Food and Ag

The FDA's Christmas Present for Factory Farms

On December 22, the agency quietly caved on regulating the meat industry's use of antibiotics.

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| Wed Dec. 28, 2011 5:00 AM PST

The Science (and Mystery) of Pickles

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| Tue Dec. 27, 2011 6:36 PM PST

The Science of Pickles

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| Tue Dec. 27, 2011 9:26 AM PST
Growing marijuana in the kitchen.

The New Dealers

Family, kids, minivan—and drug dealing. How the recession has driven average Americans into the game.

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| Mon Dec. 26, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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Warren Buffett's Son Schools Bill Gates on African Ag

On "60 Minutes," Howard Buffett suggests that the Gates foundation's ag efforts are doomed to failure.

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| Wed Dec. 14, 2011 1:34 PM PST

Jennifer Johns' Hip-Hop Food Fight

This Bay Area rapper is a vocal powerhouse, in more ways than one.

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| Mon Dec. 12, 2011 4:00 AM PST
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Like a Virgin, but Not Quite: Olive Oil's Dirty Secret

A new book exposes the dark truth about the "extra virgin" label.

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| Sat Dec. 10, 2011 4:00 AM PST

The Spoils of Sustainable Seafood

Why can't the Marine Stewardship Council look at the big picture?

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| Fri Dec. 9, 2011 12:54 PM PST

Is Your Fleece Killing the Ocean?

New research shows that synthetic fabrics shed "microplastics" in the washing machine—and they end up in the ocean and possibly in your seafood.

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| Fri Dec. 9, 2011 12:46 PM PST

Is the FDA Finally Going to Get BPA out of Can Linings?

Hounded by a lawsuit from NRDC, the FDA gives itself a deadline to decide the fate of the controversial chemical.

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| Thu Dec. 8, 2011 5:28 PM PST
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Monsanto (Still) Denies Superinsect Problem, Despite Evidence

Meanwhile, it draws a rebuke from the EPA over its failed self-monitoring and peddles a dubious solution to a problem it denies exists.

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| Thu Dec. 8, 2011 5:00 AM PST
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The 10 Most Sugary Kids' Cereals

A new report finds that three popular cereals contain more sugar than a Twinkie, and dozens of others contain more than three cookies.

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| Wed Dec. 7, 2011 4:00 AM PST

More on the Ethical Restaurant Guide

A new guide exposes the restaurant industry's dirty labor secret—and highlights establishments that are bucking the overall bad trend.

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| Tue Dec. 6, 2011 5:00 AM PST

A Zagat-Style Guide for Ethical Diners

This will make you think twice before calling in your next reservation at Nobu.

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| Mon Dec. 5, 2011 3:30 AM PST

My Favorite Cookbooks of 2011

This was the year I learned to love cookbooks all over again.

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| Sat Dec. 3, 2011 4:00 AM PST

There's Arsenic in Your Kids' Apple Juice

A blockbuster Consumer Reports study peers inside the juice box, and it ain't pretty.

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| Wed Nov. 30, 2011 12:08 PM PST
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Should Fair Trade Certify Giants Like Nestle and Folgers?

Fair Trade USA announces plans to lower its standards, brewing conflict within the fair trade community.

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| Tue Nov. 29, 2011 11:37 AM PST

Study: Common Herbicide Causes Menstrual Trouble

While the EPA looks the other way, epidemiological evidence yet again implicates atrazine.

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| Tue Nov. 29, 2011 5:00 AM PST

Alone: India's Farmer Widows

India's ongoing water crisis has driven 200,000 farmers to suicide. As water dwindles, that number grows, and farmer widows are left to pick up the pieces.

Photos by Michael Francis McElroy/Text by Noella May Hebert

| Tue Nov. 29, 2011 4:00 AM PST
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LEAKED: Secret Sara Lee Marketing Memo

An internal Sara Lee PR presentation fell into my hands. So what's your pound cake hiding?

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| Mon Nov. 28, 2011 3:30 AM PST