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I'd Like to Buy the Crops a Coke Indian farmers use Coca-Cola as a pesticide		02 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
I'd Like to Buy the Crops a Coke Indian farmers use Coca-Cola as a pesticide Urban legend has it that Coca-Cola works well to remove rust spots, clean corroded batteries, polish toilets, and -- we can confirm this one -- dissolve baby teeth that have fallen out of an innocent 5-year-old's mouth, thus yielding a lifelong terror of soft drinks. But Indian farmers have added another unexpected use to that list: The ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, India (all these topics)

Thank Your Lucky Starbucks Starbucks chief pushes for fair-trade, eco-friendly coffee		01 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Thank Your Lucky Starbucks Starbucks chief pushes for fair-trade, eco-friendly coffee Starbucks has served as a convenient target for the anti-globalization crowd, especially given that you can't throw a brick in some neighborhoods without breaking a Starbucks window. But CEO Orin Smith is fighting back against the company's bad reputation. He recently announced that, by 2007, Starbucks would attempt to procu ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Fish 'n' Chicks Study finds excessive mercury in 20 percent of women of childbearing age		22 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Fish 'n' Chicks Study finds excessive mercury in 20 percent of women of childbearing age A new Greenpeace-commissioned study on the correlation between fish consumption and levels of mercury in the body has produced interim results, and they may cause you to think twice about your next order of a tuna-salad sandwich. The study analyzed hair samples sent in by people, many of whom read about the study on the inter ...
Topics: food and agriculture, marine life, toxics (all these topics)

We Take Our Coffee Green Central American coffee industry rebounds by going green		19 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
We Take Our Coffee Green Central American coffee industry rebounds by going green A global surplus of coffee five years ago sent the Central American coffee industry into a tailspin, but it is gradually recovering by focusing on high-quality beans -- which in many cases means organically grown. In that rarest of things, a genuine win-win situation, the industry is being helped by an odd coalition including large U.S. ...
Topics: Central America, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Dairy Err Millions in California anti-pollution money went to, uh, pollution		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Dairy Err Millions in California anti-pollution money went to, uh, pollution Almost $70 million in California state bond money designated to fund industry pollution-reducing measures has gone to fund the expansion of polluting mega-dairies in the San Joaquin Valley, the nation's most polluted air basin. In each case, the Pollution Control Financing Authority approved tax-exempt, low-interest loans on the ba ...
Topics: air pollution, California, food and agriculture (all these topics)

Let a Thousand Species Bloom Organic farming increases biodiversity, research indicates		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Let a Thousand Species Bloom Organic farming increases biodiversity, research indicates According to the largest review yet done of studies comparing organic to conventional agriculture, organic farming increases biodiversity at every level, from bacteria to birds to mammals. The two groups that conducted the reviews -- English Nature, a government group, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds -- had no vested int ...
Topics: food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

PLU Perfect On the mysteries of produce code numbers	Umbra Fisk	11 Oct 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently learned that the UPC numbers on produce indicate whether the item is conventionally grown (beginning with a 4), organically grown (beginning with a 9), or genetically modified (beginning with an 8). I like to buy organic, locally grown produce at my local health food store whenever possible, but recently at a large grocery story I noticed some tomatoes with a UPC number that began with a 3. What ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, GMOs, green living, organic food (all these topics)

Indelicacies Chinese appetite for exotic foods driving trade in endangered species		07 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Indelicacies Chinese appetite for exotic foods driving trade in endangered species Many Chinese believe that wild game improves health. Whether or not that's true, the country's enormous market for rare and exotic "delicacies" is not improving the health of endangered species. "Just in the last two years, 12 to 13 species have had to be CITES-listed because of China's food trade," said Gail Cochr ...
Topics: China, food and agriculture, wildlife (all these topics)

Soy Meets Girl On the eco-relevance of health concerns	Umbra Fisk	07 Oct 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, As a practicing vegan for quite some time now, I take pride in my knowledge of nutrition and my ability to enrich my body through a varied diet with all the essentials. For the past five years or so, I have heavily relied on soy products for protein and other nutrients. Recently, however, I have heard that soy products increase estrogen levels, which in turn increase the risk of cancer (specifically brea ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, health (all these topics)

Everybody Must Get Hemp On hemp fabric	Umbra Fisk	04 Oct 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, You didn't mention hemp as a fabric alternative. Jordan Marquette, Mich. Dearest Jordan, No, I didn't. Thank you for writing such a concise letter; it stood out among the 4 million other hemp letters and cut straight to the point. I apologize for the omission. Hemp is currently a narrowly available fabric with a prohibitively high cost and a limited fashion palette. That said, it holds a lot of promise as a high-yield ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Leftovers Again? New environmental trend: eating other folks' leftovers		01 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Leftovers Again? New environmental trend: eating other folks' leftovers Here at Grist we love reporting on new environmental trends, especially when there are gimmicky new terms coined to describe them. Herewith, we give you the "freegan," someone who subsists entirely on food other people -- usually restaurants or grocery stores -- have thrown out. Though freegans can often be found rooting through dumpsters ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Cornographic European Union Gives Go-Ahead to GM Corn		09 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Cornographic European Union Gives Go-Ahead to GM Corn In a highly symbolic move, the European Union yesterday approved the first genetically modified seeds for planting and sale across E.U. territory, outraging greens and defying public opinion (70 percent of E.U. citizens oppose GM food). The European Commission approved 17 varieties of GM corn developed by U.S. biotech behemoth Monsanto, marking a decisive end ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs (all these topics)

A Bunch of Debunk Debate Over Benefits of Organic Food Heats Up		08 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
A Bunch of Debunk Debate Over Benefits of Organic Food Heats Up The market for organic food is exploding, and as any star of teen movies can tell you, with success comes backlash. Some of the organic-food industry's more enthusiastic backers have made lofty claims about the health benefits the foods confer, and now some scientists (and some industry-backed "scientists") are tossing cold water on the love-fest. ...
Topics: food and agriculture, United States (all these topics)

If We Weren't Already Fireproof, This Would Burn Us Up Flame Retardants Found in Many Grocery-Store Foods		03 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
If We Weren't Already Fireproof, This Would Burn Us Up Flame Retardants Found in Many Grocery-Store Foods A new study of grocery items like fish, meat, and dairy products revealed that virtually all of them contain detectable levels of PBDEs, human-made chemical fire retardants used in carpeting, electronics, and furniture that may or may not cause cancer. (We'll get to the "may or may not" part in a second.) PBDEs ...
Topics: food and agriculture, toxics (all these topics)

Yes, We Have Mo' Bananas Australians Kick Some Renewable-Energy Butt		30 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Yes, We Have Mo' Bananas Australians Kick Some Renewable-Energy Butt Those Australians are busy bees these days! One team of Aussie researchers has announced that within seven years it will be able to produce hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water, in a process that has no moving parts and produces no pollutants. "This is potentially huge, with a market the size of all the existing markets for coal, ...
Topics: Australia, food and agriculture, renewable energy (all these topics)

Maple Encyclical On organic syrup	Umbra Fisk	30 Aug 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I saw at the store there is "organic" maple syrup. Is there really a difference between organic and non-organic maple syrup? Do conventional farms spray the trees with massive amounts of pesticides? I don't have much money (poor college student) so I was just trying to buy organic for things like apples and milk, which I've heard should only be bought in organic form. Brianna Farmington Hills, Mich. Dearest Briann ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, organic food, United States (all these topics)

Grill Bit Tips on Eco-Friendly Barbecuing		24 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
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Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Grill Bit Tips for earth-sensitive -- and tasty -- barbecuing	The Green Guide	24 Aug 2004	Earthly Possessions
You know the grill. It's hot out there: Time to empty the kitchen of cutlery and condiments and wander into the backyard to do what our ancient ancestors did: Barbecue something! Of course, people have been gleefully grilling, giving no thought to the environment, for centuries. Linguists tell us that the word barbecue likely stemmed from a coinage of the Taino Indians of Haiti, and was appropriated ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Biopharming is Phat!	Suzy Becker	23 Aug 2004	Ha.

Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs (all these topics)

Tree Amigos Bush Roadless-Rule Rollback Opposed by Tree Farmers		20 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Tree Amigos Bush Roadless-Rule Rollback Opposed by Tree Farmers The Bush administration's proposal to revamp (critics say gut) the Clinton-era Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction on some 60 million acres of federal forestland, is finding opposition in some odd places. Owners of tree farms, not typically considered a natural ally of greens, are backing the Sierra Club and other enviro ...
Topics: food and agriculture, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Grow With the Flow On hydroponic farming	Umbra Fisk	16 Aug 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What are the advantages of hydroponics, and if it is so good, why isn't it used more? Luke Mitchellville, Iowa Dearest Luke, Plants take up most of their nutrients through their roots, despite all we learned in elementary school about leaves making food from the sun. Soil is a complex conglomeration of minerals, nutrients, bugs, and fungi that deliver nutrients to plants via the root system. Farmers and gardeners lab ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Food-Altering Substance On genetically modified foods	Umbra Fisk	09 Aug 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Is most of the genetically modified food that makes its way into our grocery aisles really that harmful? It seems to me that the process of genetic modification is not that far from hybridizing and other tinkering processes that we've come to accept. Judi Boston, Mass. Dearest Judi, We don't know, and that's the problem. The field is rife with dogma. Companies that genetically modify food crops claim sa ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, GMOs (all these topics)

Go Ahead, Mr. Wendell At 70, Wendell Berry remains a champion of agrarian ideals	Mark Engler	05 Aug 2004	Main Dish
Wendell Berry, right at home. Wendell Berry, 70 years old today, has established himself as many things in his lifetime: a veteran sage of sustainable agriculture; a progressive defender of virtue and tradition; one of our most famous farmers to renounce the tractor; and one of our most acclaimed authors to shun the computer. To appreciate Berry, you must first understand that he has st ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Icebox, Icebox, Baby On when to retire a fridge	Umbra Fisk	15 Jul 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I love to freeze fresh veggies at their peak of ripeness during the summer. Then, in the winter, I don't have to buy commercially frozen veggies or long-distance transported ones. In order to do more of this, I'd like to move my 1985 refrigerator to the basement and use its freezer entirely for this purpose. I would buy a new one designated Energy Star. Would this end up being environmentally a plus, a minus, o ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, food and agriculture, green living, local food (all these topics)

Vegging Out Advice on antioxidant-rich foods and why they cost so much	Umbra Fisk	21 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Antioxidant foods are "the thing" right now, and I would love to be able to eat as many as I need. However, they are usually the most expensive fruits and vegetables. Would it not make sense for farmers or producers to grow these products in greater volume, so we could all afford them and be able to eat healthier more easily? How difficult would such an adjustment in crops be fo ...
Topics: advice, ag subsidies, Ask Umbra, business, food and agriculture, health, industrial ag (all these topics)

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