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GMO wheat could be the next big thing—or maybe not

By Ethicurean • on December 21, 2009

Sheave ho! Of the top three grains produced in the U.S., only No. 3  wheat (after corn and soybeans) is not overwhelmingly dominated by genetically modified

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Animal welfare hot topic at Kansas Livestock Association convention

By Ethicurean • on December 21, 2009

Moan on the range: Multiple speakers at the Kansas Livestock Association convention recently addressed public relations

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Voluntary effort to shift children’s advertising deemed unsuccessful

By Ethicurean • on December 14, 2009

Ad news bears: Three years ago, a group of large food and beverage companies launched a voluntary initiative to change their advertising during TV programs

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Words on the street food

By Ethicurean • on December 14, 2009

A sampler of dispatches from the street-food universe. What this got to do with Ethicureanism? Well, unlike most fast food, good street food is made from

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Sustainable food movement has a class problem

By Ethicurean • on December 2, 2009

The flavor of fairness: When a recent UC Santa Cruz study asked grocery shoppers on California's Central Coast to rank their concerns about the food system,

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Food as performance sport

By Ethicurean • on November 30, 2009

Iron stomachs: True/Slant

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Scientists monitor tuna by measuring toxins

By Ethicurean • on November 13, 2009

Toxins tell tuna's tale:  The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) population is split into two groups, with the 45 degree meridian acting as a rough

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Urban farmers confront zoning regulations in, around Kansas City

Plowing up zoning restrictions: As urban farming grows, so do conflicts between city zoning laws and farmers. The Kansas City, Mo., City Council is looking to ease some restrictions, while other cities

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Out of conservation, back to production

Good soil deed about to be uprooted: Millions of acres of environmentally sensitive lands are being pushed out of the federal Conservation Reserve Program and, most likely, back into production. The program

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Genetically modified corn growers not obeying rules designed to maintain pest resistance

Stop bugging me: As many as 25% of the American farmers growing genetically engineered corn are no longer complying with federal rules intended to maintain the resistance of the crops to damage from insects,

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Oakland has 1,200 acres of public land

Ready, set, grow!: A new report released today by UrbanFood.org, with support from the HOPE Collaborative and City Slicker Farms, has identified 1,200 acres of vacant and underutilized public land in

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Special Digest: Have a raw milk shake, “he said/she said” style

These are frothy days for the debate over access to unpasteurized milk. Business-reporter-turned-raw-milk-blogger David Gumpert has a new book out, "The

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The “hourglass” problem of getting small-farm Vermont meat to Vermont consumers

"Freedom and Unity" for sustainable meat!: Kudos to reporter Kathryn Flagg and the Addison Independent for their two-part series on slaughterhouses in Vermont. Part II looks at the growing market for local

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Bill and Nicolette Hahn Niman on why they mourn a dead cow

All about Eve: Moving piece by sustainable meat's power couple on why they cried when they found the daughter of one of their favorite cows unexpectedly dead. "After all, this cow was being raised for

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Why slaughterhouses should be open to the public

Why slaughterhouses should be open to the public: USDA and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture have suspended operations at the Bushway Packing plant in Grand Isle, VT, a facility that processes veal calves,

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