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Politics of the Plate: The Conscientious Carnivore

Can meat be a part of an environmentally sustainable diet?
09.21.09
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Carbon 101

Footprints, offsets, and conversion factors: The jargon of sustainability can confuse even the most environmentally sensitive among us, particularly in the supermarket aisles. Here’s a handy...
09.17.09
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Politics of the Plate: What’s the Catch?

Finally, some good news about seafood.
08.05.09
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Politics of the Plate: Salmon on Drugs

A new report indicates rampant antibiotic use at Chilean fish farms, which supply most of the U.S.’s farmed salmon.
07.30.09
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Politics of the Plate: Organic Warfare

An advocacy group criticizes the USDA’s “dysfunctional” management of the nation’s organic program.
07.07.09
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Politics of the Plate: When Organic Is Not Organic

USDA certified organic fish doesn’t exist—but you wouldn’t necessarily know it to read the labels at a seafood counter.
06.26.09
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Recession Flexitarians

The economic downturn may have a positive effect on the meat-heavy American diet.
06.10.09
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Humane Slaughterhouses

Okay, so your steak comes from a cow that lived a happy life—but how did that life end?
06.09.09
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Politics of the Plate: Perennial Waves of Grain

According to plant geneticist Wes Jackson, we could see a commercially viable variety of perennial wheat within a decade—and he has the flour from his experimental plantings to prove it....
05.26.09
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Politics of the Plate: The Price is Wrong

Call them elitist if you will, but panelists at a recent sustainable-food conference make a strong case for why food should cost more.
05.20.09

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