food
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Can the University of California make campus food sustainable?
A look at what it will take to get the behemoth University of California system to move its cafeterias and fast food franchises toward sustainability.
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Farm bill fail: Is food policy headed back to the future?
If Congress can't pass a new farm bill by September, farm policy will default to a 1949 version of the bill that was constructed for a very different America.
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The big blue: Can deepwater fish farming be sustainable?
An experimental fish farm floating off the Big Island of Hawaii has the whole world watching.
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New film looks at eating and growing local food in Alabama
The filmmaker behind Eating Alabama talks about industrial chicken farming, rural food access, and what it will take to create a local food economy in the deep South.
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Here’s how to never get cancer
Over at Jezebel, the inestimable Lindy West has noticed just how many foods, chemicals, and habits are reported give you cancer, and she’s figured out how to dodge them all. She walks us through a day of her cancer-free lifestyle, from waking up in a windowless apartment in Singapore (lower rates of cancer in women) […]
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This recipe could change the way you look at rice
Brown rice is healthier and better for the planet than white rice. So why don't more of us cook it?
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Strawberry lovers rejoice: Methyl iodide off the market for now
After a series of recent blows within the California agriculture community, the makers of this controversial pesticide say the U.S. market isn't "economically viable."
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Make yourself useful: Five food actions in five minutes
We've collected some of the most important things you can do to speak up for a greener food system right now.
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The man who blew the whistle on ‘pink slime’
Glad to see so many people talking about getting ammonia-treated beef trimmings out of school lunch? You have this former Beef Products Inc. employee to thank.