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New York City’s rooftop farms would have prevented the existence of Green Acres
Whether or not that is a good thing is a matter of opinion.
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Easiest trivia question ever: What country buys the most soda?
The answer will not surprise you. But the amount of energy contained in our soda purchases might.
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Eating this burger automatically makes you a dick
The 666 Burger truck sells a $666 burger called the Doucheburger, and it's full -- appropriately -- of things you will only eat if you're a douche.
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Top chefs go to ‘food policy boot camp’
Chefs as sustainability advocates? Absolutely, says the James Beard Foundation, which invited 15 chefs to take a deep dive into issues of antibiotic overuse and the farm bill earlier this week.
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These dreamlike landscapes are made out of food
When artist Eszter Burghardt went hiking in Iceland, the geology there reminded her of cake — so she decided to reproduce it using food. The picture above isn’t a tilt-shifted photo of mountains. It’s a picture of a cake Burghardt baked, colored blueish-brown, then brushed with matcha tea powder. (The clouds are wool.) The result […]
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Vandana Shiva talks with Bill Moyers about the food system [VIDEO]
In this interview clip, scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva recommends asking oneself daily: "Where am I complicit in the war against the earth?"
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Researchers find link between drug-resistant bladder infections and poultry antibiotics
This is not the first example of a link between livestock antibiotics and drug-resistance in human infections, but it's a remarkable one.
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USDA slashes projections for corn production; prices spike
One side product of the nation's drought: big increases in the price of corn.
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Three ways to protect food stamps from a cruel Congress
If the House gets its way, two to three million Americans could go hungry. But it doesn't have to be this way. Here are some recommendations.
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The latest New York Times exposé won’t stop me from eating organic
The paper of record says consolidation and corporate influence has made the organic label meaningless. The Organic Trade Association says size doesn't matter. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in between.
