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A helpful compendium of all of the recent stories about our friend the drought
Given all of the news stories about the drought, we figured a handy index was in order. Please print out and carry with you.
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This Auto-Tuned tribute to Five Guys will make you want a fast food burger
Of course, you only eat organic CSA vegetables, beef you’ve been introduced to by name, and pork hand-reared by a little girl named Fern. But if you want to make a […]
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Freaky food sculptures will make you think twice about lunch meat
Artist Dmitry Tsykalov does some freaky things with meat. If you’re unlucky, his anatomical sculptures will make you feel pretty weird about eating things like lunch meat, shrimp, hot dogs, […]
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This video about GMOs is like watching your dad rap
If you’re against GMOs, but you don’t want to have to go through your full spiel every time you get in an argument, good news: You can now just subject […]
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Swimming in seafood ratings — but what’s the real impact?
Seafood rating systems to guide consumer choices are everywhere, but the jury is still out on whether we should give them credit for rebounding fish populations.
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Don’t box me in: The unstoppable growth of CSA-style produce delivery
What started as an intimate, two-way connection between farms and locavores has spurred a much wider approach to produce delivery. But does bringing organic food to the masses dilute real community-supported agriculture?
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Paris is building a crazy-looking indoor banana farm
Man, Parisians are so grabby. They already have the Eiffel Tower, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Grey Poupon, and now they’re going to have locally grown bananas too? Parisians at the […]
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Pesticide-resistant insects add insult to drought injury
Monsanto's GMO corn is succumbing to corn rootworms, the exact insects it was designed to kill. And the drought in the Midwest is only making things worse.
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New Agtivist: From backyard farmer to community visionary in Oakland
With a farm store and a 220-acre project in the works, City Girl Farms founder Abeni Ramsey is pushing the urban agriculture envelope in Oakland and beyond.
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Paul Ryan used to drive the Wienermobile
Romney's VP pick has driven one of the most intrinsically funny objects on Earth.
