Tag: food
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What Do Palm Oil, Orangutans and Girl Scout Cookies Have in Common?
In 2007, two kids in Michigan set out to earn their Girl Scout Bronze Award by raising awareness about the endangered orangutan …
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City Slickers Harvest Cash Crop
Residents of America’s 54 largest cities collected more than $24 million in Direct Payment farm subsidies in 2012, according to new research …
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USDA’s Privatized Poultry Inspection Plan Would Leave Industry Unregulated
Today, the Government Accountability Office released a scathing analysis of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points-based Inspection Models Project in poultry slaughter …
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Crop Pests Move Polewards to Flee Warming Climate, Threaten Global Food Security
Global warming is certainly making it a little easier every year for the pests to find a comfortable home and easy pickings in previously unsuitable regions …
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New Generation of Genetically Engineered Crops Found to Drastically Increase Use of Toxic Pesticides
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of genetically engineered crops resistant to more toxic herbicides …