Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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Farm bill passes Senate, with a little something for everyone
The long-delayed grab-bag legislative package finally staggers its way out of the legislature and onto the president's desk.
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Cancer rising? The numbers don’t tell a new story
We shouldn't be so eager to pin cancer on environmental causes that we misread statistics and leap to unsupported conclusions.
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To become a law, a farm bill needs friends in unlikely places
The farm bill that staggered across the finish line only got there thanks to its hybrid, mash-up nature: It's a big old compromise.
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Sustainable farming needs math as much as mulch, says one veteran
Farming has been "a rip-off system ever since day one," says California's Tom Willey -- and if we're going to improve that system, we'd better understand what makes it tick.
