Climate Food and Agriculture
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More farmers markets mean more jobs
The U.S. now has 7,175 farmers markets, up 17% from last year. Those markets and the local food systems behind them could generate a lot of jobs.
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Perennial Plate: The story so far [VIDEO]
The Perennial Plate hits the halfway point in a journey across America in search of real food. Watch a recap of our adventures.
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Moms rally to defend raw food club after federal raid
After members of California's Rawesome Food Club were thrown in jail, raw-food proponents, many of them mothers, are uniting in their defense.
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How we can eat our way out of the seafood crisis
Acclaimed chef and sustainable seafood champion Barton Seaver explains why saving the oceans means eating more vegetables, sardines, and farm-raised shellfish.
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Organic chicken farms have fewer drug-resistant bacteria
When poultry farms switch from conventional to organic farming practices, they almost immediately start seeing way fewer drug-resistant bacteria.
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36 million pounds of proof that our food safety system is broken
The salmonella-tainted-turkey disaster that has sickened 77 people and killed one proves that the government's approach to regulating disease-causing pathogens like salmonella and E. coli in food simply doesn't work.
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Why the meat industry sells salmonella
Last week, the latest massive food safety recall hit the news -- 36 million pounds of ground turkey possibly tainted with salmonella, courtesy of meat giant Cargill. Some media outlets reported that it's currently legal to sell salmonella-tainted meat. While the meat industry might like it that way, that's not the entire story.
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Healthy eating is hard but not impossible for low-income Americans
There's a new study out purporting to show that healthy eating is a privilege of the rich. But it's possible to eat well on a tight budget, and it would be easier if we put smart policies in place.
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Cheap Twix: Junk food offers more calories for your cash
Want more proof of the link between poverty and obesity? Check out an infographic illustrating how empty calories are cheaper than nutritious ones.
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Critical List: Shell can drill in the Arctic Ocean; tar sands rebranded as 'ethical oil'
Better get that Alaska cruise in now: Shell will be drilling exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean next summer.
The U.N. says it will take $1 billion and more than 25 years to clean up all the oil Shell and other companies have spilled in the Niger Delta. (But we're sure there will be no problems whatsoever in the Arctic Ocean … )
Conservatives in Canada call tar-sand oil "ethical oil" because it comes not from evil places like Venezuela or Saudi Arabia but from Canada -- "the boy scouts of the world," says the guy who came up with "ethical oil." (Maybe he’s trying to earn his greenwashing badge?)
