Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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Everything I thought I knew about water in California is wrong
Yes, farmers use a whole lot of Golden State water. But there's no easy solution to the state's drought woes in turning off their taps.
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2 farmers’ stories: The fall and rise of the mid-size farm
A Grist podcast explores the issue of farm loss from the farmer's perspective.
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Vitamins aren’t miracle cures — and that’s just fine
The author of a new book about our obsession with vitamins talks about the quest for nutritional certainty and the value of embracing how little we really know.
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Making almonds the drought’s scapegoat? That’s nuts
California's water woes have sent waves of guilt through the ranks of almond-eaters, but the real trouble lies with our antiquated, crazy rules for distributing water.
