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Politics of the Plate: No Joy for These Almonds
The USDA has mandated that almonds grown in this country be either fumigated with chemicals or exposed to high-temperature sterilization against the remote possibility of salmonella contamination.
08.13.07
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Is There Life After Death?
U. S. Government Accountability Office auditors found that, in part because of lax oversight, the USDA doles out more than $1 billion a year to farmers who are dead.
07.30.07
- Keywords
- barry estabook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- farming
food politics
Knucklehead Farmer, Act 2 ...
A perfect ear of unsprayed sweet corn is one of the great rewards of farming the way I do.
07.17.07
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- produce,
- tim stark,
- corn
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Against the Grain
Civilization was built on an annual wheat crop. But a few visionary thinkers say it’s time to break the habit.
July 2007
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- farming,
- agriculture
food politics
Let Them Eat Cake
Cake, cookies, candy bars and even Tater Tots are the high-calorie human foods that are fattening hogs and cattle.
06.04.07
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A View to a Kill
Americans eat almost 9 billion chickens a year, which requires megafarms and giant processing plants. Is there a better way for the birds to meet their end?
June 2007
- Keywords
- daniel zwerdling,
- farms + fish,
- food policy,
- agriculture
food politics
Floating Feedlots
Bush's National Offshore Aquaculture Act, which died without being passed in the last Congress, has bobbed to the surface again.
04.30.07
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- farms + fish,
- politics of the plate
food politics
You Say Tomato, I Say Industrial
As we mention in this week's edition of Gourmet Weekly, there's not a lot of action on the West Texas road that runs between Marfa and Fort Davis.
03.14.07
- Keywords
- james rodewald,
- farms + fish,
- produce
magazine
Do I Dare to Eat a Shrimp?
Sure, they’re cheap, but what about the taste? And what do shrimp farms do to the environment? Here’s the lowdown on America’s favorite seafood.
March 2007
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- seafood,
- aquaculture,
- farms + fish,
- environment
food politics
The World is Your Oysters
This year, the oyster crop underwent a miraculous change. The shells were larger than before. The meat was plump and rested undisturbed in its brine.
11.28.06
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- aquaculture,
- seafood,
- william sertl
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