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They’re genetically modifying goats to create human breast milk substitute
You know that human breast milk is very important for babies’ development. (If you don’t know this, go ostentatiously bottle-feed a baby doll near a farmers market! It will be fun, I promise.) But for various reasons, sometimes new moms can’t breastfeed — they need medication that shows up in breast milk, for instance, or […]
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Your meat-eating days are almost over, water experts say
With water shortages looming and global population rising, burgers will soon be a luxury we can't afford, say water experts.
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Cuts to food stamps will hit red state residents hardest
The states with the highest hunger rates include the GOP strongholds of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennesee, West Virginia, and Louisiana.
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Monsanto’s 10 most misleading talking points on GMO labeling
The biotech giant will go to great lengths to spin the story on GMO labeling, even if that means making claims it can't support.
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Two ways to concentrate and save tomatoes
Have a bunch of tomatoes lying around? Lucky you! Here are two delicious ways to make them last.
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Black licorice recalled for containing lead, tasting disgusting
To be fair, not all black licorice contains lead. Just some. It is all disgusting, though.
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Cinnabon pizzas exist, and these guys ate one
As long as we’re having hot dog pizzas and cheeseburger pizzas, why not put pizza on everything? Why not go mad? We could have pizza coffee and pizza ice cream and pizza s’mores and pizza Cinnabons! Ha ha ha ha ha oh wait that last one actually exists. Cinnabon is only rolling out these personal […]
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Chick magnet: Why starting a poultry farm is like starting a band (but harder)
Despite grain price spikes and impossible hours, the trio of young farmers raising heritage chickens at Dinner Bell Farm is in it for the long haul.
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Here’s your chance to drink beer with Obama! Sort of.
The White House promises to release its beer recipe if an online petition gets 25,000 signatures.
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California meat company shut down for abusing cows
Fair warning: There are no graphic images or videos, but even the language here is disconcerting.