Articles by Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.
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New-potato nirvana, transformed into a meal
When the first potatoes came in this week, I made a classic post-harvest "second breakfast." Get the recipe.
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With the global climate pact dead, China gets hungry for U.S. factory pork
China's growing appetite for meat -- and its rapid conversion to U.S.-style industrial meat production -- may prove just as damaging to the climate as its growing proliferation of cars. The only winners will be U.S. exporters of cheap corn and cheap pork.
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Financial-reform bill limits the speculation in ag commodity markets that sparked food crisis
While we mourn the dead climate legislation, it's worth noting that something non-hideous emerged from Congress last week. Buried within the financial reform bill, there's a set of provisions that evidently limit excessive speculation in ag commodity markets -- something that drove more than 100 million people into hunger in 2008.
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Norman Borlaug's grandddaughter says hunger is a production problem — and GMOs are the answer
At an agrichemical industry conference held in D.C. recently, Julie Borlaug told the assembled executives what they wanted to hear.
