Articles by Deena Shanker
Deena Shanker is a writer living in New York City. Follow her on Twitter at @deenashanker.
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Meet the woman behind the Newman’s Own Organics label
You might know her from the label on your favorite cookies, but Paul Newman's daughter is much more than a pretty face. In fact, she's a dyed-in-the-wool sustainable food advocate.
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Is the ‘natural’ label 100 percent misleading?
Do you let the words "all natural" sway your purchasing decisions? If so, you're not alone. Here's what the label really means (and doesn't).
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Online marketplace set to launch local food vendors into the mainstream
As the tech world rushes to fill the local food space, a team of industry veterans has launched Good Eggs, a site to help small vendors scale up.
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Saving surplus: Gleaned foods make it to the grocery shelf
Most farmers plan to plow a portion of their crops back under every year, but a new project in the Bay Area is stepping in to reduce food waste at the farm level.
