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Don’t toss your cookies: Curbing the crisis of food waste
Almost half the food in the U.S. goes uneaten, and every part of the supply chain is to blame -- including you and me. But we can do better.
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Beyond chicken patties: How to improve school lunch without spending more
As kids go back to school this month, cafeteria expert Kate Adamick is working with parents and school administrators to rethink school lunch budgeting in radical new ways.
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New guide helps you scrimp and save without eating toxic junk
Have you ever been shopping for groceries and wished someone would help you find the foods that are the least toxic and processed for the best price? A new guide does just that.
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Amid drought, farmers flood social media
Parched farmers are using Twitter as a social-media-style rain gauge, a help line, and an open channel to their urban customers.
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Feed 9 billion people? We can do that, but it’s not going to be pretty
Stanford biology professor Peter Vitousek says that our population bomb doesn't need to cause an all-out apocalypse.
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Lawyers go after processed food industry with tactics that worked on Big Tobacco
In an effort to supplant government regulation, a group of high-profile lawyers plans to use the financial costs of obesity and diabetes to sue large processed food companies.
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Farmers are dealing with corn shortages by feeding cows candy instead
If you worry about the fact that cows eat so much corn, you might be happy to know that cows are now eating expired candy.
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Keeping the peace between beekeepers and their urban neighbors
As beekeeping becomes more popular in urban areas, some nearby residents are turning to vandalism. Experts share tips for beekeepers who want to get along with their neighbors.
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Deadly Salmonella outbreak in Kentucky linked to cantaloupe
Wash your melons, gang.
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This man knows when you’re lying about honey
Did you know that people sell fake honey? They take supermarket honey and try to pass it off as fancy stuff you get for $30 at a farmers market. Is nothing sacred anymore? Luckily they don’t always get away with it, thanks to honey detective Vaughn Bryant. By day, he’s an anthropologist, and a regular […]
