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U.N.: Global hunger not as bad as we thought, but it’s still bad
And with the advent of climate change, it's not going to get better any time soon.
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Brewmaster makes beer out of yeast harvested from his beard
A brewmaster in Oregon discovers that the yeast in his beard is no different from other yeast. Then he decides to use it to make beer. Then he gives it a gross name? Sadly, if someone handed us a cold one, we would drink it.
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Back from the dead: MacArthur genius wants to keep runoff out of the Gulf
Marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais has spent 30 years studying the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" -- a human-made disaster caused in large part by industrial agriculture. Here's what she wants you to know.
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Chickens raised in New York backyards lay polluted eggs
Which absolutely should not surprise you.
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PSA: Drinking liquid nitrogen is a bad idea
“Duh,” you say? Tell that to a British teen who just had to have her stomach removed.
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Hardcore pumpkin: Should I buy an organic jack-o’-lantern?
As mountains of cheap, industrially grown carving pumpkins beckon, what is a conscious, holiday-loving girl to do?
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GMOs, pesticides, and the new scientific deadlock
A new study says GMO crops have led farmers to use 400 million more pounds of pesticide than they would have otherwise. Here's how to interpret the science -- and the critique.
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Cap-and-spade: Will California’s carbon market dollars go to organic farms?
As California enters the world of cap-and-trade, sustainable farms are in line to receive dollars that will come straight from oil and gas companies.
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A ‘radical homemaker’ shares her secret to greener, more affordable meat eating
With her new book "Long Way on a Little," the author of "Radical Homemakers" talks about how to use the bones, fat, and extra parts of grass-fed animals to make them last.
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Bhutan wants to be the world’s first 100 percent organic country
To be fair, the country's already most of the way there.
