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GOP: Pork barrels? Yes. Pork for the hungry? No.
House Republicans pass a farm bill that rescues agribusiness subsidies and axes food stamps.
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Diet soda won’t save you from obesity or diabetes
"Sugar-free" does not mean "good for you." Research links diet soda to excessive weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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The GM safety dance: What’s rule and what’s real
Advocates say genetically modified crops are regulated like crazy. Critics say they are totally unregulated. We hack our way through this rhetorical impasse.
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Pepsi: Cancer for a new generation?
Pepsi still contains caramel coloring that has been shown to cause cancer in rats, more than a year after it promised a national phaseout.
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Republicans are happy to help corporate ag, but feed the hungry? Not so much
The GOP wants food stamps out of the farm bill, because they love farm subsidies, but can do without poor people, thank you very much.
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Climate change threatens Maine’s lobsters
Lobsters have been abundant in the Gulf of Maine in recent years, but scientists warn that climate change might yet sicken some and drive others away.
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This is the cutest possible way to eat animals
These cute-as-hell dumplings allow you to harmlessly bite the head off a hedgehog. That's what you wanted, right?
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Beyond gut instinct: A manifesto for clean eating and clear thinking
How a child of hippies, born into the cult of organic, fell for science's ability to separate plausible from crazy: Grist's new food writer introduces himself.
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No, fast food isn’t actually good for you: In defense of Pollanites
A new article in The Atlantic argues healthy eaters and Pollanites should embrace fast food so the industry will reform itself. What's wrong with this argument?
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Why guerrilla gardening won’t turn the world into “Blade Runner” hell
A recent New York Times op-ed painted urban gardeners as a selfish breed greening the world in the human interest. That's right -- and here's why it's a good thing.
