Tagged with Food And Agriculture 
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Drinking problems
I drink raw milk (sold illegally on the underground market) 48
Posted 1 week ago
Isn't it curious that at this juncture in our culture's evolution, we collectively believe Twinkies, Lucky Charms, and Coca-Cola are safe foods, but compost-grown tomatoes and raw milk are not? With legislation moving through Congress demanding that all agricultural practices be "science-based," Joel Salatin believes our food system is at Wounded Knee.
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weasel in sheep's clothing
If you can’t beat ‘em, cheat ‘em 2
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago
Issue 2, on Ohio's ballot, is the livestock industry’s attempt to head off restrictions on their worst practices, such as tail docking, battery cages, and gestation crates
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Meatheads
Big meat tries to spin new antibiotics report [UPDATED] 2
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
The American Academy of Microbiologists (“the world’s oldest and largest life science organization”), just issued a major report on antibiotic resistance which, among many recommendations, calls for decreasing or eliminating the use of antibiotics in animal production.
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Department of bad jokes
CAFOs: ‘Above the Law’ like Steven Seagal? 4
Posted 3 weeks ago
What do CAFOs--that's concentrated-animal feedlot operations to you, punk--have to do with action-movie artiste Steven Seagal? That's for Tom Laskawy to know, and you to find out.
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Bubble Trouble
The soda wars heat up—and the possibilities are thrilling 9
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks agoFeel free to believe a soda tax won't solve obesity. But don't deny that its revenue will create all sorts of opportunities.
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The Agrichemical Revolutionary
Thoughts on the legacy of Norman Borlaug 14
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
One of the most ironic things about the obituaries celebrating Norman Borlaug is the idea that his agricultural innovations made countries like Mexico and India "self-sufficient" in food production. Actually, these nations became perilously dependent on foreign input suppliers for their food security.
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Notable Quotable
Marion Nestle takes on the “organics are elitist” meme 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago"If Congress were less beholden to corporations, we might be able to create a system that paid farmers and farm workers decently and sold organic foods at prices that everyone could afford."
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Reality bites
UPDATED: Never mind! Lead levels in White House soil “ridiculously low” for an urban garden 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Back when First Lady Michelle Obama planted her garden, the soil tested for slightly elevated lead levels -- not necessarily dangerous, but quite a bit higher than the amount considered the "normal" background soil lead level of 10 parts per million.
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Geopolitics of food
The great wealthy nation land-grab 3
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Globally, farmland -- and just as critically, water on that land -- is disappearing at an alarming rate. Approximately 50 million acres vanish each year to urbanization, population growth, and economic and industrial development. So what are countries doing in response?
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lies, damned lies and statistics
Adventures in the FUD-osphere 1
Posted 7 months ago
FDR must have been talking about the Internet when he famously said that we have nothing to fear but fear itself.But for our time, we need to update FDR: not just fear, but FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt).
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Crap and trade
Big Ag: give us carbon credit, but don’t cap our emissions 2
Posted 7 months ago
As Congress gears up to consider climate legislation, agribusiness is getting sweaty palms -- and for good reason.
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Cob Report
Cob Report 0
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Was It the Cowlick?
Was It the Cowlick? 0
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Situation Normal, All Ducked Up
Situation Normal, All Ducked Up 1
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To Catch a Leaf
To Catch a Leaf 0
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Won't You Be My Labor?
Won’t You Be My Labor? 0
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Well Aisle Be
Well Aisle Be 0
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central 0
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Up the Arsenic
Up the Arsenic 0
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Stuck in the Middle With Fruit
Stuck in the Middle With Fruit 0
Posted 4 years, 2 months ago