Climate Food and Agriculture
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If you need any 70-year-old waterlogged lard, some just washed up on a beach
Baked goods taste better with real lard, and ocean-soaked baked goods from the 1940s taste better with ocean-soaked lard from the 1940s.
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Utah smoothie shop owner charges extra if you don’t love oil
The "I Love Drilling Juice and Smoothie Bar" charges liberals a dollar extra, though it seems doubtful many will show up.
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USDA offers up new seed money for small farmers
The new $35,000 loans could help bolster small, local farming outfits.
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Crop insurance claims likely to hit $16 billion in wake of 2012 drought
Raising two questions: Can we cut costs? And: What happens when such drought becomes the norm?
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California cold snaps farmers’ crops
Freezing temperatures threaten the state's citrus crops. And of course this is only a taste of the climate chaos to come.
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‘Soul Food Junkies’ digs into African American food history and habits
Byron Hurt's film aims to "speak directly to an African American audience" in ways that other food films haven't.
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German neo-Nazis take to organic farming
Environmentalism is not necessarily Green.
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Can fed-up Oregon organic farmers get a GMO ban on the ballot?
A measure on the 2014 ballot would give voters the opportunity to outlaw the farming of GM crops in Southern Oregon.
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Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars
The plan is to make a sustainable Mars colony, which is a tall order for a place with a 140-million-mile commute.
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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?
