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Mixed blessings: A smaller Gulf dead zone offers less to celebrate than you’d think
This year's unusually small Gulf dead zone bucks the upward trend and will give aquatic life a chance to rebound. But it's no reason to breathe easy about nutrient runoff from agriculture.
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What your hamburger really costs [VIDEO]
If we wanted to pay for the climate impact, water use, and healthcare costs behind our burgers, this video says we'd have to add $1.50 to the price of every one we ate.
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The best rant about healthy eating that you will ever read
Until recently, we had not come across Erica Strauss or her work. But we wish we had. We wish we knew her. In fact, we wish she would have dinner with us.
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Drought-stricken farmers pay the price for failed climate bill
In the face of crippling drought across the Corn Belt, Congress is considering funding a disaster aid package with cuts to climate friendly conservation programs.
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GMO potatoes: Is the biodiversity shortcut worth it?
The Irish potato famine should have taught the food and farming world that crop diversity is crucial. But the genetically engineered potato on trial in Ireland suggests that we haven't actually learned much.
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No more trowels, no more roots: What happens to school gardens in summer?
School gardens are sprouting across the country. But what to do with them over summer vacation is still an open question.
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Fake health food: How to spot it and what to eat instead
Made with real fruit! Now with more fiber! Can "healthy" products making claims like these ever compete with real, whole food?
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Big Food puts its back into fighting GMO labeling in California
The Grocery Manufacturers Association -- a group that includes PepsiCo, General Mills, and Monsanto -- has made fighting California's Prop 37 its "highest priority."
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Drought leads to ethanol backlash, finicky farm animals, and higher food prices for you
Some meat-producing states are fighting the feds' requirements for corn ethanol in gasoline, trying to bring down corn prices.
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The saddest pictures of drought-stressed corn
You’ve likely heard by now that there will be little to no corn this year because the drought is killing all of it. And while that sounds bad enough in theory, the reality of it is even more pathetic. Just look at these sad, sad ears of corn: Awww. It’s just ready to give up. […]
