Salon.com*: The source of the E. coli in the spinach crisis could be deer droppings.
East Bay Express: Cover story explores the amount of food wasted in the Bay Area, focusing on the people who find ways to make use of it.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania supermarkets and consumers are getting excited about local farms.
In Grist recently: Some readers have commented that we recommend a lot of Grist articles. We can’t help it — we love this environmental news & commentary website. Why? As their About statement says, “It’s gloom and doom with a sense of humor. So laugh now — or the planet gets it.” Plus they pun a lot, and we’re suckers for that. This week:
“Invasion of the Foody Snatchers”: “Peddlers” — vendors selling foods they didn’t grow, from out of state — have invaded Arkansas farmers markets.
In the Gristmill blog: Tom Philpott on the historical context of the plight of India’s farmers, who are comitting suicide at an alarming rate. Make sure you read the comments section, where he’s battling an economics professor.
“Don’t Cry to Them, Argentina”: Argentina is now the No. 2 producer of genetically modified soybeans, after America. Except it didn’t pay Monsanto its full cut, so now the GMO goliath is blocking Argentinean exports to Europe. Meanwhile, the shift to monoculture is having massive consequences for the country.
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