Climate Food and Agriculture
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The ultimate guilt-free diet: Hunting invasive species
Author and hunter Jackson Landers talks about how a steady diet of unwanted plants and animals can help solve some of today's most pressing environmental dilemmas.
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Singapore now has a commercial vertical farm
The farm grows three kinds of vegetables, which is a very welcome development for a small, land-poor country.
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Fallen arches: McDonald’s sales slump blamed on food costs, smarter customers
With sales lagging, and a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of why consumers are losing trust in its products, McDonlad's plans to highlight its cheapest, least healthy foods.
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The $41 million corporate ad blitz that is taking down California’s GMO labeling
Support for Proposition 37 is slipping, thanks to propaganda funded by Monsanto, Dupont, Nestle, Conagra ... you get the picture.
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Corn maze: There is no ‘simple fix’ for commodity farming
Recent evidence that growing a diversity of crops would solve many of Big Ag's problems is encouraging, but it will take a larger shift in the culture of commodity farming to see any real results.
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How eating more whole fish can change your life
Eating whole, small fish like herring can help save the ocean and become a lifelong adventure. Author Maria Finn explains how changing your relationship to seafood can change your life.
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Pacific fish from Japan to Oregon still radioactive from Fukushima fallout
From Fukushima to Oregon, Pacific fish are still hurting from last March's nuclear fallout.
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The newest gourmet coffee is made out of elephant poop
You can pay $50 for the privilege of drinking coffee made from beans that an elephant shit out. Or you could just buy yourself a pair of pants.
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Feed your soil — and the rest will follow
What absorbs water, nutrients, and CO2, while helping even the biggest corn and soy farms hurdle many of the most pressing climate obstacles? Healthy soil, that's what.
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Help sponsor food justice for only 10 cents a day
A new report out today (Food Day!) shows a $2.55 minimum wage increase would just barely impact food costs for American families.