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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Stamp of disapproval: House farm bill to gut nutrition program
In its new draft of the farm bill, the House of Representatives is pushing for $16.5 billion in food stamp cuts.
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Can ‘veggie prescriptions’ really make people healthier?
Better access to fruits and vegetables is key, but recent science suggests that lowering exposure to BPA, pthalates, and other endocrine disruptors might be just as important.
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Pop goes the weasel: Will good deeds keep the soda industry super-sized?
Through cause marketing programs like Pepsi Refresh, the beverage industry is buying good will, and protection from policy changes like New York's proposed soda ban.
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Line ’em up, knock ’em down: Senate plans 73 farm bill votes today
Congress goes into vote-o-rama mode to move this year's monster of a food and farm bill forward.
