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Tension Builds Between Organic Dairy Farmers And Processors
The kumbaya era is over: Organic agriculture is now large enough to face some of the same systemic problems that conventional agriculture struggles with every day.
04.27.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- organics market,
- dairy,
- agriculture,
- sam hurst
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Politics of the Plate: An Apple a Day
Just make sure it’s an organic apple, if you want to keep the oncologist and cardiologist away.
05.05.09
- Keywords
- health + science,
- farming,
- organics market,
- apples,
- agriculture
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Seeds Of Change
With the world’s hungry topping one billion, a first lady—and it’s not Michelle—announces a fresh approach to food policy.
07.01.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- hillary clinton,
- legislation,
- farming,
- jocelyn c. zuckerman
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Cooking School for Soldiers
Sick of dishing out heat-and-eat meals, a group of Army Special Forces cooks enlists the help of a civilian chef.
07.06.09
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- d.c.,
- food policy,
- cooking school,
- melissa mccart
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Politics of the Plate: Sweet Victory
Courts are ruling against genetically engineered crops, but where does the Obama administration stand?
09.30.09
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Hot-and-Sour Steroids?
A Chinese doping expert warns that some Chinese foods are so loaded with steroids, athletes could test positive for drugs during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
03.28.07
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/Diet,
- asia,
- china,
- karen coates
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McDonald’s Has a Royal Cow
When Prince Charles recently visited Abu Dhabi, he turned to a nutritionist and said: "Have you thought of banning McDonald's?
04.16.07
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/diet,
- middle east,
- restaurants,
- william sertl
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Politics of the Plate: Mr. McGuire was Dead Wrong...
A research team found that exposure to a chemical widely used in the manufacture of plastic bottles and food containers can alter genes in fetal mice.
08.06.07
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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: 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