Climate Food and Agriculture
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We can fix the Gulf dead zone — for $2.7 billion a year
It will cost $2.7 billion to stop dumping fertilizer in the Mississippi, where it ends up killing off everything in the Gulf of Mexico. And it's worth it.
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Beef: Still what’s for dinner, still controversial
Are cows destroying the climate? And is grass-fed even worse than grain-fed beef? We take a look at "Defending Beef" by Nicolette Hahn Niman.
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Bad news for wheat and eaters everywhere
Production of wheat -- one of the world’s most important staple crops -- is set to fall by 6 percent for every 1 degree C rise in temperature.
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Congress wants you to know that food has nothing (nothing!) to do with the environment
When a group of government-appointed nutritionists tried to warn Americans that their eating choices have consequences, lawmakers bit back.
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Delicious recipes to beet your winter blues
The many ways to get through an overload of beets, starting with this bright salad.
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Hear that? That’s the sound of the ocean dying
A quarter of the fish we eat rely on healthy coral reefs -- so it's bad news for us when reefs the world over start to go quiet.
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Have a guilt-free Thanksgiving with these tips and recipes
It's time to loosen your belt and dig in.
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Even this organic advocate thinks African farmers need herbicide
The hard truth for poor farmers is that the organic method can cost too much and fail to deliver higher yields, according to a new paper from an expert on the ground.
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Are your urban veggies really toxic?
A recent Cornell study found alarming levels of lead in NYC-grown vegetables. Should we be freaked?
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Watch out, NYC, your backyard carrots might be pumped full of lead
The study found five out of seven garden plots had unsafe levels of toxic metals in the soil. Gulp.
