) seed planting is on the rise, even as grain price premiums fade away. Tight margins and profit-making opportunities are driving the trend. Scott Apple started his transition to...
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Watch now: In Defense of Food
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Goat and tiger's unlikely friendship
It is the story of an animal friendship that was never meant to be. A month ago, at a safari park in the far east of Russia, a goat was released into a tiger's enclosure as a live prey. Things haven't...
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In Des Moines, the Food Bank of Iowa Uses Schools to Alleviate Food Insecurity
The Food Bank of Iowa is a food distribution center in Des Moines, IA. The Food Bank of Iowa uses its School Pantry Program to offer nutritious foods for low-income students and their families. The...
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What's Happening in Oregon Is Nothing Less Than Armed Sedition
"If three years ago any person had told me that at this day, I should see such a formidable rebellion against the laws & constitutions of our own making as now appears I should have thought him a...
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6 Clean-Eating Tips From Food Guru Michael Pollan
“The first step in reforming appetite is going from processed food to real food. Then, if you can afford organic or grass-fed, fantastic. But the first step is moving from processed industrial food...
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Agriculture Trumped in the primaries
As far as politics goes, there is one and only one issue that will dominate 2016…who will be elected the next President of the United States on November 8. After the primaries and caucuses, and come...
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What Happened To The Food Industry Last Year?
Dr. Robyn Metcalfe is the Editor and Publisher of Food + City, a new platform for bold exploration of our global food system. By the time you read this, you will be aware of the U-turn our food system...
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A Healthy Diet’s Main Ingredients? Best Guesses
Thirty-five years after the first dietary guidelines, how much do we really know about the science behind a healthy diet? First doctor: “This morning for breakfast he requested something called ‘wheat...
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Closing the Farm-to-Table Gap in Alaska
ANCHORAGE — Across much of Alaska at this time of the year, as winter tightens its grip with darkness and cold, finding a nice crisp head of lettuce at an affordable price can be like prospecting for...
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Meet the 20-Year-Old Fighting to End Food Waste While Taking Finals
When she’s in between classes at American University, college sophomore Maria Rose Belding is busy in America. At 20 years old, she’s the founder and CEO of MEANS Database, an interactive site that’s...
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Has the Organic Movement Left Black Farmers Behind?
land redemption agreement ends next fall and if he doesn’t come up with the near $60,000 he owes, he could lose it all. Organic farming—and the price premiums it brings—is one of his last strategies...
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We Need a New Green Revolution
DESPITE the four-year drought that has parched California and led to mandatory restrictions on water use, farmers there have kept feeding the country. California produces more of 66 different food...
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95% consensus of expert economists: cut carbon pollution
The Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University (NYU) School of Law recently published a report summarizing a survey of economists with climate expertise. The report was a follow-up and...
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Give food production workers a seat at the table
The Dec. 30 Food article “10 ways to tune up how we roll” suggested a collaboration among all parties — government, farmers, food manufacturers and consumers — to fix our nation’s food system. The goal...
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Around the country, organic farmers are pushing for ‘GE-free’ zones
Jackson County, Oregon, has just joined the small but growing ranks of “GE-free zones” in the U.S., which prohibit the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops. It’s at least the eighth county...
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‘What can we do better?’ Trying to make the nation’s food system safer in 2016.
U.S. consumers could be forgiven for wondering about the state of the nation's food safety system. Ice cream giant Blue Bell Creameries issued a nationwide recall last year after its products were...
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Bob Stallman - President AFBF
This week’s Open Mic guest is American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman. In this interview, Stallman reflects on his tenure as leader of the nation’s largest general farm organization and...
View ArticleCommentary: Federal foot-dragging must end on dangerous pesticide
Amid mounting pressure and health concerns, the EPA needs to ban chlorpyrifos from our farms to protect consumers, farmworkers After almost a decade of prodding from environmental groups, a number of...
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Healthier School Lunch Rules Are Working, Study Finds
It’s been just over five years since the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) was signed into law, requiring foods served as part of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to contain more whole...
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