Climate Food and Agriculture
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Grist has acquired the archive and brand assets of The Counter, a decorated nonprofit food and agriculture publication that we long admired, but that sadly ceased publishing in May of 2022.
The Counter had hit on a rich vein to report on, and we’re excited to not only ensure the work of the staffers and contractors of that publication is available for posterity, but to build on it. So we’re relaunching The Counter as a food and agriculture vertical within Grist, continuing their smart and provocative reporting on food systems, specifically where it intersects with climate and environmental issues. We’ve also hired two amazing new reporters to make our plan a reality.
Being back on the food and agriculture beat in a big way is critical to Grist’s mission to lead the conversation, highlight climate solutions, and uncover environmental injustices. What we eat and how it’s produced is one of the easiest entry points into the wider climate conversation. And from this point of view, climate change literally transforms into a kitchen table issue.
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Strawberry lovers rejoice: Methyl iodide off the market for now
After a series of recent blows within the California agriculture community, the makers of this controversial pesticide say the U.S. market isn't "economically viable."
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Make yourself useful: Five food actions in five minutes
We've collected some of the most important things you can do to speak up for a greener food system right now.
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Pig ears and donkey butts: 5 foods that could save the world
The host of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods wants you to eat some pretty strange dishes in the name of saving the environment.
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Despite the headlines, Big Ag subsidies aren’t going anywhere
Is crop insurance just another way to say "handouts for Big Ag"? Or is it an excuse to send taxpayer dollars to overseas insurance giants? Our sources say it's both.
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Max Cadji: Worms against the philanthro-pimps!
A food activist brings lessons learned in the Peace Corps and Madagascar back to the San Francisco Bay Area in a quest to create businesses that can thrive without grants.
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Mutant carrots only want to love you
Awwwwww! Or possibly aaaauuuuuugh!
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Study: GMO crops are killing butterflies
We’re all familiar with Big Ag’s bad reputation of picking on small-scale and organic farmers. Now Monsanto and its cronies are beating up an even more innocuous set of victims: beautiful, defenseless monarch butterflies.
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‘Pink slime’ is the tip of the iceberg: Look what else is in industrial meat
Think added ammonia is bad? Try pool disinfectant, fabric bleach, and a variety of germicides!
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Touring Joseph’s fields and cooking South Carolina gold [VIDEOS]
The Perennial Plate crew takes a tour of a South Carolina farm and makes a meal with chef Sean Brock.
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McDonald’s sets itself up for a new social media fail
Sure, McDonald’s got bitten on the ass last time it tried to tick “leverage social media” off its corporate to-do list. But what is it supposed to do, learn? Apparently not, since it’s back in the Twitter game, and this time it’s chosen a hashtag that sounds filthy even before the haters get their hands on it.
