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Seeing the Light on Seafood
When it comes to choosing fish, restaurants and consumers are taking sustainability more seriously than ever before.
05.22.08
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- barry estabrook,
- farms + fish,
- environment,
- aquaculture,
- seafood
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Politics of the Plate: Seafood Solutions, Scary Sugar, and a Costly Bee Crisis
A trade group dismisses sustainable seafood; GM sugar beets will contain 5,000 percent more herbicides; and colony collapse disorder puts $9 billion at stake.
05.09.08
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- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- seafood,
- environment
food politics
Politics of the Plate: GM Myths, and Raising Meat Standards
A study shows the surprisingly low yield of engineered crops, and more.
04.29.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- beef,
- meat
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Suffering for Shrimp, Improved Food Safety, and the $20,000 Waffle
The human rights violations behind America’s most popular seafood; honesty in food recalls; and costly leftovers.
04.25.08
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- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- seafood,
- legislation
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Not So Fast, for Cod’s Sake
At the first sign of recovery, cod are in danger of being overfished—again.
04.22.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- environment,
- seafood
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Tainted Beef, Rogue Weeds, and a Conservation Cruise
A form of mad cow disease may have spread to the United States, a new weed survives repeated herbicide spraying, and more.
04.16.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- beef,
- industry
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Salmon Scandal
How not to deal with an environmental disaster.
04.11.08
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Beeting Down the GM Sugar Opposition
For the first time, American sugar beet farmers will plant seeds that have been genetically modified to survive being sprayed with the herbicide Roundup.
04.08.08
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Salmon Collapse, and a Pork Exposé
Sea lions devour salmon that are already on the verge of collapse, and the nation's largest pork producer faces harsh criticism.
03.21.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- seafood,
- pork
food politics
Politics of the Plate: They’re Having a Boll
Thanks to the miracles of biotechnology, cotton bollworms, a severe pest to crops, have evolved resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis, a popular organic insecticide.
03.04.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- seafood,
- environment
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