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Pasta perfect: This Italian family grows heirloom grains
Italy is known for its pasta, but most flour in this country is homogenous and bleached. The Pedrini family grows heirloom grains through biodynamic farming.
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The people are hungry: The link between food and revolution
Rising food prices are one of the hidden causes of Egypt's conflict. And they'll keep fueling discontent until we come up with a better system.
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This is what a 37-year-old Twinkie looks like
Science teacher Robert Bennatti put this Twinkie on top of the intercom box in his classroom back in 1976. Today, it's still going strong.
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Now you can make alcoholic beverages out of used coffee grounds
Get those coffee grounds the hell out of the compost pile, because science has worked out how to transform them into booze.
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L.A. bar has water sommelier, water tasting menu, and a 45-page water menu
But does it taste better than cheap water??? Actually, no, apparently sometimes it tastes worse.
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Genetically modified seed research: What’s locked and what isn’t
When corporations patent genetically engineered seeds, how tightly do they tie the hands of scientists trying to test their safety?
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Company to start slaughtering horses next week, despite arson and lawsuit
The Valley Meat Co. in New Mexico plans to begin killing horses for meat, unswayed by a legal challenge and an apparent arson attack.
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Pesticides are blowing into California’s mountains, poisoning frogs
Agricultural chemicals are accumulating in frog tissue in the Sierra Nevadas -- the same kinds of chemicals that are sprayed over crops in California's Central Valley.
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Grow your own delicious bugs for snacks
The U.N. thinks you should eat more bugs, and University of Applied Arts graduate Katharina Unger is making it easy to grow them at home with her project Farm 432.
