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Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again
He did it quietly, and the decision is the better for that: Al Gore, according to reports in the US press, has gone vegan. Certain things could be said about other aspects of his lifestyle: his...
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Campbell Soup becomes first major company to start GMO labeling
US | Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:54am EST (This January 8 story has been corrected in paragraph 10 to say Mark Alexander is "president" not "senior vice president" of Campbell Soup's Americas Simple Meals and...
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EMA advice on use of colistin in animals to be updated
EMA acts upon request from European Commission following detection of colistin-resistant bacteria The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has received a request from the European Commission to update its...
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James Beard Foundation
Want a comforting Italian dinner without filling up on pasta? We know the feeling. These seven delicious recipes will take you through the week, keeping you satisfied with all the vibrant flavors of...
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Getting Ugly Produce onto Hungry People’s Plates
Every fall, farmers in Washington throw away a sizable portion of the apples they grow. In 2015, thanks to the West Coast port slowdown and a lack of refrigeration, farmers in the state dumped an...
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Why won't the University of Maryland talk about the chocolate milk/concussion...
It started routinely. I was asked by HealthNewsReview.org to take the first look at a news release from the University of Maryland. “Concussion-Related Measures Improved in High School Football Players...
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USDA Shirking Obligation to Give Consumers Clarity Over Herbicide Residues on...
When microbiologist Bruce Hemming was hired two years ago to test breast milk samples for residues of the key ingredient in the popular weed-killer Roundup, Hemming at first scoffed at the possibility....
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Raw milk’s ‘explosive growth’ comes with costs to the state
“Explosive growth.” That’s how Washington state’s Agriculture Department describes what’s been happening in the raw-milk industry in the past 10 years. Raw milk is milk that hasn’t been pasteurized....
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How Probiotics Can Save East Coast Shellfish Industry
“There was an odd substance floating on the surface of the tanks,” Rheault says. He looked through a microscope, “and there were no bodies to be seen … just empty shells with bacteria climbing all over...
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Despite Clear Dangers, DuPont Kept Using a Toxic Chemical
An article in The Times Magazine on Sunday has laid bare the unconscionable decades-long efforts of the DuPont company to hide the dangers of an obscure chemical and bamboozle regulators into allowing...
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Drought and unrest sparked global societal collapse in the Bronze Age. Is it...
The year 1177 BCE roughly demarks the disintegration of humanity’s first global civilization: the Late Bronze Age. At its peak, a booming trade in raw materials, agricultural goods, and finished...
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At Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Slips and Stumbles
The lady had dropped her napkin. More accurately, she had hurled it to the floor in a fit of disillusionment, her small protest against the slow creep of mediocrity and missed cues during a four-hour...
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Four-Star Restaurants in New York
In the first of a new series on private languages, we offer a selection of secret codes used in the dining rooms and kitchens of some of New York’s finest restaurants. MORE ON FOUR-STAR RESTAURANTS...
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More Hospitals Are Ditching Antibiotics In The Meat They Serve
Every year some 2 million Americans get infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and 23,000 of them die from these superbugs. Superbugs are mostly a hospital problem: They're where these...
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Study: Minimum Wage Hikes Don't Hurt the Restaurant Industry
When restaurants raise prices to offset moderate increases to the minimum wage, the industry as a whole is not adversely affected. Like, at all. This, the conclusion of a study (see below) released...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address
The White House is once again making the full text of the State of the Union available online ahead of the speech, as prepared for delivery, continuing efforts to meet people where they are and make...
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The UC Berkeley-11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship
Thank you for visiting the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism website at journalism.berkeley.edu. Please check back for updates. The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is offering eight...
View ArticleBee Extremely Amazed LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Various...
Bee Extremely Amazed LLC, Jewett, OH is voluntarily recalling various products marketed for weight loss to the consumer level due to findings of undeclared drug ingredients including sibutramine and/or...
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Nutritional Yeast Recipes
Over the past few years, nutritional yeast has staged a valiant crossover from the dusty corner shelves of natural food stores into many a mainstream pantry. These golden flakes—high in protein and...
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Sustainable Food Trust
Simple arithmetic tells us that a few tweaks to farming could make a huge difference to Britain’s ability to cope with floods – and with the droughts we could be facing in a few months’ time. The...
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