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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House GOP shafts rural America, still gets their votes
When House Republicans sacrificed the farm bill to the fiscal cliff, they left farmers bereft of crucial reforms. So why does rural America keep voting for them?
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App, crackle, pop: Junk food marketers target your kids online
According to the Federal Trade Commission, Big Food is working to reach kids online and through social media platforms.
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Don’t like today’s food monopolies? Blame Robert Bork
The recently deceased federal judge helped make it possible for a small number of mega-corporations to dominate the American table.
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What does obesity have to do with climate change? Plenty, say some scientists
A less stable climate will likely cause food prices to spike, and that could mean more of us in the developed world will be eating highly processed, fattening foods.
