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The Farm Bloc
The Senate Committee on Agriculture is responsible for U.S. farm policy as we know it—but Kirsten Gillibrand, the committee’s newest member, may help push it in a better direction....
02.25.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- produce,
- sam hurst
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Beeting the System
Sugar from GM beets could soon be finding its way into our foods—but 73 grocers and food manufacturers have pledged to avoid it.
02.24.09
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- nutrition/diet,
- farming
magazine
Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes
If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person who lives in virtual slavery.
March 2009
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- agriculture,
- barry estabrook,
- farming
travel + culture
How to Help Australia
The devastating fires this month have ruined lives and livelihoods. Here’s how to help.
02.20.09
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- culinary culture,
- australia,
- agriculture,
- australia
food politics
The Latest National Agriculture Census
Amid all the latest statistics about farms in the U.S., some unexpected and potentially important developments.
02.12.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- produce,
- sam hurst
food politics
Agriculture + Food in Obama’s Stimulus Plan
A look at how farm and food programs will—and won’t—benefit from the President’s $825 billion plan.
02.02.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- food policy,
- barack obama,
- sam hurst
food politics
The CSA That Isn’t One
To spread the gospel of organic produce, one company is catering to the masses but keeping its core values.
01.06.09
- Keywords
- jane black,
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- agriculture,
- produce
food + cooking
Koeze’s Peanut Butter Revolution
The trials of taking an industrial-scale food business back to its artisanal roots.
12.01.08
- Keywords
- rebecca marx,
- culinary culture,
- organics market,
- agriculture
food politics
Four Farmers Project: Barren Fields
King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.
11.20.08
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- four farmers project,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- produce
food politics
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