food
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Good menhaden are hard to find
The Atlantic population of these tiny but important fish is under dire threat -- and the repercussions for entire ecosystems are vast. Will the commission tasked with protecting them bump up conservation efforts in time?
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Don't worry, Stephen Colbert, your school lunch potatoes are safe
The risk that potatoes might be restricted in school lunches sent Stephen Colbert into a twitching, shouting anxiety spiral. But all is well, Stephen -- your tater tots will remain unmolested! The Senate voted down a measure that would have limited starchy vegetables to one cup per student per week. ("Starchy vegetables" includes corn. Just saying.)
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Haute cuisine gone green: James Beard Foundation focuses on sustainability
Do the James Beard Foundation's new sustainability awards signal a change for the better in the culinary world, a new form of food greenwashing, or something in between?
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Is the company behind GMO salmon the next Solyndra?
With the FDA only weeks away from announcing official approval of GMO salmon, parent company AquaBounty is struggling to stay afloat.
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Fumigation nation: Battling pesticide use in California
In this dispatch from the nation's produce capital, we find school teachers, farmers, activists, and scientists working together to combat methyl iodide, and seeking out alternatives to all toxic fumigants.
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Queer as farm folk: Can the LGBT community save sustainable farming?
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community has a history of organizing collectively and revitalizing urban spaces. Can they do the same for small-scale farming?
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Food justice — for Navina Khanna, it's what's for dinner
Meet the first member of the Change Gang, a group of people leading change on the ground toward a more sustainable society and greener planet.
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Food Studies: Canvolution!
Canning is hip again, a century after it first caught on -- but for very different reasons.
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The unmasking of a school lunch hero: Mrs. Q speaks
Now that her book, Fed Up with Lunch, is out, the teacher who blogged her way through a year of eating school lunch finally comes clean.