Farms near Lake Erie get millions
Between 2008 and 2015, concentrated animal feeding operations in the western Lake Erie watershed have received more than $16.8 million in direct payments, cost-shares, and other subsidies from the U.S....
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Michael Pollan: It's Time to Choose Climate-Friendly Food
When the international climate negotiators assembling in Paris this week sit down for dinner, they might reflect on the climate impact of their meal. Indeed, in the midst of a growing—and very...
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'Time To Choose': Watch The New Film From Oscar-Winner Charles Ferguson
The Huffington Post is thrilled to bring you the new film from Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson, "Time to Choose." "Time to Choose" takes on one of the most pressing issues of our time, global...
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Around the world, a focus on sending less food to landfills
Food waste can be biodegraded, but often winds up in landfills. The holiday season is upon us, and it is often around the holidays that charities send out requests for food donations to help feed the...
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This is How Many Factory Farms We Need To Satisfy America's Meat Habit
Anna Roth is the senior editor of Civil Eats. She was formerly the restaurant critic and food editor at SF Weekly, and her writing has also appeared in Best Food Writing 2014, Modern Farmer, Sunset,...
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Economics of Antibiotic Use in U.S. Livestock Production
You are here: Home / Publications / ERR: Economic Research Report / Economics of Antibiotic Use in U.S. Livestock Production There is mounting concern that use of antibiotics in livestock will...
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Stopping slurping
AROUND the world, governments and beverage makers are locked in battle over taxes on sugary drinks. Hungary has been taxing them since 2011. In 2012 the French government introduced a tax on all drinks...
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This website allows you to explore how different scenarios of global greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change could change the geography of food insecurity in developing and...
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Cloned cows create a new beef over climate change
It has become something of a family ritual: school successes, new jobs and other milestones are toasted in a splendid local tavern above plates of steak and chips. These outings feel especially...
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Check out these amazing photos from the world's biggest day of climate action...
Sunday was far and away the biggest day of climate action the planet has ever seen — one day before world leaders descended on Paris for the landmark U.N. Climate Summit. There was no major climate...
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The world’s favorite fruit is slowly but surely being driven to extinction
The virulent banana-killing disease that quietly stalked through East and Southeast Asia since the 1960s is now on a global conquest. Since 2013, the lethal fungus has jumped continents, ravaging crops...
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Glyphosate - IARC got it right, EFSA got it from Monsanto
Home › Contributors › Jennifer Sass › Glyphosate - IARC got it right, EFSA got it from Monsanto The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) recently released its reassessment of glyphosate, the main...
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Climate Warriors
Every year, the United Nations holds a summit on climate change, where it works to persuade countries large and small to give up fossil fuels. This annual gathering, now in its 21st year, is called the...
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James Beard Foundation
The Official James Beard Foundation Blog Delights and Prejudices Earlier this fall, a formidable group of culinary colleagues packed up their knives and embarked on a road trip to the Beard House for a...
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NO CHILD SHOULD GROW UP HUNGRY IN AMERICA. But 1 in 5 children struggles with hunger. Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign is ending childhood hunger in America by connecting kids in need with...
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The government dropped some really gnarly pesticide news right before...
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Environmental Protection Agency revoked its controversial approval of a novel herbicide mix, sending shares of its maker, chemical giant Dow, down nearly 3...
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The EPA raises the Renewable Fuels Standard. Here's why that makes no sense
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced how many gallons of transportation fuels will have to come from renewable sources in the next couple of years — the numbers are significantly...
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A Path for Climate Change, Beyond Paris
The pledges that countries have signaled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of what is needed to solve the problem of climate change. But many...
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Dairy create nativity scene out of cheddar
It’s the baby cheesus – the Nativity made from 40kg of cheddar. A food sculptor spent five days painstakingly crafting the traditional Christmas scene entirely out of cheese. Joseph and Mary, the crib,...
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Why the EPA Pulled a New Pesticide for GMO Corn and Soy
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made an unusual move—it changed its mind. In a legal ruling, the agency said it would revoke its approval of a controversial new herbicide...
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