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Should the food movement push for better jobs too?
As students rally for farmworkers and unions reach out to foodies, a new report asks: What would it take for the food and labor movements to truly combine forces?
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Better than a reusable coffee cup: An edible coffee cup made out of a cookie
It’s all the rage lately to deliver food in edible packaging, because if you eat the container, there’s no waste to dispose of — no paper coffee cup, no plastic […]
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This mobile restaurant brings the table to the farm
This mobile-home-as-restaurant might have won the war for most local food ever. Instead of bringing the farm to the table, the Buijtenkitchen is bringing the table to the farm. It’s […]
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Meatless Monday suggestion causes D.C. to have a cow
The USDA's internal suggestion that people cut back on meat basically is the worst thing that ever happened to our nation.
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Online marketplace set to launch local food vendors into the mainstream
As the tech world rushes to fill the local food space, a team of industry veterans has launched Good Eggs, a site to help small vendors scale up.
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Heavy metal fish: How mercury ends up on your plate
How do we reduce our exposure to mercury? The answer requires both difficult changes to the world’s energy supply and simpler consumer choices.
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Ex-McDonald’s exec opens a healthy fast food restaurant
Mike Roberts, former president and CEO of McDonald's, co-founded Lyfe Kitchen, a restaurant that aims to do healthy food on a fast-food scale.
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Food mega-wholesaler Sysco pledges to liberate pigs from crates
The last year has seen a wave of companies reject one of the worst factory farm practices out there. But Sysco's pledge might have the most impact yet.
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Half of Americans drink at least one glass of soda every day
Gallup has discovered a great divide in American society: There are those of us who drink soda and those of us who do not, and the country’s split almost exactly […]
