Grist | Topics | 410 Results

RESULTS		Results 176 – 200 of 410
Page:1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Atomic Fusion Cuisine	Suzy Becker	21 Jun 2004	Ha.

Topics: food and agriculture, nuclear power (all these topics)

Bake Your Cake and Eat It Too On getting a job in the 'eco-field'	Umbra Fisk	14 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
On getting a job in the "eco-field" By Umbra Fisk 14 Jun 2004 Dear Umbra, I'm a conscientious baby boomer who would like to do things to help the planet. I'm simultaneously enjoying a midlife crisis. I have spent more than eight years in college, studying to be a psychologist/chef. Where in the eco-field is there a place for a reformed business owner/computer teacher/chef with years and years of experience in the psychology of women? Dr. Thom Jacksonvill ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green jobs, green living, local food, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

A Real Downer Cow	Suzy Becker	07 Jun 2004	Ha.

Topics: food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

First, Do No Farm Richard Manning's Against the Grain denounces agriculture as a whole	Michelle Nijhuis	27 May 2004	Arts and Minds
Against the Grain By Richard Manning, North Point Press, 232 pages, February 2004 What's for dinner at your house? Unless you're a strict Atkins adherent, chances are you've got at least one of the world's four top crops on your plate. Corn, wheat, rice, and potatoes account for about two-thirds of the world's nourishment; from French fries to brown rice, these familiar starche ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Family Farm: The Next Generation	Suzy Becker	24 May 2004	Ha.

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

Organic: Friend or Faux? USDA Dilutes Meaning of 'Organic' Label		18 May 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, United States (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers readers' questions		02 Apr 2004	InterActivist
When Monsanto (the big guy) took on Oakhurst Dairy (the smaller guy) here in Maine, Oakhurst did a bit of hedging on their label language. How could things have happened differently? What should dairies do? ��-- Steve Hoad, Windsor, Maine Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food. For those not familiar with this story, Monsanto sued Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, Maine, in Jul ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers Grist's questions		29 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Chapter. What does it do? PSR is a nonprofit educational organization committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes. PSR has programs on the health effe ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Good Label Manners Not all 'eco-labels' are created equal	Matthew L. Miller	16 Mar 2004	Soapbox
Not all "eco-labels" are created equal By Matthew L. Miller 16 Mar 2004 "What's in a name?" asks Shakespeare. Conscientious food consumers are beginning to realize that the answer too often is, "Not much." Eggsellent. Shoppers increasingly are willing to pay more for food produced in a way that protects human health, water, wildlife, rural communities, and farm workers. And this is not lost on marketers. Many grocery packages today include "e ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, United States (all these topics)

Good Label Manners Some Green-Sounding Food Labels Mean More Than Others		16 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Read more about: food and agriculture
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Rotterdam It Convention on Dangerous Chemicals Goes Into Effect		25 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Rotterdam It Convention on Dangerous Chemicals Goes Into Effect The Rotterdam Convention, an international treaty meant to protect developing nations from dangerous chemicals already banned or restricted in wealthy nations, went into effect yesterday, after garnering support from 50 signatory countries, as needed to give it the force of international law. Many toxic chemicals, particularly pesticides for agriculture, t ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, toxics (all these topics)

GM: Unsafe for Any Seed Much of U.S. Food Supply Contaminated With Genetically Engineered DNA		24 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
GM: Unsafe for Any Seed Much of U.S. Food Supply Contaminated With Genetically Engineered DNA Most ordinary crop seeds in the U.S. are contaminated with strands of genetically modified DNA, and unless federal regulations and farm practices are tightened considerably, the entire U.S. food supply will soon contain GM elements, says a report released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scien ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, health, United States (all these topics)

Talkin' With Hawken Enviro Visionary Paul Hawken Chats Politics and More with Grist		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: elections, food and agriculture, green living, politics (all these topics)

Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened The world's cloud forests, which strip moisture from clouds and supply millions of poor people in developing nations with fresh water, are in danger of being wiped out by climate change, claims a report released Monday by the U.N. and the Wor ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, climate, Ecuador, food and agriculture, Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, Mexico, renewable energy, South America, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

How Low-Carb Should You Go? Low-carb diets have a high impact on the planet	Stan Cox, Marty Bender	09 Feb 2004	Soapbox
By Stan Cox and Marty Bender 09 Feb 2004 Lose That Extra Weight ... While Eating the Foods You Love!" Pleased to meat you. For decades, such headlines were fixtures of supermarket checkout lanes, to be taken no more seriously than claims of alien abduction. But times have changed. High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets have become wildly popular because they help adherents lose dozens of pounds without having to gnaw ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living (all these topics)

Meat-Up Low-Carb Diets Have High Impact on Environment		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: food and agriculture, health, pollution and waste, ranching, wilderness (all these topics)

Letter Rip Grist Readers Get Ornery -- And We Like It		06 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: elections, food and agriculture, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Fish Stickers		04 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Fish Stickers Starting this fall, seafood sold in the U.S. will be labeled with information about where it was caught, the country where it was processed, and whether it was wild or farmed, thanks to a provision in a spending bill recently passed by Congress. Seafood will be the first food group subject to "country of origin" labeling, something the beef and pork industries have avoided through ...
Topics: Alaska, fishing, food and agriculture, marine life (all these topics)

Fake Is the New Real		03 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Fake Is the New Real In an effort to conserve water (and perhaps bolster Southern California's reputation as a showcase for all things fake), the city of Anaheim, Calif., and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California are pilot-testing faux lawns. If water savings meet expectations, residents who replace real grass with fake greenery could soon be eligible for rebates from the water dis ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Smoke Signals		03 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Smoke Signals Activists fighting against climate change could learn much from the tactics of anti-smoking campaigners, argues Audrey Schulman in our Soapbox section. The tobacco war has been fought on many fronts, but perhaps the most important was the concerted publicity campaign that changed the images people associate with smoking. It's no longer romantic, no longer "cool." ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, food and agriculture, green living, health (all these topics)

Cow-a-Bungle How to Fix Our Food-Inspection System and Find Cleaner, Greener Beef		30 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: education, food and agriculture, health, ranching, Washington (all these topics)

Far From the Maddened Cow How to find cleaner, greener beef and fix our broken food-safety system	Mindy Pennybacker, P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide	30 Jan 2004	Earthly Possessions
By Mindy Pennybacker and P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide 30 Jan 2004 In December, the vision of a "downer" cow stricken with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) caused indigestion in more than a few Americans, especially those who'd eaten beef in one of the six Western states in which the "mad" cow's meat might have been sold. The potential hazards of this disease have been ...
Topics: food and agriculture (all these topics)

Irrigation Irritation Agricultural Water Efficiency May Do More Harm Than Good		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Irrigation Irritation Agricultural Water Efficiency May Do More Harm Than Good Using water more efficiently in farming may ultimately increase long-term water shortages, warn some water experts. Although efficiency efforts -- such as lining irrigation ditches to prevent leaks and delivering water directly to roots rather than flooding fields -- are touted as a solution ...
Topics: climate, food and agriculture, green living, toxics, United Kingdom, water pollution (all these topics)

Fetal Detraction Air Quality One-Two Punch Hurts Fetuses		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Fetal Detraction Air Quality One-Two Punch Hurts Fetuses The combined effects of air pollution and secondhand smoke can hurt fetal development, says a new study conducted in New York City by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health. While previous studies have addressed the effects of both factors in isolation, this study marks the first attempt to study the cumula ...
Topics: air pollution, food and agriculture, health, New York, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Walk Like an Egyptian Egyptian Agro-Business Is Socially Conscious and Green to Boot		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Walk Like an Egyptian Egyptian Agro-Business Is Socially Conscious and Green to Boot In the arid Egyptian desert -- an area not typically associated with socially progressive entrepreneurship -- the Sekem Group is demonstrating how home-grown business can make both profit and positive change. Founded in 1977 by Ibrahim Abouleish, the agro-business has developed a wide range of products (herbal medicin ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, Middle East, wildlife (all these topics)

Page:1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17		Results 176 – 200 of 410

Stories About: food and agriculture