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From sniper to farmer: Veteran redefines patriotism [VIDEO]
After six tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, this wounded combat veteran is raising chickens as a way to serve his country.
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Insult to injury: How the House snuck protection for GMOs into its farm bill
On top of huge cuts to food stamps and big giveaways to Big Ag, the just-passed House farm bill also includes a special provision to protect the biotech industry.
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Why we must fight for Canada’s greatest triumph, the apple that won’t brown
The apple industry wants to stop the introduction of an apple that won't brown. Why? Because it wants you to fail.
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New York City’s rooftop farms would have prevented the existence of Green Acres
Whether or not that is a good thing is a matter of opinion.
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Easiest trivia question ever: What country buys the most soda?
The answer will not surprise you. But the amount of energy contained in our soda purchases might.
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Eating this burger automatically makes you a dick
The 666 Burger truck sells a $666 burger called the Doucheburger, and it's full -- appropriately -- of things you will only eat if you're a douche.
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Top chefs go to ‘food policy boot camp’
Chefs as sustainability advocates? Absolutely, says the James Beard Foundation, which invited 15 chefs to take a deep dive into issues of antibiotic overuse and the farm bill earlier this week.
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These dreamlike landscapes are made out of food
When artist Eszter Burghardt went hiking in Iceland, the geology there reminded her of cake — so she decided to reproduce it using food. The picture above isn’t a tilt-shifted […]
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Vandana Shiva talks with Bill Moyers about the food system [VIDEO]
In this interview clip, scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva recommends asking oneself daily: "Where am I complicit in the war against the earth?"
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Researchers find link between drug-resistant bladder infections and poultry antibiotics
This is not the first example of a link between livestock antibiotics and drug-resistance in human infections, but it's a remarkable one.