Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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Here’s what happens when GMO antagonists get together for a friendly chat
With Monsanto and anti-GMO activists sharing a stage, you might expect fireworks, or illumination, or even both. Instead, this event was almost chummy.
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A meat giant gobbles up another meat giant
Tyson will acquire Hillshire Brands -- further concentrating corporate power in the already centralized animal-farm industry.
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Blame industrial ag for those monarch butterfly declines
Why are the monarchs abdicating? More evidence points to the weed-killing pesticides that wipe out the butterflies' favorite food.
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Mmmm! Doughnuts. Not-mmmm: Palm oil
Big doughnut chains use big amounts of palm oil, and they still haven't signed on to rainforest-protecting agreements