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No country for poor (wo)men Higher food prices likely mean more health problems for low-income folks	Tom Philpott	13 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: economy, food, environmental justice (all these topics)

Siding with the Bushies? Why a Bush veto of the farm bill is bad for the food movement (and the world)	Elanor Starmer	12 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Flex and Effects Umbra on plastic bottles and BPA	Umbra Fisk	12 May 2008	Ask Umbra

Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, health, toxics (all these topics)

Farm Team Timothy LaSalle of Rodale on the surprising climate benefits of organic farming	Anna Lappé	09 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: agriculture, climate, food, interview, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

A vegetarian plea for peace	David Roberts	09 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: vegetarianism and veganism, food (all these topics)

Congress (almost) passes a farm bill; Bush vows to veto How should sustainable-food advocates respond to the latest farm bill proposal?	Tom Philpott	08 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, organic food, food, agriculture, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Liquid Gold How to use extra-virgin olive oils, from the extraordinary to the merely wonderful	Roz Cummins	08 May 2008	'Tis the Season

Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Tasty justice People's Grocery is rebuilding food connections in West Oakland	Erik Hoffner	08 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: California, environmental justice, food, health, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Better homes and gardens The NYT on urban farming	Tom Philpott	08 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, food, local food, placemaking, sustainable ag, urban planning (all these topics)

Bad News, Bees Honeybee hives in U.S. seeing continued decline, survey says		07 May 2008	News
Posted at 7:17 AM on 07 May 2008 Honeybee populations in the United States continued their decline last year, according to a survey of bee health by the Apiary Inspectors of America; U.S. commercial beekeepers saw the loss of 36 percent more hives than last year. "For two years in a row, we've sustained a substantial loss," said Dennis van Engelsdorp of AIA. "That's an astonishing number. Imagine if one o ...
Topics: agriculture, food, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Rocket Bottle EPA not super-interested in keeping rocket fuel out of drinking water		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 3:53 PM on 06 May 2008 There is a "distinct possibility" that the U.S. EPA will pass on restricting perchlorate in the nation's water supplies, an agency official said Tuesday. Perchlorate, a rocket fuel ingredient that has been found at some 400 places in 35 states, can muck up normal thyroid function. But Benjamin Grumbles, the EPA assistant administrator for water, told the Senate Environm ...
Topics: food, news, politics, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

The mirror, not Malthus The rhetoric of population in the hunger crisis	Sharon Astyk	01 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, climate, environmental justice, food, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

The Fertile Depressant Nitrogen fertilizer is in short supply		30 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 5:02 PM on 30 Apr 2008 Yet another phenomenon tightly tied to soaring food prices: the price and availability of fertilizer. Global consumption of cheap chemical fertilizer has leapt an estimated 31 percent from 1996 to 2008, boosting modern agriculture around the world. But now, fertilizer is pricey and in short supply, leaving farmers scrambling to sufficiently feed their crops. "Putting fertilizer on the ground on a ...
Topics: agriculture, food, news (all these topics)

Delicious dish Jake Gyllenhaal to open organic restaurant	Sarah van Schagen	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, food, green living, Los Angeles, organic food (all these topics)

Aw, Shucks Food prices are high, and so are Big Ag's profits		30 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 10:29 AM on 30 Apr 2008 Food prices hitting you hard in the pocketbook? Agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland feels for you, it really does -- but gee, its profits jumped 42 percent this quarter, so it can't really empathize. ADM's grain-processing division is doing lively business keeping up with the bumper corn crop. And, they'll have you know, high food prices are due to high oil prices, not to the ethanol push. Backing ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, business, energy, food, industrial ag, news (all these topics)

You Animals! Independent report calls for major reforms to industrial animal farming		30 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 5:51 AM on 30 Apr 2008 Photo: FarmSanctuary.org Industrial animal farming in the United States needs to make many major reforms in order to protect public health and the environment, an independent two-and-a-half-year study by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has concluded. The report criticized the widespread use of antibiotics to promote animal growth, sa ...
Topics: agriculture, food, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Bush goes dark green, endorses local food Nonsensical nuggets from the prez's press conference	Joseph Romm	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: food, George Bush, local food, politics (all these topics)

Perry and Thrust U.S. should back off from biofuels to bring down food prices, says Texas guv		28 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:56 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Has the U.S. push for biofuels contributed to rising global food prices? Well, yes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday: "There has been apparently some effect, unintended consequence from the alternative fuels effort." But, she hastened to add, "biofuels continue to be an extremely important piece of the alternative energy picture" and & ...
Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, economy, energy, food, news, politics, state politics, Texas (all these topics)

Food crisis resolved! Let's raze more Amazon rainforest!	Tom Philpott	28 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, biofuels, Brazil, deforestation, food, rainforests (all these topics)

Putting Down Roots Ousted L.A. gardeners continue to farm		28 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 28 Apr 2008 In June 2006, a land dispute led to the shutdown of the South Central Community Garden in Los Angeles. Weeks of protest and tree-sitting by celebrities and regular folk proved unfruitful, and the 14-acre garden, tended by 350 low-income families in the middle of one of L.A.'s poorest neighborhoods, was bulldozed. Nearly two years later, with legal wrangling over the land's ownership ongoing, the gardeners ...
Topics: agriculture, California, food, gardening, Los Angeles, news, placemaking, sustainable ag (all these topics)

There is no food shortage A gap between rich and poor makes free markets fail	Michael Tobis	28 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, environmental justice, food, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Notable quotable(s) Food vs. fuel edition	Tom Philpott	25 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, biofuels, food, quotables (all these topics)

Sticker shock! What's causing the sudden run-up in food prices?	Tom Philpott	25 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, economy, energy, food (all these topics)

Say goodbye to 'cides Home Depot announces an end to traditional pesticide sales in Canada	Fawn Pattison	25 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, Canada, food, gardening, toxics (all these topics)

The Betty Crocker's Cookbook of low-carbon living	JMG	24 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: food, books, green living, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

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