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Politics of the Plate: Market Forces
Whole Foods asks a small-scale competitor to divulge its trade secrets—and failure to comply could land its CEO in jail.
12.08.08
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Politics of the Plate: Are You a Pig? Or are You a Mouse?
America’s factory farms could soon begin producing a new hog breed that will have to answer, “neither,” or perhaps more accurately, “both.”
12.02.08
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- politics of the plate,
- pork,
- health + science
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Politics of the Plate: Substandard Seafood
The USDA proposes criteria for organic fish that will confuse customers and undermine a $23-billion-plus industry.
11.24.08
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- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- labeling,
- seafood
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Politics of the Plate: GM Birth Control?
A disturbing study suggests that a diet containing genetically engineered corn could have frightening effects on the odds of infertility.
11.19.08
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Politics of the Plate: Amber Waves of Antibodies
Thanks to the USDA, crops that have been genetically engineered to produce drugs and industrial chemicals may enter our food supply.
11.12.08
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Politics of the Plate: The Crate Escape
California has banned the close confinement of farm animals, and other states may soon follow its lead.
11.07.08
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- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- legislation,
- meat
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Politics of the Plate: A Dirty Trick, and the Problem with Plastic
Concentrated animal feeding lots will be free to contaminate waterways, and a compound in plastic bottles might not be safe after all.
11.04.08
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- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- beef,
- organics market
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Politics of the Plate: An Organic Loophole, and an Outdated Recall
A proposed rule requires organic cows to graze outdoors, and the FDA covers up an oversight by backdating a recall on contaminated cookies.
10.27.08
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- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- beef,
- organics market
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Politics of the Plate: Fishy Nomenclature
That sustainable “Pacific red snapper” at your local supermarket may be an impostor, and the effects go way beyond consumer fraud.
10.17.08
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- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- labeling,
- seafood
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Politics of the Plate: Greens of Wrath
We all want safe spinach. But the measures now being adopted may destroy the land without solving the problem.
November 2008
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