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Make yourself useful: Five food actions in five minutes

We've collected some of the most important things you can do to speak up for a greener food system right now.

Help Grist build a Fast Green News Machine

We're planning a neat experiment in real-time news aggregation and cyborg journalism. But we can't do it without you!

Air play: Could we capture carbon from the atmosphere?

A start-up company thinks sucking carbon from the air (instead of from coal plant smokestacks) could be a feasible way to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Street food boom towns: Three West Coast case studies

They may never catch up to Portland, but neighboring cities Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., are making strides to put food carts front and center.

Lexicon of Sustainability: Eating down the food chain

The latest installment explains why eating fish lower on the food chain helps the ocean -- and offers up an easy sardine recipe to get you started.

A sudsy chat on beer — organic and otherwise — with Grist!

New Belgium Brewing's sustainability specialist Katie Wallace and Beer West Magazine's editor-in-chief Megan Flynn chatted with Grist readers on sustainable brews.

PR pointers: How to get me to pay attention to your pitch

Most of the PR emails David Roberts receives are terrible, a total waste of time and inbox space. Here are eight pointers for making them better.

Meet Tracie McMillan, ‘overeducated’ food justice writer

The food reporter talks about her new book, working in farm fields and Walmart, and the recent attention she's received from Rush Limbaugh.

Eggs: The poor man’s protein [Recipes]

Eggs make a great addition to any plant-based meal. And they're the most affordable way to eat pastured protein.

‘Cafeteria Man’ comes out swinging for better school lunches

We spoke with the director of a new documentary about one man's efforts to fix school lunch in Baltimore.