food
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Killer cuisine: Can hunting help us make better food choices?
Think hunting is just for middle-aged guys who don't care about greening our food system? Chef and author Georgia Pellegrini begs to differ.
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Faraway farms: Chronicling urban agriculture around the world
Filmmaker Karney Hatch set out to document urban farming outside the U.S. Here's a sneak preview of what he found.
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Trans fats linked to acting like a jerk
When New York City banned trans fats from local restaurants in 2006, it was trying to make its citizens healthier. Trans fatty acids — which, you’ll recall, are a type of unsaturated fat almost exclusively found in processed food — have a number of proven health effects, including raising bad cholesterol and lowering good cholesterol simultaneously. […]
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Tapped out: Water in California’s farm country is dangerously polluted
A new report details California's nitrate pollution problem -- and the expensive, potentially deadly impact it will have on the people who live in our nation's most productive farming region.
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Indoor farm in Brooklyn helps feed hundreds of families
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, an increasingly hip but historically low-income Brooklyn neighborhood, one food pantry is also an indoor farm. The New York Daily News visited the Child Development Support Corporation, where every Thursday morning clients harvest lettuce, bok choy, and collard greens that help feed hundreds of families. Right now the greens are all grown hydroponically […]
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Critical List: How red meat will kill you; Bo Obama photobomb
Eating red meat is really, REALLY bad for you, according to a study conducted by cows. I mean researchers at Harvard Medical School. Twin Creeks Technologies can make thin, bendable layers of silicon just 20 microns thick. So what? So cheaper solar panels, that’s what. In northern states, the amount of land covered in forest […]
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Eggs: The poor man’s protein [Recipes]
Eggs make a great addition to any plant-based meal. And they're the most affordable way to eat pastured protein.
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More evidence that grocery stores alone won’t solve the obesity crisis
It tuns out proximity to grocery stores might not influence people's actual eating habits.
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Rancher sticks up for animals in factory farm country
Farmer and strongman Kevin Fulton has taken on the admirable if unenviable task of bridging conventional agriculture and animal rights.