Climate Food and Agriculture
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Climate change and overfishing hurt our cutest, tiniest fish
Sardines and other forage fish are struggling. Is it climate change, plankton decline, overfishing -- or all of the above?
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What we can learn from California’s attempt to label GMOs
The odds of success were long. California's flawed initiative process certainly didn't help.
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Out of the cage and onto the grass: Helping pastured eggs go mainstream
Austin's Vital Farms helps egg producers who want to transition to a pasture-based model, then markets and distributes their eggs around the country. Now it's using crowdfunding to help get more chickens out on pasture.
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Don’t worry: The drought will not destroy your peanut party
Turns out this year's weather was great for the little nuts which are also peas.
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GMO labeling fight is out of the polls and into the stores
California's GMO labeling measure may have failed, but the food movement fights on with direct grocery action.
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Beyond Obama: Here are green ballot measures that won and lost
Two big ballot initiatives backed by enviros -- on GMO labeling in California and clean power in Michigan -- lost on Tuesday. But other green measures won.
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GMO labeling or no, a movement comes of age
If California's Prop 37 doesn't pass, it won't be for lack of a solid effort by food reformers.
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As support for California GMO labeling wanes, campaign grows desperate
Fighting Monsanto's dirty money, Proposition 37 campaign has been getting weirder as time runs out before the election.
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California’s GMO labeling proposition bruised by big money and big rumors
California's Proposition 37, aimed at labeling GMO foods, has fallen far.
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NYC’s urban farms face a climate reality check
For New York's urban farms, Hurricane Sandy was more than a discouraging blow -- it was a reason to reevaluate what it means to grow food in a city limited by the realities of climate change.
