Articles by Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.
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Lay off the almond milk, you ignorant hipsters
Water down and package a food that's perfectly fine as is? That's just nuts.
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Our alarming food future, explained in 7 charts
The takeaway on food from the National Climate Assessment: As the temperature goes up, crop yields will go down.
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California farmers: Drill, baby, drill (for water, that is)
Here's why the agricultural industry's response to water shortages may be a recipe for disaster.
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Iowa is getting sucked into scary, vanishing gullies
The gullies are essentially pipelines that move prime soil (and herbicides and pesticides) from fields into streams.