Articles by Tom Laskawy
A 17-year veteran of both traditional and online media, Tom Laskawy is a founder and executive director of the Food & Environment Reporting Network and a contributing writer at Grist covering food and agricultural policy. Tom's long and winding road to food politics writing passed through New York, Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, Florence, Italy, and Philadelphia (which has a vibrant progressive food politics and sustainable agriculture scene, thank you very much). In addition to Grist, his writing has appeared online in The American Prospect, Slate, The New York Times, and The New Republic. He is on record as believing that wrecking the planet is a bad idea. Follow him on Twitter.
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And now for something really surprising: Sugary drinks linked to weight gain
New research backs up larger efforts to limit kids' access to soda, but the findings are also more complex than they may sound.
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The latest GMO study raises more questions than it answers
Recent science linking tumors in rats to GMOs and pesticide exposure has come under fire from the scientific community. Isn't that all the more reason to study the issue further?
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Drought-tolerant seeds: Insurance policy for farmers or a big gamble?
Companies like Monsanto and Syngenta want farmers to think of drought-tolerant seeds as an insurance policy against hot, dry weather. But for farmers who don't take care of the soil, these seeds look like a gamble.
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Millennials: The emerging organic majority?
Today's young adults are more interested in organic food than their parents -- and they're prepared to spend more on it, too.
