Climate Food and Agriculture
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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.
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My daughter, the grass-fed rib-eye fanatic
Of all the things a daughter could be addicted to -- drugs, sex, texting -- steak doesn't seem so bad. But this could be a very expensive habit.
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Jamie Oliver wins Emmy for 'Food Revolution'
Amazingly, given the absence of Snooki or dancing routines, Jamie Oliver won an Emmy Saturday for Outstanding Reality TV Program.
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From Motown to Growtown: The greening of Detroit
Where factories once flourished, hope sprouts in Detroit's urban gardens and farms, and projects like Greening Detroit.
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With salmonella recall expanding to half a billion eggs, it's time to rethink ‘efficiency'
No one can say the egg industry isn't efficient. With the 10 largest producers owning 135 million hens, they can poison millions in a single swoop.
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More research linking pesticide exposure to ADHD in kids
UC Berkeley researchers have been studying the relationship between pesticide exposure and attention problems in children living in California's Salinas Valley, aka America's "Lettuce Bowl." Not surprisingly, they're at much higher risk for ADHD.
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New York City food pantries linking those in need with local farm-fresh produce
Local Produce Link enables food pantries to get the same locally grown, farm fresh, and sometimes organic produce as posh Manhattan restaurants. And their clients, young and old, get to visit farms to see where that fresh food comes from.
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A ‘habitual offender' unleashes nearly half a billion salmonella-tainted eggs
Jack DeCoster, the man behind the company responsible for the vast egg recall, has a record of environmental and human-rights abuses dating to the 90s
