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Quick and dirty: Congress may rewrite the Farm Bill in two weeks
Brace yourselves, food advocates: The congressional supercommittee charged with reducing the national debt considers making cuts to the nation's most important food and farming legislation.
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Harvesting change: Dispatches from a TEDx gathering on farmworkers [VIDEO]
Last week's TEDx conference brought together some of the sharpest, most creative minds to address the problem of farm labor. See the highlights here.
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Occupy the pasture
Steph Larsen loves a good protest. But in her small town, there are no picket signs lining Main St., and it seems a little wrong to drive 120 miles round-trip to attend the nearest Occupy event.
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Pesticides are good for you
What happens when an industry front group tries to tell a room full of food experts that pesticides aren't harmful?
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Sorry, kids: Halloween candy is a human rights nightmare
Here's a really scary story for your Halloween: The candy you're handing out might have been made by foreign students who were tricked into factory labor. Hershey's, which also distributes Cadbury candy in the U.S. and Nabisco candy in Canada, charged students up to $6,000 for a "summer work and travel" program, which actually consisted of drudgery at the packing plant.
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How to fix fish farms
Following the possible appearance of a dangerous fish disease on the west coast, the author of Four Fish says: "We have to think about how we might separate the farms from the wild."
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The perfect gateway bug: Moth larvae tacos
Interested in a protein source with a miniscule carbon footprint and an amazing feed conversion rate? Monica Martinez and her Don Bugito taco stand are here to help.
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Good menhaden are hard to find
The Atlantic population of these tiny but important fish is under dire threat -- and the repercussions for entire ecosystems are vast. Will the commission tasked with protecting them bump up conservation efforts in time?
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Don't worry, Stephen Colbert, your school lunch potatoes are safe
The risk that potatoes might be restricted in school lunches sent Stephen Colbert into a twitching, shouting anxiety spiral. But all is well, Stephen -- your tater tots will remain unmolested! The Senate voted down a measure that would have limited starchy vegetables to one cup per student per week. ("Starchy vegetables" includes corn. Just saying.)
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Haute cuisine gone green: James Beard Foundation focuses on sustainability
Do the James Beard Foundation's new sustainability awards signal a change for the better in the culinary world, a new form of food greenwashing, or something in between?
