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These Scientists Saw Zika Coming. Now They’re Fighting Back
“Do you want to see Zika?” Robert Tesh asked the question not ten minutes after I stepped into his office. He whisked me next door to his lab and pulled a box of glass ampoules out of the fridge, each...
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A Kentucky Domestic Violence Shelter Helps Women Grow Food—and Confidence
A version of this article originally appeared at edgeofchangeroadtrip.org. As mist hovers over the rolling fields of Kentucky and the sun is still low in the sky, the women of Greenhouse 17 emerge from...
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The Science Byline Counting Project: Where Are the Women—and Where Are They Not?
At a presentation of the National Association of Science Writers in 2013, Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author (and now director of Knight Science Journalism at MIT), showed a...
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The Shocking Truth About America's Ethanol Law: It Doesn't Matter (For Now)
It took Sen. Ted Cruz to finally persuade me to answer a riddle that's bothered me for years. Suppose somebody yanked away the law that currently props up the nation's ethanol industry, as Cruz has...
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Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect mosquito insecticide as cause of...
Since 2014, the insecticide Pyriproxyfen has been use to kill mosquitos in water tanks in Brazil. Water tank in Bahia state, northeast Brazil. Photo: Francois Le Minh via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND). More...
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Amputations abound at Tyson Foods, OSHA records shed more light on industrial...
Whole digits, tips of fingers, and parts of a thumb. These are body parts of Tyson Foods’ employees which were severed last year in 10 of the company’s plants. The details are made possible by a new...
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Cheap and easy food? Think about the true cost
There is something disconcerting about the sight of the easyJet founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Iannou, at the launch of his latest business venture this week, easyFoodstore: a discount food store in Park...
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If there are no new farmers, who will grow our food?
Against a backdrop of lush green mountains and swaying papaya trees, La‘amea Lunn readies his crop of carrots, kale, and eggplants for the weekly farmers market. He carefully tends his one-third acre...
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USDA Scientists Take an Organic Approach to Improving Carrots
This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Organic carrots are...
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Oakland Aims to Allow Food Trucks to Operate All Over the City
click to enlarge Off the Grid-style mobile food gatherings might have taken the Bay Area by storm, but here in Oakland, the food truck revolution hasn’t gained much traction. It’s been limited, for the...
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Conflicts Between USDA, EPA Worry Industry, Lawmakers
By David Schultz Feb. 8 — Disagreements between the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency are prompting legislators and industry leaders to question EPA pesticide use...
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Scientific institutions commit to sharing data on Zika
The often-hermetic world of scientific research and publishing is making an exception for the Zika virus. Thirty organizations, including scientific journals, nonprofit groups, and research institutes,...
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What Happens When We Stop Listening to Monsanto
What Happens When We Stop Listening to Monsanto Ashley Lukens, Director, Hawai‘i Center for Food Safety February 9th, 2016 Over the past week, two important food justice bills were granted hearings in...
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The President’s final budget proposal to Congress potentially has major implications for all aspects of our food and agriculture systems–everything from conservation to rural development, nutrition and...
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Here’s How to Solve World Hunger
Tristram Stuart has 24 hours to produce a restaurant meal for 50 people—to plan a menu, gather food, then welcome guests to a venue in a city not his own. Complicating what sounds like a reality-show...
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Organic chia, flax powders on recall for Salmonella risk
Advantage Health Matters is recalling Organic Traditions branded sprouted flax seed powder and sprouted chia powder products because of possible Salmonella contamination. Similar products under the...
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New series takes you to the fenceline communities of California's oil refineries
A new web series tackles the racial disparities of air pollution in California by speaking to community activists, the people directly affected, and a … party scientist? If you don’t know what a party...
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New CSPI Report Highlights Childhood "Globesity" Crisis, Hits Hard...
As the childhood "Globesity" epidemic continues to make headlines, The Center for the Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released a new report this week called Carbonating the World, highlighting...
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