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Mythbusting: Cheap food does not equal higher quality of life
Does our cheap food system bring us higher quality of life than other countries? A food industry flack believes so, but facts suggest otherwise. And I'm starting to think that we can't really reform the food system until we reform the economy.
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Chicago has got it growing on
Growing Power’s Chicago outposts show that plants can be art as well as food, while Growing Home nurtures people whom society would throw away.
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Snowbound city chickens lay eggs for a decadent quiche [VIDEO]
Though the Minneapolis Metrodome collapsed, my chicken coop stood strong. And despite the cold, our hens are outside laying eggs that I used to make this decadent, Thomas Keller-inspired quiche.
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As Congress tells schools to raise lunch prices, some worry kids will go hungry
President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act into law today, to the cheers of many. But one provision in the bill -- to raise school meal prices for the non-needy -- has some critics worried about the health of the school lunch program.
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'Tis the season to play sugar-plum fairy
If you've been more naughty than nice this year -- or if you're just not feeling the "shop-til-you-drop" spirit -- doing others some good might put you back in a holiday mood.
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Lessons from Ann Cooper’s school-food revolution in Boulder
In this conclusion to my Cafeteria Confidential: Boulder series, I examine what Boulder can teach other U.S. schools: The government won't fix school lunch, but a fed-up community, led by a pro like Ann Cooper, can effect real change.
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Our reporter tries to pick out the red honey of Red Hook in a blind taste test
Does the red honey of Red Hook, made from maraschino cherry syrup, really taste different? We found out.
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USDA removes major barrier to Michelle Obama's salad-bar initiative
In response to an inquiry from Grist, the USDA has clarified that it will not oppose plans by a new public-private partnership, Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools, to install 6,000 salad bars in U.S. school cafeterias -- as long as they have a kid-sized sneeze guard.
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Ethanol is dead; all hail plant-based synthetic gasoline! [PODCAST]
In my latest podcast, I talk to Jim Thomas of ETC Group, my go-to source for cutting-edge information on the machinations of global agribusiness. He blew my mind on the topic of ethanol and the "new biomass economy."
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California sacrifices farm workers in favor of strawberries
California has approved the use of methyl iodide, a powerful neurotoxic pesticide that will affect those who harvest strawberries far more than those who eat them. How does that make you feel?
