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How did we let another country beat us to pizza-encrusted candy bars?
America, I still believe in your ability to bang two junk foods together and make something horrible. But Pizza Hut Middle East scooped you on the pizza-dough-coated Kit-Kats.
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USDA OKs tofu as a meat substitute in school lunches
Which will do nothing to quell the right's fury over the new school lunch standards.
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Confined dining: A primer on factory farms and what they mean for your meat
More and more of the meat you buy in the supermarket is produced in meat factories, a.k.a. CAFOs. Hold your nose and have a look, then think hard about that next hot dog.
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Dispatch from Ohio, land of public markets and urban farms
Our correspondent visits the annual Public Market Conference in Cleveland and discovers an inspiring urban farm.
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You will eat more cookies if you’re told they’re ‘medium’ instead of ‘large’
Although people make decisions based on size labels, they don't really know how much food or drink they're consuming.
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These celebs want GMOs labeled
With the vote on GMO labeling in California only a month away, guess who's going public about the issue?
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Chipotle in hot salsa over tomato pickers’ rights
Activists are pushing Chipotle -- the one large fast food chain known for ethical meat -- to embrace a higher standard for workers. Will it work?
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And now for something really surprising: Sugary drinks linked to weight gain
New research backs up larger efforts to limit kids' access to soda, but the findings are also more complex than they may sound.
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How to prepare yourself for the Baconpocalypse
An industry trade group says that "a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable” due to the summer’s crazy weather.
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A road map for urban agriculture in N.Y.C.
The new Five Borough Farm report lays out a clear vision for the future of urban farming in the Big Apple.
