food
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USDA chief visits with Stephen Colbert, brings cheese
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack makes an appearance on the Colbert Report, parries the comedian's pointed policy questions, and delivers a strangely familiar cheese sculpture.
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WikiLeaks: State Dept. wants intel on African acceptance of GMOs
State Department documents released by WikiLeaks reveal insight into how deep the U.S. government's commitment to genetically engineered crops really is.
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How do you eat well? Share your 'food rules'
Culture has much to teach us about how to choose, prepare, and eat food. I'm collecting and preserving more of this wisdom before it disappears, in an expanded edition of my last book.
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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Weeks 23 & 24: Some unsavory choices
Local, seasonal CSA produce is autumnal cornucopia. It's time for the Urbivore to get roasting -- but what happens when she can't take a turnip and finds her sense of wonder wounded by a worm?
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More revelations of FDA bad behavior around GE salmon
A second consumer advocacy group has obtained even more documentation that the FDA is ignoring serious concerns from government scientists over the safety of GE salmon. Perhaps it's time to rethink our fish priorities: some smoked Arctic char on that bagel, anyone?
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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Weeks 20-22: Cooking strike
I’ve spent very little quality time with the fruits and vegetables from the CSA of late except in their most simple form -- raw. But should I really be trying to eat turnip greens and sweet potatoes uncooked?
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SunChips bag not too noisy for Canadians
In America, the customer is always right. In Canada, companies apparently have the nerve to tell them they're wrong.
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In defense of candy
Americans don't eat too much candy. Our problem is that we consume too much candy masquerading as real food and beverages.
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What a 'sweet surprise'! HFCS contains more fructose than believed
A new study shows that assumptions about fructose/glucose ratios in high-fructose corn syrup have been way off. And since fructose is demonstrably worse for us than glucose, this could explain a lot.