Climate Food and Agriculture
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Heirloom melon and tomato gazpacho [Recipe]
Want to impress the guests at your next dinner party? This refreshing seasonal soup offers a blast of intense flavor.
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Giving sustainable food businesses a needed push
Local Food Lab -- and other business accelerators like it -- are stepping in to help small food producers scale up and get serious.
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Is the ‘natural’ label 100 percent misleading?
Do you let the words "all natural" sway your purchasing decisions? If so, you're not alone. Here's what the label really means (and doesn't).
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Organic food might not be more nutritious, but you should eat it anyway
A roundup of expert opinions on Stanford University's latest organic study raises some big questions about the role of nutrition in the organic conversation.
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How extreme weather supersizes global food price tags
A new Oxfam report argues that previous research grossly underestimates future food prices by ignoring the impact of severe weather shocks to the global food system.
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Here’s the White House beer recipe
The White House has, as promised, released the recipe for its home-brewed honey ale -- and according to a professional brewer, it shouldn't be too hard to make at home.
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10 million pounds of maple syrup has mysteriously gone missing in Canada
It's not clear what thieves would want with that much maple syrup, unless they are Paul Bunyan, but whoever took the syrup -- worth more than $30 million -- must have put a lot of care and energy into the heist.
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Your controversy for the day: Researchers find few pluses for organic foods
We anticipate a healthy debate on this topic.
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Fruits of old: Chicago gears up for an urban heirloom fruit orchard
Urban orchards are the new staple of second-wave urban agriculture. Now Chicago is upping the ante with one geared entirely toward heirloom varieties of fruit.
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Melon madness: How my food waste obsession took over my weekend
What do you do when someone brings a dozen melons to a family holiday getaway? If you're worried about preventing food waste, you get creative. Very creative.
