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Exclusive: The Crow Quill Night Owls play the best break-up song
Watch The Crow Quill Night Owls play their jaunty, ragtime country blues number, "Cryin My Blues Away," at last year's Pickathon.
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Can I put chopsticks in the compost?
A reader wonders what to do with utensils that come with her take-out. Umbra says MSG, let me think about that.
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Reality TV that doesn’t suck: Watch this family feed 10 kids with an awesome farm
This video on New Orleans food culture features a recipe for Creole chicken and shrimp curry, too.
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Texas doesn’t give a damn about your reproductive rights
The majority of women in Texas encounter some sort of barrier to accessing reproductive healthcare.
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In search of artificial muscles, scientists have turned to onions
How squishy robots of the future could one day be made of gold-plated onion skin.
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How water woes will mess with food businesses
A new report makes the business case for food producers to do more to protect their water supplies by supporting action on climate.
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Good news! Climate change could make weed more potent
We’re pretty sure these scientists were stoned when they wrote this study.
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We spent the last month talking to farmers about food. Here’s what matters
Farm size matters because farmers should be able to make a living raising our food without becoming a gigantic operation. Here's why Grist matters, too.
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It’s time to panic. Olives are in big trouble
Olive oil is like liquid, edible gold -- so we're bummed that olive trees in Italy are being eaten alive by an invasive pest.
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Chris Christie accepts the reality of climate change — and doesn’t want to do a damn thing about it
The presidential wannabe isn't a climate denier, yet he opposes cap-and-trade and just about anything else that might curb emissions.
