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A dry run from hell: Drought hits the smallest farms the hardest
This drought will give small Midwestern farmers lots of practice coping with climate change -- if it doesn’t bankrupt them first.
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Lobbyists spent $173.5 million trying to shape the 2008 farm bill
Food and Water Watch crunched the numbers, revealing both the scale and breakdown of the massive effort to pass the 2008 legislation.
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Seven graphs that should make the Obama campaign very nervous
The drought means higher food prices. Higher food prices mean more concern about the economy. And that means trouble for an incumbent president.
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Farmer spends $100,000 on waterbeds for cows
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Flying the coop: The scrambled world of backyard poultry
Dream of nesting down with a flock of chickens, but too intimidated to try it? Our green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, discovers it’s not as hard as you think.
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New San Francisco legislation will jump-start urban farming
On Tuesday, San Francisco passed game-changing legislation that should cement the city’s role as a national leader in urban food production.
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New report: The Farm Bureau not a true friend to farmers
Despite its name, the American Farm Bureau Federation is more likely to side with the insurance industry than it is with farmers.
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Me, you, and everything we eat: Does food righteousness hinder system-wide change?
Do you get tired of hearing about people's personal choices every time you bring up a big-picture food system problem that needs fixing? Me too.
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Wham, bam, goodbye dam: Fish get down after river opens up
The removal of a dam from a river in northwest Washington proves remarkably successful at encouraging fish repopulation.
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7-11’s mashed potato Slurpee machine in action
I’ve often said that the only real problem with mashed potatoes is that you can’t get them extruded out of a machine in a 7-11, in the form of a spookily liquid glop with gravy. I mean, what even is the point? Luckily, 7-11s in Singapore are finally making this right, with Slurpee-style machines that […]
