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Four Farmers Project: Golden Opportunity

The plains are aflame with the gaudy spectacle of the sunflower bloom. But beneath it all, a war is going on.
Sam Hurst
08.15.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment
food politics

Four Farmers Project: A Land of High Anxiety

This is a land where you can work hard from sunup to sunset and still have no control over Mother Nature.
Sam Hurst
08.08.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment
food politics

A Fiasco of Olympic Proportions

After months of tangling through red tape, this writer is mysteriously shut out of the Olympics.
Karen Coates
08.08.08
Keywords
karen coates,
food policy,
culinary culture,
china,
asia
food politics

Politics of the Plate: How Sweet It Isn’t

A study reveals the link between fructose and obesity; the Girl Scouts roll out their least healthy treat yet; and more.
Barry Estabrook
08.01.08
Keywords
barry estabrook,
politics of the plate,
health + science,
seafood
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Hail + Drift

Our farmers continue to sleep with one eye open to the nightmare rumble of late-night thunderstorms. Hail falls, pollen drifts, and a wandering bull heads west.
Sam Hurst
07.31.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Dark Horizons

Human civilization has thrived in regions where climate has been steady and benign. But farming on the Great Plains is full of surprises.
Sam Hurst
07.24.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
farms + fish,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Politics of the Plate: Fighting Words

A new study says that conventional crops trump organic ones. Here’s why you can’t trust the claim.
Barry Estabrook
07.23.08
Keywords
barry estabrook,
politics of the plate,
health + science,
organics market,
farming
food politics

Campaign Cookies

Candidates’ wives are high-level political operatives without a lot of free time. So why do we expect them to don aprons and bake?
Laura Shapiro
07.22.08
Keywords
food policy,
culinary culture,
cookies,
laura shapiro,
best of gourmet
food politics

Politics of the Plate: Breathing a Little Easier

The EPA finally enacts regulations on five common fumigants that kill virtually every living thing in the soil.
Barry Estabrook
07.18.08
Keywords
barry estabrook,
politics of the plate,
food policy,
farming,
agriculture
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Black Gold

The Christensons grow food crops for fuel and are proud of it. The way they see it, their corn creates ethanol and still feeds people.
Sam Hurst
07.17.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
farms + fish,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce