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Humane meat at a rest stop? Good to Go is not a mirage
Believe in miracles -- humane meat and highways CAN go hand in hand.
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Nothing says Thanksgiving like turkey ice cream
Oh, did you want some fried turkey skin brittle in your waffle cone? Coming right up.
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Look don’t panic but apparently sometimes bananas are full of venomous baby spiders
We're not saying that if YOU buy a bunch of bananas at the store, they'll be full of dozens of poisonous spider babies. We're just saying that happened to this one lady.
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Beer makes turkeys, like everything else, way better
One turkey farmer is feeding his birds beer to make them fat and delicious.
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Memos highlight Big Food’s GMO-labeling stonewall strategy
"This bill is flawed" and "maybe next year" are just another way of saying "Nope. No way. Never."
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Frozen produce is more nutritious than fresh, says oddly convincing video
Asap Science argues that frozen fruits and veggies are picked while they're at their nutritional peak, rather than the days-old stuff sitting in the produce aisle that flew halfway around the world.
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Climate change is decreasing farm yields just when we need them to go up
We could avoid the worst case scenario if we made a lot of big changes to our food and farm systems. So far, we're not.
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Washington GMO-labeling initiative flames out
Heavy spending by industry buries the state's grassroots-driven labeling law.
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Kraft is making its SpongeBob SquarePants mac & cheese slightly more natural
Starting early next year, the iconic neon orange color will be more muted in Kraft's marketed-to-kids products, as the company replaces artificial dyes with natural spices.
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Wanted: Young people with novel ideas for food research. Offering: big-money prize
A little chunk of Buffett money funds the new Agricultural Innovation Prize -- $100,000 for strengthening farming's "innovation ecosystem."
