food
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New Agtivist: Colin Archipley is teaching soldiers to farm
This former Marine is part of the growing movement to fill the aging agriculture sector with returning soldiers who can benefit from focus, independence, and time outdoors.
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Bill Gates wants to solve hunger caused by climate change with GMOs
Gates has done his research on the problems climate change is already causing for the global food supply. But he thinks more GMOs, not holistic, soil-based climate change mitigation, is the answer.
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Monsanto’s new seeds could be a tech dead end
In response to Roundup-resistant "superweeds," Monsanto is rolling out a generation of seeds that will also withstand an old, toxic pesticide called 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange.
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1,000-pound butter sculpture will power farm for three days
Like deep-fried cake on a stick (or regional variants), butter sculpture is a staple of state fair tradition that will never go away even if it’s unnecessary and kinda gross. But at least the Pennsylvania state fair is using its behemoth butter statuary as a source of alternative energy.
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Lexicon of Sustainability: Mobile slaughterhouse
As the meat industry has grown more consolidated over the years, most small farms have had to truck their animals hundreds of miles to have them processed. Mobile slaughter trucks are a creative solution to this challenge.
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The facts of knife
The only thing separating you from eating sustainably on the cheap might be a nice, sharp blade -- and the knife skills to use it.
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Native American farmers share their stories [VIDEO]
On their way across North Carolina, Perennial Plate stopped to chat with some Native American farmers trying to change the food and work situation in their communities.
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32 million reasons to cheer new school lunch rules
They may not be perfect, but the new school meal standards will bring more whole grains and fruits and vegetables into the nation's schools.
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Oklahoma makes bold move to not eat human fetuses
Apparently the new hotness among Republicans is legislating against things that don't exist.