Soda Industry Cashes In on Gov...

May 20, 2013 by

The debate over dropping junk food from the nation’s biggest nutrition program..

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New Analysis of Wikileaks Show...

May 20, 2013 by

Back in December 2010, Wikileaks released thousands of cables between the US State Department..

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The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable...

May 20, 2013 by

Big business is making its way around the world like a modern-day Attila the Hun, pillaging and despoiling the planet.

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GOPer Thinks the Poor Should S...

May 20, 2013 by

Who Got Millions in Farm Subsidies

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9 Things You Should Know About...

May 20, 2013 by

The House and Senate will vote soon on the new bills — but there are important differences.

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Holland is better than we are ...

May 19, 2013 by

And they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go

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Green roofs don’t work unless ...

May 19, 2013 by

Don’t freak out, but there’s a problem with green roofs:

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Want healthier tomatoes? Grow ...

May 18, 2013 by

Relatively easy to grow and extremely versatile,..

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Undead farm bill: Everyone’s f...

May 18, 2013 by

While most of Washington, D.C., is consumed with the faux scandals du jour,…

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Genetically Modified Democracy...

May 17, 2013 by

Monsanto and Congress Move to Stomp on States’ Rights

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Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Ex...

May 17, 2013 by

You see, starting in about 2009, in the pits that capture manure under factory-scale hog farms..

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American Agriculture Is Under ...

May 17, 2013 by

The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill..

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Climate Change Impacts Ripple ...

May 17, 2013 by

With a limberness that defies his 69 years, Frank Mirarchi heaves himself over the edge of a concrete wharf ..

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Activists Prepare to March Aga...

May 16, 2013 by

..Vermont’s House of Representatives passed a bill on May 10 requiring foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled.

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How Monsanto Takes Away States...

May 16, 2013 by

Monsanto Is Using Cronies in Congress

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It’s Not Easy Being Gree...

May 16, 2013 by

As climate change worsens, the internal strains in the environmentalist movement are starting to show.

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Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant: Our C...

May 16, 2013 by

It’s not controversial pesticide-resistent crops that fuel Monsanto’s critics..

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U.N. to world: “Eat your insec...

May 15, 2013 by

“Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup.”

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Fisheries Plan Seeks To Replen...

May 15, 2013 by

European fisheries ministers agreed on Wednesday to end decades of overfishing..

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USDA Poultry Inspector Speaks ...

May 15, 2013 by

According to Sherry, the chemicals used in the plant where she inspects poultry have seriously impacted her health.

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Eating As Though the Environme...

May 15, 2013 by

Imagine taking 6-20 plates of food and dumping them in the trash,..

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Fast Food Workers Strike for H...

May 15, 2013 by

Milwaukee Makes Five (Cities So Far)

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Look Out: Corporations Promote...

May 15, 2013 by

If these resolutions passed, citizens would be asked to vote this dangerous language into our state constitution

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Food, Farms, Forests and Frack...

May 15, 2013 by

If ever there was a time for activist networks and the body politic to cooperate and unite forces, it’s now.

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This app helps you avoid suppo...

May 15, 2013 by

When shopping in any store that carries national brands..

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Local food fail: NYC paves ove...

May 14, 2013 by

Here’s the best way to start a visit to New York City’s New Amsterdam Market:

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Occupy the Farm movement rises...

May 14, 2013 by

A guerrilla veggie-growing occupation of university-owned land in Albany, Calif.,..

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Big Ag Wins This Round: Suprem...

May 14, 2013 by

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Indiana soy farmer’s argument against the agricultural giant.

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Vermont House passes GMO-label...

May 14, 2013 by

Members of the Vermont House think shoppers should be told which products contain GMOs.

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Don’t get backyard chickens un...

May 14, 2013 by

We are fans of Northwest Edible Life’s Erica Strauss.

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