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Philadelphia invests in fresh food to fight obesity — but will it work?
A $900,000 investment by the city will put fresh foods and refrigeration systems in several hundred stores – despite evidence showing it may not have an impact.
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Peebottle Farms: Insta-heirloom
After her chickens destroy the spring garden starts, our urban farming columnist goes on an heirloom seed-seeking adventure.
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Chicken soup for the soil: Cleaning up toxic earth in Philadelphia [VIDEO]
This video follows an experimental soil-focused art project in Philadelphia with a goal of one day making contaminated "brownfields" safe to farm on.
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Libya is overrun with locusts
Libya is maybe not in the most stable political situation right now. And don’t tell Ron Paul, but when the central government is out for the count, maintenance services tend to break down. One of the things that’s fallen by the wayside in this time of political turmoil? Pest control. Which means parts of Libya […]
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Smoke it if you’ve got it: DIY meat for locavores
Smoking your own meat is easier than it sounds -- even if don't own any of the fancy gear. Try this DIY technique.
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Halliburton gets tripped up by Indian bean farmers*
Spiking demand for a bean used in the fracking process has been a huge boon for farmers in rural India -- but it's caused Halliburton's profits to tumble. (Don't worry. They'll survive.)
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Tiny corn could be the next big thing
New science suggests that smaller crops might produce the same amount of food with much fewer resources.
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Here is that piano made of bananas you asked for
I’m not going to make a joke about “playing with your food.” I think we’re all above that. But you should all know that some MIT students have developed a bit of tech that will allow you to make your excess produce into a musical instrument. Actually, the MaKey MaKey is even cooler than that […]
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Morning chance of guilt, followed by afternoon desperation
Here is a happy recap of various depressing articles from the news today.
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Feds to farmers: Grow GMO beets or face sugar shortage
The good news: The USDA finally released an environmental impact review of genetically engineered sugar beets. The bad: Monsanto has already crowded out other seed makers.
