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Drama for your farmer: A play captures the demise of the small farm
With their play "Farmscape," an Iowa professor and her students have brought agribusiness, GMOs, consolidation, and other core tensions of the Midwest farming world to life.
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Ask Umbra: Does microwaving vegetables zap their nutritional value?
A reader asks if it’s bad to microwave your food. Umbra cooks up an answer that’s healthy -- and tasty too.
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Weed dating: Young farmers go looking for romance [VIDEO]
Meeting people is hard when you work on a farm. That's where this form of "speed dating" enters the picture.
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Everything you need to know about where Obama and Romney stand on energy policy
The presidential candidates' energy agendas couldn't be more different. Here's a side-by-side comparison.
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Urban living: Good for the planet, but bad for our brains?
A New York City transplant wonders whether the city is making her crazy -- or if it's just her. The answer? Maybe a little of both.
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In a climate-crazed world, how can we plan for the future?
Climate change brings so many uncertainties that it's hard to know how to make decisions and plan for the future. The trick is not to aim for the most efficient solution, but the most robust, resilient one.
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Barclays Center: Ugly, an insult to Brooklyn, and already leaking
The Barclays Center is an eyesore and didn't deliver the union jobs it promised. But luckily, it's apparently on track to fall down!
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Featured Friend: Chris and Jo-Anne M.
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next level? Just donate any amount to join the fun. Chris and Jo-Anne M. “We read Grist because you report the environmental news in a fresh and inspiring […]
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Campfire-scented beard cologne lets you pretend you’ve been outside
There are these sticks you can rub in your beard so you smell like you've been camping, which seems like more fun than camping, except that people with beards love camping, so why would they need this? One wonders.
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United Airlines Screws Polar Bears While Flying Over Them
You may not be able to tell from the sublime stillness of his hair, but United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek is foaming at his strong-jawed mouth. The European Union at long last has ended United and other airlines’ exemption from the continent’s climate law, including both domestic European flights as well as flights that take […]
