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• Ask Umbra’s video advice on grilling 1

  Posted 1 day, 12 hours ago by Umbra Fisk

  Umbra cooks up juicy tips to make this summer’s cookouts the greenest yet Read More

• Weight of the world

  No healthcare reform without food-system reform 4

  Posted 2 days, 16 hours ago by Tom Laskawy

  Overweight and obesity rates continue to rise, pushed up by a tsunami of cheap calories. Time to reform the food system?  Read More

• Edible media

  The WaPo serves up a food-politics column 2

  Posted 2 days, 13 hours ago by Tom Philpott

  The Washington Post recently rolled out a new food-politics column. Tom Philpott rolls out the welcome mat. Read More

• Size does matter

  Starbucks brews global green-building plan, renovates Seattle shop 1

  Posted 3 days, 12 hours ago by Sarah van Schagen

  Stroll into the newly renovated Starbucks coffeehouse in Seattle's University Village and the décor may feel more familiar than you'd expect. It's part of an effort to create a shared sense of community while reducing impact on the planet -- all by sourcing materials locally. Read More

• Where's the beef?

  Food-safety legislation leaves gaping hole for meat giants 0

  Posted 3 days, 16 hours ago by Tom Philpott

  After a massive "voluntary" recall of E. coli-tainted beef--three months after it emerged into supermarkets and restaurants--Tom Philpott got to wondering how food-safety legislation would affect meat regulation. Turns out, not at all.

   

   

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• Heavy on the Ice, Light on the Cream

  A review of six non-dairy ice creams 25

  Posted 3 days, 19 hours ago by Kate Sheppard

  Can soy, rice, and coconut concoctions live up to dairy-based frozen desserts? A Grist-commissioned tasting panel finds out. Read More

• Meat wagon

  E. coli O157 comes back with a vengeance, and other nasty toxins in meat 3

  Posted 4 days, 8 hours ago by Tom Philpott

  In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat and livestock industries. This time, we've got some real whoppers (so to speak). Read More

• A Can of Worms

  California is new front line of BPA fight 1

  Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago

  California is at the forefront of the fight to protect young children from exposure to BPA. A bill authored by Democratic state Sen. Fran Pavley would essentially ban BPA in products such as baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula and baby food jars designed for children ages three and younger. Read More

• Irrational Corn Growers Association

  Farm lobby: Shoot the climate bill, but keep the Peterson goodies 3

  Posted 1 week ago by Tom Philpott

  Big Ag's going schizo on climate legislation: the lobby wants to preserve the concessions won by Collin Peterson, but kill the overall bill. Reminds Tom Philpott of the time he got mugged in Mexico City. Read More

• More sin taxes, please

  USDA food-desert report points to need for a soda tax 4

  Posted 1 week ago by Tom Laskawy

  The USDA's recent report on "food deserts" made the the food-politics blogospere bloom with opinions on how to improve low-income people's diets. Tom Laskawy adds his.  Read More

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