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Seeds of doubt: why consumers weigh up GM produce – and turn it down
via The Conversation I harvested potatoes the other day. Each plant had two to three kilos of potatoes beautifully arranged just under the foliage. But if you believe this is natural, you are mistaken....
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The Meat Industry Is Killing Kids, Say Pediatricians | Mother Jones
But Jerome Paulson and Theoklis Zaoutis disagree. Pediatricians who serve on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Environmental Health, they have published a blunt report in the journal...
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(Yikes! Happy Thanksgiving?) E. coli outbreak linked to chicken salad sold at...
Rotisserie chicken salad sold at Costco Wholesale stores is likely the source of an E. coli outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Tuesday. Nineteen people have...
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Can eating less meat really tackle climate change?
via The Conversation With the food system accounting for up to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, anything that reduces its impact will make a big difference to the climate. It is a system......
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We’re Eating Less Meat—But Using More Antibiotics on Farms Than Ever | Mother...
Even more disheartening, medically important antibiotic use crept up 3 percent in 2014 compared with the previous year—despite the FDA’s effort to convince the industry to voluntarily ramp down...
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Cotton Is Piling Up at Warehouses Around the World – Bloomberg Business
World inventories at the end of this season will be the second-largest ever, just slightly less than last year’s record, according to a U.S Department of Agriculture forecast last week. That’s a signal...
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Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests
Vast quantities of fresh produce grown in the US are left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or hauled directly from the field to landfill, because of unrealistic and unyielding cosmetic standards,...
View ArticleFactory farming practices are under scrutiny again in N.C. after disastrous...
NEW BERN, N.C. – A filthy brown sea, a slurry of mud, debris, chemicals and waste, has overtaken miles of rural counties in North Carolina. Against the drab water, the shiny metal roofs of hog...
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