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wine + spirits + beer
Grow Your Own Vines
Wine consumers pay dearly for a bottle of local sparkling wine. Not wanting to be a victim, I spent the same money on 40 grape vines.
05.14.08
- Keywords
- ian knauer,
- wine,
- farming,
- agriculture
magazine
Betting the Farm
Washington has created a tangled web of subsidies that determines the way our food is grown. One South Dakota family demonstrates why you should care about the Farm Bill.
April 2008
- Keywords
- sam hurst,
- farm bill,
- food policy,
- farming,
- agriculture
travel + culture
Locavore in Paradise
In St. Thomas, coconuts, papayas, and mangoes are the freshest, most local produce. Fingerling potatoes, meanwhile, cost $5 a pound and cater to the yachting crowd.
02.01.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- agriculture,
- produce,
- fruit,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
food politics
Politics of the Plate: A Borderline Approach
The bureaucrats at the Department of Homeland Security are not up to the job of securing our borders from acts of agroterrorism, according to science writer Alla Katsnelson.
01.25.08
wine + spirits + beer
With the Grain
Massive crop failures will soon dramatically increase the cost of producing beer. What's a microbrewer to do?
01.15.08
- Keywords
- beer,
- agriculture,
- joshua m. bernstein
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Greenmail
Last week, the USDA ended the public comment period on a national set of handling standards for greens.
12.11.07
food politics
Talk About Slipping on a Banana Peel
A jury found that Dole Food Co. and Dow Chemical Co. must pay $3.29 million for causing the sterility of six Nicaraguan banana plantation workers.
11.12.07
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- fruit,
- politics of the plate,
- barry estabrook
food politics
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
food politics
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
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- politics of the plate,
- barry estabrook
food politics
The Green Miles
Where does my food come from? A painfully dorky experiment.
10.10.07
- Keywords
- robert pincus,
- sustainability,
- environment,
- agriculture,
- produce
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