Articles by Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.
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Time to get tough with BP on dispersants
As of June 9, BP had applied at least 1.1 million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants to address its ongoing oil leak in the Gulf. That’s the most that has […]
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Quarter water, man!: Eating cheap in the inner city [VIDEO]
With an antic spirit and some NSFW language, Bronx denizens Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam document food culture in New York City’s “bodegas” — corner stores in which fresh food […]
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Florida’s poisoned farmworkers, chefs schooled, Big Food’s raking it in
When my info-larder gets too packed, it’s time to serve up some choice nuggets from around the Web. Get ’em while they’re hot. The fruits of industrial agricultureIn the Atlantic, […]
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How the agrichemical industry turns failure into market opportunity
It’s always blue skies for the agrichemical industry Monsanto rolled out seeds genetically engineered to withstand its Roundup herbicide back in the mid-1990s. Today, Roundup Ready crops blanket U.S. farmland. […]
