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New study weighs in on organic vs. conventional debate
Guess what? Organically grown strawberries are indeed healthier, tastier, and better for the soil than their conventional counterparts. Boo-yah!
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Help! I have vampires on the farm
This year's mosquitoes are sucking all the life out of summer on a farm in Nebraska.
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Avett Brothers play benefit show; give me excuse to write about them
Y'all know I love The Avett Brothers something fierce. It's rare that they wander into Grist's purview, so I don't usually get a chance to write about them. However! They recently played a benefit for Terra Nova Community Farm in Portland, Ore. That sounds like something our own Tom Philpott would love!
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After a half billion bad eggs get released, the FDA reveals filthy conditions of Wright County Egg
There's nothing like an egg salmonella outbreak to inspire FDA inspectors to deliver blunt, graphic reports from inside the industrial food system
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Smart cities are (un)paving the way for urban farmers and locavores
Across the U.S., cities are buckling up their green belts and introducing legislation to foster local-food production of everything from cucumbers to yellow limes, reports Kerry Trueman for Grist's Feeding the City series. Because nobody wants to get caught with their pantry down?
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D.C.’s first-ever state fair a hit — and so are my zucchini
Can a state that's not a state have a state fair? For too long, the nation's capital has been denied deep-fried Twinkies, Ferris wheels, and pie-eating contests.
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Grist deputy food editor lands insightful op-ed on salmonella scare
Why does Europe have fewer food scares than we do? Grist deputy food editor Bonnie Powell lays it out in a Reuters op-ed.
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Midwestern wine makers have it tough — but neighbors can make it tougher
In 1999, there were three grape vineyards in Iowa. Now there are 230. But each could be wiped out by a commonly applied pesticide called 2, 4-D.
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Do locavores really need math lessons?
Are locavores wrong in thinking they're helping to save the planet, as a recent NYT op-ed challenged? Experts James McWilliams, Anna Lappe, and others weigh in.
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Michael Pollan on egg recall and the high costs of cheap food
CNN's Sanjay Gupta asks Michael Pollan, the food movement's egghead-in-chief, whether it's worth it to pay more for eggs.
