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Smithfield caught on tape abusing mama pigs
The Humane Society managed to sneak an inspector into a vast Smithfield hog breeding factory. You'll never guess what the pork giant gets up to behind its famously well-guarded doors.
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Environmentalism is a plot to take over the world, says coalition of Evangelical Christians [VIDEO]
Climate change has split the Evangelical Christian world asunder. On one side, a minority say that the biblical edict to look out for the poor and be good stewards of God's creation makes them natural allies of those who would limit human emissions of greenhouse gasses. On the other ...
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Memo to ecovores: It’s cheaper being green
Listen up, locavores: Many of us live by the same ecologically sound principles as you, not so we can "live intentionally," but because we're broke.
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Food safety bill writhes under the heel of D.C. absurdity
Approved by the House and Senate and supported by the president, industry, and even sustainable-ag groups, the food-safety bill is about to get buried alive on the Senate floor. Huh???!!!
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Feeding our wood stove in winter
Our farm provides more than nutrition. We also have the land to thank for the toasty living room I now enjoy.
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Vote on the Scariest Food of 2010
From pink slime to salmonella eggs, 2010 dished up sick food news like a lunchlady gone postal. What were you most afraid to put in your mouth in 2010?
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FarmHack celebrates 'resourceful farming with found materials'
Farming attracts tinkerers, makers, and make-doers -- and now some have begun open-sourcing their inventions on a new blog.
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Who will own the smarter cities of the future?
As cities get smarter, concerns about privacy and corporate control are growing. Plus, big corporations can be pretty stupid.
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New report confirms, again, that new EPA regulations won't hurt power system reliability
There's been a lot of hubbub lately about new and emerging EPA regulations. Lots of folks in pollution-intensive industries would like you to believe that those regulations will crush the economy, leave grandma shivering in the dark, and smack that ice cream cone right out of little Jimmy's hands. A while back I wrote about a report that examined the issue closely and concluded that the power industry can comply with the new regulations without adversely affecting system reliability. Now another analysis has been released, examining the same set of issues and coming to the roughly same conclusion.
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The Climate Post: Cancun climate talks limp to a compromise at close of hottest year on record
It's official, at least according to NASA: worldwide, 2010 was the hottest year on record.
