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Peebottle Farms: The dirt on the dirt
After putting off soil testing for two years, will our fearless urban farmer find her backyard garden full of arsenic and lead?
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Farm Bill 2012: ‘It’s a mess, but it’s our mess’
Daniel Imhoff, the man who literally wrote the book on food policy, talks about democracy, debate, and why we should feel thankful for the farm bill, even in depressing years like this one.
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Bringing the oysters back to New York Harbor
The new documentary Shellshocked looks at the history of oysters in New York City and what it will take to integrate these water-cleansing bivalves back into the city's surrounding waters.
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What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat
Caramel color makes the burger look like it's been grilled when it really hasn't.
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Antibiotics in your meat? The ethanol industry might be partly to blame
Many farmers feed livestock spent grain from the ethanol process in order to lower feed costs. New research confirms what some have long suspected: Those byproducts contain antibiotics from the ethanol distilling process.
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More evidence links pesticides to honeybee losses
The science is stacking up. Three studies in the last three weeks have shown that exposure to a dangerous class of pesticides disorients and kills bees, reduces their hive sizes, and results in far fewer queens.
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New science reveals agriculture’s true climate impact
Scientists can finally prove that overuse of fertilizer in industrial farming is a major cause of climate change. Whether or not this will make it easier to hold Big Ag accountable is yet to be seen.
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New Orleans school cultivates a generation of forward-thinking farmers
Nat Turner and the hardworking young crew behind Our School at Blair Grocery are bringing healthy soil and fresh food to the Lower Ninth Ward.
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Oh my god, hot-dog-stuffed-crust pizza, humans are no longer authorized to make food
What is wrong with all of you?
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Congressman brags about forcing vegetarians to ‘confess’
Has Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) ever met a vegetarian? They're not exactly secretive about it. It's like forcing people to "confess" that they're on the paleo diet. Spoiler alert: THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW.
