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The Science Behind Baking Your Ideal Chocolate Chip Cookie
Turns out cookie customization is easier than it seems. Tessa Arias/Handle the Heat hide caption You like soft and chewy. He likes thin and crispy. If only there were a way to bake chocolate chip...
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You have to ask yourself: whom does the National Restaurant Association really represent? The association has announced it will sue to stop the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and...
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Research Group Funded by Coca-Cola to Disband
A group called the Global Energy Balance Network, led by scientists and created by Coca-Cola, announced this week that it was shutting down after months of pressure from public health authorities who...
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Pig sector urged to move away from farrowing crates
The pig industry should push on with efforts to replace traditional farrowing crates with free-farrowing systems, according to a report by the government’s farm animal welfare advisers. The Farm Animal...
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Canada Blames Old Feed for Alberta's Most Recent 'Mad Cow' Discovery
The report is not exactly comforting on that Black Angus beef cow discovered with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) north of Edmonton, Alberta, last February. BSE is a progressive and fatal...
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C.S. Lewis’ Greatest Fiction: Convincing American Kids That They Would Like...
Turkish Delight, or lokum, is a popular dessert sweet throughout Europe, especially in Greece, the Balkans, and of course Turkey. But most Americans, if they have any association with the treat at...
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Northern Lights Shine on Capitol Hill
When U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan asked Anna Devolld, a ten year old child from Alaska, to flip the switch, a momentary hush came across the crowd as thousands of lights on a massive...
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This common farm pesticide could be damaging the lungs of young children
A common type of pesticide could have damaging effects on the lungs of young children, a new study suggests — and that could lead to more serious health conditions down the road. The research,...
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How Chicago's Slaughterhouse Spectacles Paved The Way For Big Meat
The famed architectural firm Burnham and Root designed the iconic entranceway to the Union Stock Yard in 1879. It quickly became the symbol of the market and the meat industry in Chicago. Courtesy of...
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Farmers hold the key to climate change action in the United States
If you think about it, farmers should be on the cutting edge of climate change discussions: They are directly affected as weather patterns shift, and they have the opportunity be part of the solution...
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Urban Farms: The New Frontier for Female Farmers
Vanessa Hanel is a twenty-nine year old female farmer living in the heart of grain-and-cattle country in Calgary, Alberta. Hanel didn’t grow up on a farm, but developed a passion for agriculture in her...
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National Restaurant Association Files Suit Over NYC's New Salt Warnings
The National Restaurant Association and New York City are at odds again. After the NYC Board of Health passed a new rule requiring major restaurant chains to label foods that are particularly high in...
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WHO Releases First Global Estimates of Foodborne Disease
About one in every 10 people around the world is sickened by foodborne disease each year. Of those 600 million people, 420,000 die as a result. These numbers are the first global estimates —...
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Pedalling Compost While Building a Better Community
Imagine a food system that is capable of sustaining itself—and the people it supports—indefinitely. That’s what Dustin Fedako, founder and CEO of the Compost Pedallers, hopes to build in Austin, Texas....
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This scientist uncovered problems with pesticides. Then, the government...
Until fairly recently, Jonathan Lundgren enjoyed a stellar career as a government scientist. An entomologist who studies how agrichemicals affect the ecology of farm fields, he has published nearly...
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46 Cookie Recipes from All Over the World
We gathered as many cookies from the far corners of the world as we could find. To see their recipes and stories, click on the cookies or numbers above (or the legend below). And tell us where to find...
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London Food Link
Through our London focused projects we strive for a food system that benefits all Londoners. You can support our work by joining the London Food Link Network, a network of organisations and individuals...
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Four-Year Court Battle Pitting Sugar Against Corn Syrup Ends in Secret Agreement
Ten days into the sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) jury trial, it’s over. All the parties — and there were many in Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. v. Archer Daniels-Midland Company — agreed...
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