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Cooking oil

Can you taste the fuels in your food? 5
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago By Amanda Little To see fossil fuels in action on a farm, Amanda Little paid a visit to a Kansas corn grower and hitched a ride in his high-tech tractor. This is the fourth installment in a series of exclusive excerpts from Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to the Renewable Future.
Weed Whacking

The chemical treadmill breaks down and the superweeds did it 7
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago By Tom Laskawy Tom Philpott has been tracking the rise of so-called "superweeds" -- i.e. herbicide-resistant weeds -- for a while now. He's talked about the chemical treadmill -- "the situation wherein weeds and other pests develop resistance to poisons, demanding ever higher doses of old poisons and constant development of novel ones."
Bioreactor reaction

Gulf dead zone fix falls flat 6
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago By Erik Hoffner It's good to see a big Midwest "land grant" agricultural program that's concerned about the Gulf Dead Zone, and upper Midwest farms' large contribution to it.
Notable quotable

War is peace; chemical ag is sustainable ag 1
Posted 2 months ago By Tom Philpott
The pen is mightier than agri-business

Why are (some) farmers afraid of Michael Pollan? 26
Posted 2 months ago By Jim Goodman Author Michael Pollan is no stranger to controversy. He has broadened the discussion of what we eat, where and how it is grown, big vs. small, organic farming vs. conventional. When he speaks some in the audience will love him, some will not.
TRAY CHIC

Ask Umbra’s video advice on making lunch matter 0
Posted 2 months ago By Umbra Fisk Common wisdom tells us there’s no free lunch. But you can have a guilt-free lunch, thanks to Umbra Fisk’s recipe for midday munchers everywhere. You won’t have to swallow your pride -- you can eat well, save money, and help this juicy planet we call home.
Alfred E. Neuman now leads the AFB

Big Ag on climate change: “What, me worry?” 0
Posted 2 months ago By Tom Laskawy On the grave effects of climate change on agriculture, especially the triple threat of "droughts, bugs and big storms."
No, Impact, Man

No Impact Man talks about making an impact 3
Posted 2 months ago By Jonathan Hiskes A conversation with Colin Beavan on life after the No Impact year and why everyone should be nicer to him.
Open Letter to Editors of 'The Nation'

‘Nation’ misses golden opportunity to highlight workers’ voices 2
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Sean Sellers The food movement is slowly waking up to the fact that it has long treated the workers who plant and pick our food as if they were invisible. So it was with great anticipation that I read The Nation's food issue, sure that a magazine with such a solid commitment to worker dignity would drive home the message that human and labor rights are integral to true sustainability.
Champagne and real pain

Big Ag places a foot soldier at the U.S. Trade Office—but loses a GMO court battle 2
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago By Tom Philpott If you run a globe-spanning, U.S.-centered agribusiness firm, you're probably not sure whether to cry in your Krug or toast with it this week.