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The Perestroika Diet
What happens when you force an entire country to decrease its food intake from an average of 2,899 calories per day to 1,863?
10.22.07
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Greener Pastures?
All young beef cattle are grass fed. Most, however, end their days crammed into vast feedlots gorging on an unnatural diet of corn.
10.22.07
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- food policy,
- farming,
- labeling,
- barry estabrook,
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Politics of the Plate: In-Cide Information
Hundreds of residents of Monterey County, California, complained of respiratory problems and stomach ailments following aerial spraying of an insecticide designed to eliminate apple moths.
10.22.07
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More News from the GM Battlefront
Proponents of GM crops illogically argue that because there's no proof that bioengineered plants do any harm, there should be no laws prohibiting their use.
10.15.07
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Politics of the Plate: Turnabout is Fair Play, Monsanto
Percy and Louise Schmeiser, a pair of 76-year-old Saskatchewan farmers, received a Right Livelihood Award—commonly called the "Alternative Nobel Prize."
10.15.07
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- agriculture,
- politics of the plate,
- barry estabrook
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Politics of the Plate: Ducking a Bullet
I waited nervously last week for news on whether the Environmental Protection Agency would actually approve the toxic chemical methyl iodide for applications as a pesticide.
10.01.07
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Politics of the Plate: Produce Police
According to a database maintained by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, produce causes more illnesses than any other category of food.
09.24.07
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- food policy,
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- produce,
- legislation
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Politics of the Plate: Organic Pit Bull
To police the entire, $17-billion organic food industry in this country, the USDA has a staff of about a half-dozen people.
09.17.07
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- food policy,
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate
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Politics of the Plate: Home on the Organic Range
09.13.07
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- food policy,
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate
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Politics of the Plate: Dirty Pigs
The Chinese were turning their noses up at our meat because of concerns about ractopamine, a feed additive widely given to American pigs.
09.04.07
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- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- asia,
- china,
- barry estabrook
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