Climate Food and Agriculture
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Hard to stomach: How a fresh clam feast got the best of me
After harvesting a bucketful of fresh clams from a local beach, our green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, learned something about the old saying, "Too much of a good thing …"
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Undead laws: ‘Ag-gag bills’ are back to keep factory farm abuse a secret
A look inside Iowa's just-passed bill, which would prohibit employees from taking jobs in concentrated animal feeding operations solely to document animal abuse.
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Know your bites: Does the USDA’s local-farms program have a chance?
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, the USDA's two-year-old campaign to support local growers, faces a moment of reckoning.
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School lunches still contain ‘pink slime’
For those among you who really miss the “pink slime” content of McDonald’s hamburgers and Taco Bell’s … everything, you can still get your fix of the ammonia-doused meat product, made of leftover, fatty trimmings. Where, you ask, can I find this abomination? According to The Daily, you can find it in your child’s school […]
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Beyond ‘ruin porn’: Film gives farm’s-eye view of Detroit
The documentary Urban Roots shows us a new view of Detroit through the eyes of its dedicated urban farmers.
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New Agtivist: Bryant Terry is inspiring his community to eat better
With his third cookbook, The Inspired Vegan, this chef and food justice advocate is reintroducing communities of color to the traditional foods that will keep them healthy.
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Put your hack into it: Anonymous targets Monsanto
Hackers affiliated with Anonymous launch an attack on Monsanto. And while the data they obtained doesn't reveal anything new, it might be oddly satisfying for those who lament the seed giant's recent court victory over small farmers.
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Lexicon of Sustainability: Fishing after Katrina
The latest installment of the Lexicon series brings us up close and personal with a third-generation Gulf Coast crab fisherman.
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‘Ag-gag’ rules choke off supply of livestock snuff films
Rather than deal with the inhumane, superbug-spawning conditions in factory farms, the Iowa state legislature would prefer to stifle one of activists' primary weapons of dissent.
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Walmart is no savior: More small businesses = healthier people
Big box stores are often billed as saviors for food-insecure neighborhoods, but new research suggests otherwise.
