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Wendell Berry: This old farmer is still full of piss and vinegar
Speaking to a room full of Washington's high society, the poet, novelist, and agrarian didn’t pull any punches. Our world is coming apart, he said, and we’re all implicated.
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Let’s put an end to ‘dietary tribalism’
Vegan, paleo, raw, locavore -- who can say what's best? One writer says concerned eaters should put down their weapons and work to change the food system together.
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Tanya Fields: Breaking locks and planting seeds in the South Bronx
Empty lots plus a passion for nutrition: How a food-stamp-reliant mother of four got into the food-justice movement.
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How catching salmon can save a forest
What does your favorite wild salmon have to do with a forest in Alaska? Quite a bit, actually.
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Why that corn-syrup-and-autism study leaves such a sour taste
The paper Grist highlighted constructs a Rube Goldberg-style house of cards that collapses when you take the most basic look at its data and assumptions.
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Would you like a bad farm bill — or a terrible one?
For food reformers, little has changed since the "Secret Farm Bill" process was exposed to the public last fall. But now the GOP-led House has turned their attention to food stamps and it remains to be seen whether Congress can agree on a bill in time.
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Deadly tree disease could wipe out California’s citrus industry
Hide ya’ lemons, hide ya’ limes — a deadly disease is coming for California’s citrus trees. State ag experts recently found a tree that tested positive for Huanglongbing–and yes, it is way more serious than its sing-songy name suggests. The bacteria, also known as citrus greening or yellow dragon disease, attacks a trees’ vascular system […]
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Texas college turns football field into awesome urban farm
If your football team can’t hack it on the field, perhaps they can grow some kick-ass kale. At least that’s the sentiment from Dallas’ Paul Quinn College. After the university cut its football program, President Michael Sorrell decided to transform the unused field into a working farm. The WE Over Me Farm, which covers 57,000 […]
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Four foods you probably waste — and how to stop
Are these fresh ingredients languishing in your kitchen as we speak? Stop the food waste madness with these tips and recipes.
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Fowl play: Raising illegal backyard chickens [VIDEO]
Meet some outlaw chickens and the people who harbor them -- in their quiet backyards.
