food
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CAFO conviction: Court holds factory farm accountable for water pollution
A community nonprofit in Washington successfully sued a factory farm owner, resulting in the first-ever ruling holding a CAFO accountable for its pollution.
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Pollan’s Food Rules, animated. With vegetables
This video uses vegetables -- so many, many awesome vegetables -- to illustrate Michael Pollan's Food Rules.
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Algae whiz: Growing protein with fewer resources
Scientists say feeding livestock algae-based protein could save resources and make the meat industry less of a climate disaster, all while absorbing carbon. Could it be too good to be true?
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Protein: We only serve white meat here [Excerpt]
In this excerpt from his latest book, "Folks, This Ain't Normal," Polyface farmer Joel Salatin discusses the mismatch between today’s fast food industry and the local food system.
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Breaking through the myths: New book seeks to redefine urban farming
The Breaking Through Concrete crew is back, and now they have a book that chronicles urban farming around the U.S.
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Breaking Through Concrete [SLIDESHOW]
Get the lay of the urban farm land with these striking photos from Kansas City, Santa Cruz, and everywhere in between.
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Never mind the meat — worry about eating enough plants
Tired of hearing that "complete protein" has to come from animals? A nutritionist takes on that argument and says plant-based phytonutrients might be more important anyway.
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Farmers advance in their suit against Monsanto
In one corner you have the biotech seed giant, in the other you have 83 non-GMO seed producers, farmers, and agricultural organizations who want Monsanto to stop suing and threatening them.
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Farm Bill update: Fewer secrets, more hard work
The Secret Farm Bill process is long over and the Senate Ag Committee has scheduled its first round of Farm Bill hearings. So where should the sustainable food community put its attention now?