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Soda-ad fight bubbles up on NYC transit
The New York City Beverage Association is buying ads on hundreds of subway cars and buses, hitting back against the city's anti-soda campaign.
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Chefs’ disregard for environment leaves a bad taste
When Thomas Keller, the iconic chef at The French Laundry, made a point to privilege flavor over sustainability in the New York Times recently, he did us all a disservice.
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9-year-old’s lunch blog shames school into making changes
Martha Payne had some sad-ass lunches at her school in Scotland -- unsatisfying food that sometimes had more hair than vegetables. So the 9-year-old decided to start a blog with photos and vital statistics about her meals.
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Jamie Oliver wants you to join the Food Revolution
Celebrity chef and real-food champion Jamie Oliver has declared May 19 Food Revolution Day -- and people all over the world are answering the call.
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Put it in your pipe and grow it: Former tobacco farms evolve
The 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement didn't just pay for health damages and counter-marketing, it's also been quietly helping farmers in North Carolina rebuild their local food system.
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‘F*ck You Pizza’ is the logical endpoint of current junk food trends
Humanity has apparently given up on inventing new forms of junk food, and is instead nesting existing forms inside one another like some kind of hideous fast food Turducken. I was on vacation when the mini-cheeseburger crust pizza happened, so I was blissfully spared awareness of that until today, but I did not miss the […]
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Sugar might make you stupid
We all know eating too much processed sugar screws up your body in serious ways. But a new study suggests it could mess up your brain, too.
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HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ should have taken focus on food system change further
One critic says the mini-series spent too much time focusing on size and not nearly enough on the politics and industry lobbying behind today's "obesity epidemic."
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In Argentina, factory farms replacing grass-fed beef
Long known for its grass-fed beef, Argentina has traded in native grasslands for industrial soy farms and feedlots. Fortunately, some ranchers are holding on to tradition while preserving biodiversity.
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Wasted milk produces as much CO2 as 20,000 cars
The time to start crying over spilled milk is NOW. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh, wasted milk in the U.K. creates the equivalent of 110,000 tons of CO2 every year. That’s equivalent to the emissions from 20,000 cars.
