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Urban farmers vs. NIMBYist vegans, round one
Urban farmers are raising and slaughtering their own livestock, and a shadowy organization called Neighbors Opposed to Backyard Slaughter is up in arms about it.
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Making moonshine and molasses [VIDEO]
The Perennial Plate gang stops in at a North Carolina farm to learn about a rare variety of heirloom corn and sample some moonshine.
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Al rodente: Could squirrel meat come back into vogue?
Squirrel is like the drive-through cheeseburger of the forest -- albeit a cheeseburger that needs to be gutted first.
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Lexicon of Sustainability: Cage free vs. pasture raised
What do you really know about the eggs you're buying? Are they "cage free" or do they come from birds raised on pasture? The latest installment in the Lexicon series focuses on this complex protein source.
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New Agtivist: Adam Berman, faith-based urban farmer
Meet the founder of Urban Adamah, a one-acre urban farm in Berkeley and a fellowship for young people that integrates organic farming, social justice, and progressive Jewish spiritual practice.
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Protein: The lay of the lamb
Most science says lamb has a bigger carbon footprint than other foods. But could it be a better choice for sustainable omnivores than we think?
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Chicken farm crates are basically never cleaned
If a bite of food falls on the ground, often we pick it up and eat it. Five second rule, right? But if it falls in something gross or we haven’t cleaned the floor in awhile, we don’t eat it. Because that’s gross. Especially if your floor is covered in chicken shit. It’s unclear, then, […]
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No, that’s not snow: Pesticides coat California’s Central Valley
Take a photo journey through America's fruit basket, where excess nitrates and pesticides contaminate drinking water and showering with tap water can lead to rashes.
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Protein propaganda: It’s what’s for dinner
By working hard to ensure that nutrition guidelines equate "protein" with meat, the meat industry often edges plant-based protein sources out of the picture.
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Cacti can clean up poisonous soils
Here are a few things you do with a prickly pear cactus: Get poked. Turn its fruit into jam. Use it to clean up dangerous concentrations of selenium in arid California lands. In California’s San Joaquin Valley, a long history of artificial irrigation has impregnated the soil with selenium. In small quantities, selenium is beneficial […]
