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Pop culture: The industry forces behind New York’s soda war
Companies like McDonald's and Coca Cola came out swinging in the fight against NYC's soda ban. Here's what they had at stake.
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New York City bans large, sugary drinks
In a first-in-the-nation move, the NYC Board of Health has enacted limits on the size of sodas that businesses like fast-food outlets can sell.
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Chinese McDonald’s selling a very chic, weird, possibly political black/white burger combo
These black and white burgers might have a political message, which seems like a really cumbersome way to communicate.
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Dear U.S. government, please get your food waste act together
The bad news: The U.S. is lagging way behind the European Union when it comes to cutting down on wasted food. The good news: It wouldn't be hard for us to follow suit.
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Sweet victory: How to have your unprocessed cake and eat it, too
Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, attempts to eat out, and eat dessert, without consuming any processed ingredients. This could get ugly.
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Coming soon: Non-vegan, non-kosher bananas
Food scientists have come up with an evil plan to make bananas off-limits to strict vegans, people keeping kosher, and anyone with an iodine allergy: They want to coat the fruit with shellfish. Specifically, they’d douse them with a spray derived from shrimp and crab shells. And while I have had some perfectly yummy curries […]
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Millennials: The emerging organic majority?
Today's young adults are more interested in organic food than their parents -- and they're prepared to spend more on it, too.
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Organic food: Still more than an elitist lifestyle choice
In a recent New York Times diatribe, columnist Roger Cohen called organics an "elitist, pseudoscientific indulgence shot through with hype." We beg to differ.
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The man without a plan: Romney has no real food and farming platform
Even when pressed, Mitt Romney has very little to say about food and agriculture -- unless it's a question of food safety, in which case he wants to let Big Food off the hook.
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Congress has three choices on the farm bill: Pass, renew, or flake
As lawmakers return from their August recess, and the current farm bill gets dangerously close to expiring, a whole host of sustainable food policies are at risk of disappearing.
