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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.
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What’s the real difference between cage-free and pastured eggs? [VIDEO]
With Big Ag hijacking terms like "free range" and reducing them to marketing slogans, how can you really tell if your eggs are humanely raised? This beautiful video from the Lexicon of Sustainability cracks the case.
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Infographic: The later it gets, the more crap we eat
I don’t have to tell you that people eat crappier food late at night than they do in the light of day. You probably figured that out when Taco Bell invented a fourth meal in the middle of the night. But according to Massive Health’s interactive map of self-reported food quality, we’re on a slippery […]
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New agtivists: Young filmmakers take an urban farm adventure
For their documentary-in-progress, two recent college grads circled the nation to paint a visually compelling picture of today's diverse urban farm landscape.
