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There must be 50 ways to prep potatoes
Too often overlooked in a world of more beautiful vegetables, potatoes deserve to be shown off, starting with this Rösti.
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How climate change is like street harassment
It is difficult to convince people that their actions have, knowingly or unknowingly, contributed to substantial aggregate harms. It's true of catcalling women on the street and it's true of climate change.
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The Amish: Makers of jam, fine cabinetry, and polluted rivers
Their small, pastoral farms belie an outsized impact on streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Now the feds are cracking down.
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Get ready for another extremely cold winter starting NOW
We'd joke that winter is coming, but our tongues are stuck to a light pole.
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Why Jon Stewart is excited about Mitch McConnell’s win
With renewable energy facing grim prospects in a GOP-controlled Congress, The Daily Show's hot silver fox has one weird trick to make it alright.
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This tool-lending library brings the sharing economy out of the city and onto the farm
Instead of shelling out big bucks for specialized machinery, food producers in Maine can now join a lending library of farm tools.
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We pay inmates $3 a day to fight California wildfires
The program is sold as a way to teach criminals the virtue of hard work. But who are the real criminals here?
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Join Grist for a night of comedy with Mike Birbiglia, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, and more in NYC
Come yuk it up with Eugene Mirman, Mike Birbiglia, Todd Barry, Maeve Higgins, and Brooks Wheelan at The Bell House on Nov. 16.
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Farm life without modern tech looks beautiful and backbreaking
A stunning video shows just how beautiful the Ethiopian landscape is -- and just how demanding the farm work is.
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The 10 things you need to know from the new IPCC climate report
This is -- finally and for real -- the last installment of the report. Here's what it says in a nutshell.
