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Why do we turn up our noses at eating bugs?
The lines we draw around what's acceptable to put in our mouths have more to do with culture and climate than with science or nutrition.
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To make meat greener, make it more efficiently
The planet isn't going vegetarian. But we could make all that meat a lot more efficiently, and less wastefully.
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Grow better veggies with LED lights
It's a SAD lamp, but for tomatoes.
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What’s it like to watch a slaughter?
A visit to the UC-Davis slaughterhouse to watch the transition from livestock to meat offers some lessons in anxiety and respect.
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The California drought is killing almond trees, too
That's right: We're talking about almonds and California again, folks, but bear with us.
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It’s hard to order sustainable fish. This campaign could change that
Oceana wants the federal government to implement a new policy that would require a different name for each species of fish.
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John Oliver wants America to clean its plate
The Last Week Tonight host says we have an embarrassing food waste problem.
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Climate change is a real (Canadian) peach
On the sweeter side of climate change, Canadians are now growing grapes and peaches.
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Want to know why U.S. tomatoes suck? Because we don’t care about flavor
The cost of being a thrifty grocery shopper: crappy tomatoes.
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This seaweed tastes like bacon. We repeat: This seaweed tastes like bacon
Finally, bacon can get stop getting a bum rap for crushing vegetarian dreams.
