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Corn waste-based ethanol could be worse for the climate than gasoline
Cellulosic ethanol was supposed to be a climate savior, but a new study casts doubt on that assumption.
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Now available: 29 flavors of open source seeds, sans patents
Wisconsin researchers release the first batch of seeds designed to propagate the old-fashioned notion of sharing.
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Vermont poised to mandate GMO labels on food
It will soon be the third state to require labels on genetically modified food -- and the first state willing to go there even if other states don't.
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No-till farming’s Johnny Appleseed — in a grimy Prius
Jeff Mitchell rides up and down California's Central Valley bearing a message: Farming without plowing saves soil and money.
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Fearless teenage fish don’t run from climate change, death
These acid-addled fish just want to watch the world burn.
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Conventional farmers drop their plows in favor of conservation
A visit to one mainstream California farm that has stopped plowing turns up a surprising reason for the increasingly common change: It comes with a dollar sign.
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The future of genetically modified plants could include potatoes with tiny hamburgers in the middle
Writer Daniel Berleant envisions the wacky future of food, including egg-sized sunflower seeds and watermelons that taste like nectarines.
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Droughts push beef prices to record highs
Mo' drought, moo problems. Hamburger and sirloins are more expensive than ever, and a shortage of cattle means a surplus of tumbleweeds.
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What “kalegate” taught us about New Orleans and food
You can talk all kinds of smack about New Orleans, but whatever you do, don't get mouthy about its greens.
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California farmers: Drill, baby, drill (for water, that is)
Here's why the agricultural industry's response to water shortages may be a recipe for disaster.
