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What Does Berkeley's School Garden Study Really Mean?
Supporters of school gardens were positively giddy with news this week that a three-year study of a garden and cooking initiative in Berkeley, Calif., schools had shown students more eager to eat vegetables and make healthy food choices. But a closer look at the study shows that these positive results were attributed almost exclusively to […]
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Help the Corn Refiners rename high-fructose corn syrup
The Corn Refiners Association announced it was changing high-fructose corn syrup's name to "corn sugar" -- but oops! that's already a regulated term. Wanna give these guys a Gristy hand?
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Stephen Colbert takes to the field — and the witness stand — for farm workers
Animal-rights groups have plenty of celebrity spokesmodels, most notably Alicia Silverstone. But labor rights, in particular for immigrant farm workers? Not so sexy. That is, until Stephen Colbert decided to have some fun with it.
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Salmonella-free backyard eggs, coral catastrophe, BPA-go-go, and more
In my latest roundup of interesting food media, I sample eggs you can risk eating raw, the looming coral cataclysm, mega-dairies, and more.
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Choosy tasters stick to Skippy-like organic peanut butters
Some of the scary problems with peanut butter can be avoided by buying organic. But do any of them taste as good as the bad stuff? Lou Bendrick assembles a panel to find out. Find out which one will drive your taste buds nuts.
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Mixed results from the Edible Schoolyard
Elementary school children regularly involved in gardening, cooking and nutrition education are more likely to develop a taste for fresh fruits and vegetables–even leafy greens–and will more eagerly help make fresh meals at home, but those gains come to a screeching halt as kids get older and move into middle school, where they often backslide. Those are […]
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One sick chicken
How far do you go to treat a farm animal? Balancing animal welfare, farm economics, and government means making tough calls.
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High-fructose corn syrup and scientific research: an exchange
On the Atlantic website, James McWilliams chastised me for my past coverage of the health effects of high-fructose corn syrup. Here's my response.
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Philadelphia's urban-farming roots go deep — and are spreading wide
Philly's homegrown ag movement isn't just about getting more local produce into farmers markets. It's focused on farming as a source of jobs and skills for city residents as well as a means to provide them affordable, healthy food.
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Carrot vending machines a surprise success
As Congress continues to do nothing about school lunch reform, an Ohio and a New York school have installed all-baby-carrot vending machines. And guess what? The kids bought them.
