Climate Food and Agriculture
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Tapped out: Water in California’s farm country is dangerously polluted
A new report details California's nitrate pollution problem -- and the expensive, potentially deadly impact it will have on the people who live in our nation's most productive farming region.
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Changes afoot at nation’s largest seafood event
A visitor to this year's International Boston Seafood Show tracks the sustainability beat.
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Indoor farm in Brooklyn helps feed hundreds of families
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, an increasingly hip but historically low-income Brooklyn neighborhood, one food pantry is also an indoor farm. The New York Daily News visited the Child Development Support Corporation, where every Thursday morning clients harvest lettuce, bok choy, and collard greens that help feed hundreds of families. Right now the greens are all grown hydroponically […]
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Meet Tracie McMillan, ‘overeducated’ food justice writer
The food reporter talks about her new book, working in farm fields and Walmart, and the recent attention she's received from Rush Limbaugh.
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Eggs: The poor man’s protein [Recipes]
Eggs make a great addition to any plant-based meal. And they're the most affordable way to eat pastured protein.
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More evidence that grocery stores alone won’t solve the obesity crisis
It tuns out proximity to grocery stores might not influence people's actual eating habits.
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Rancher sticks up for animals in factory farm country
Farmer and strongman Kevin Fulton has taken on the admirable if unenviable task of bridging conventional agriculture and animal rights.
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‘Cafeteria Man’ comes out swinging for better school lunches
We spoke with the director of a new documentary about one man's efforts to fix school lunch in Baltimore.
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Not your grandma’s yogurt
Although it's often seen as a healthy grocery store option, most yogurt is the product of an increasingly industrialized process.
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DIY yogurt [Recipe]
Make your own yogurt with this easy recipe from the book DIY Delicious.