Articles by Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.
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Salmon surprise: House opposes FDA Frankenfish approval
The FDA is currently deliberating on whether to green-light genetically modified salmon and is widely expected to do just that sometime this year.
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Hey, Vilsack: Big Ag won't feed the world or make jobs
USDA secretary Tom Vilsack supports global Big Ag despite job loss, environmental dangers, threat to sustainable global farming.
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Poison apples bad for consumers, Snow White
Environmental Working Group sifts through USDA data to figure out which Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies deliver the most pesticides. This year's winner: apples
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Cheap food: Not what’s for dinner anymore?
Cheap food might go the way of cheap gas.Photo: Eddie SCross-posted from Mother Jones. Remember when gas was a dollar a gallon? The era of the fast-food “dollar menu” may be going the same way. Cheap food has been with us for a while. After World War II, global grain prices fell steadily for decades. […]
