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This Little Piggy Went To Market: Where Does Your Meat Come From?

Jamie Schler | Posted 05.29.2012

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Jamie Schler

With the worry that American beef is pumped up with hormones and who knows what else, maybe it is time Americans are taught where the food on their plates comes from.

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How 'Pink Slime' Got Its Name

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 05.22.2012

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NEW YORK -- "Pink slime" was almost "pink paste" or "pink goo." The microbiologist who coined the term for lean finely textured beef ran through a fe...

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Growing Green Awards: Winners Produce Food that Nourishes People and the Planet

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.16.2012

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Frances Beinecke

Today, NRDC announces the winners of the 2012 Growing Green Awards. These awards celebrate the farmers, business owners, and bold thinkers who are transforming America's food system.

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Does Pink Slime Have a New Relative in the Form of Meat Glue?

Gregg McBride | Posted 05.14.2012

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Gregg McBride

Are you sure you were enjoying a delicious filet mignon the last time you went out to a fancy steakhouse? Or were you eating pieces of stew-quality meat that were "glued" together to form what resembled a filet mignon, but was actually anything but?

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The Grossest Ingredients Hidden In Processed Foods

The Huffington Post | Sarah Klein | Posted 05.14.2012

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First it was pink slime. Then, it was crushed cochineal beetles in your favorite strawberry-flavored Starbucks drinks. Briefly, it was tuna scrape. An...

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Dave Jamieson

'Pink Slime' Uproar Leads To Pink Slips For Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.11.2012

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The uproar over "pink slime" beef products may have claimed some collateral damage, with a meatpacking worker in California saying she and her colleag...

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'Pink Slime' Maker To Shut Down 3 Plants Over Uproar

AP | GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 05.09.2012

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product th...

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BSE and Pink Slime: Lessons to Be Learned

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.04.2012

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Andrew Gunther

Both BSE and the "pink slime" fiasco are the indirect outcomes of the incessant drive to industrialize livestock farming and meat processing.

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The Perfect Storm: How the Pink Slime Debacle Created Food System Change

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 05.03.2012

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Nancy Huehnergarth

Inciting grassroots involvement in food system issues is critical -- yet, until the pink slime debacle, consumer uprisings have mostly eluded the movement. Why did this issue create such a powerful consumer reaction?

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Why Meat Glue Isn't Entirely Evil

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 05.03.2012

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On Monday, KGO-TV, the San Francisco affiliate of ABC, aired a report on transglutaminase, more commonly known as "meat glue." The clip, embedded belo...

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Pink Slime And Mad Cow Disease: Coming To A Burger Near You

John Robbins | Posted 04.26.2012

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John Robbins

This recent case of mad cow disease could be an isolated case. It could amount to nothing more than a fleeting news item. That, certainly, is what the U.S. meat industry would like officials to think, and what it would like consumers to believe.

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8 Healthy, Beef-Free Burger Alternatives

The Huffington Post | Laura Schocker | Posted 04.26.2012

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The last few months haven't been kind to ground beef. First came the news about pink slime, an ammonia-based filler that grossed us all out. Then this...

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Let Them Eat Slime

Kelly Dorfman | Posted 04.24.2012

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Kelly Dorfman

Safe, consciously-raised animals are not too expensive for most of us, but we all have to adjust to the real cost of producing healthy food.

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Protein: Not Less, Just Different

Phil Lempert | Posted 04.24.2012

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Phil Lempert

With our typical proteins' prices on the rise, the question is whether, as the culture of our population shifts to a more diverse ethnic mix, will popular protein sources from around the world end up on supermarket shelves?

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If Red Meat Would Kill You Before Your Time, Would You Still Eat It?

Mary Bradley | Posted 04.23.2012

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Mary Bradley

The association of animal protein (especially that loaded with highly saturated fat) and increased health risks is not new. Does the threat of death, as opposed to unpleasant diseases like cancer and heart disease, make a difference in how consumers behave?

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'Pink Slime' Stokes Controversy

Posted 04.16.2012

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By P.J. Huffstutter and Lisa Baertlein Standing before a crowd of McDonald's Corp shareholders at its headquarters last spring, an unlikely inv...

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Grossed Out by Pink Slime? Well, Don't Just Sit There

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 04.13.2012

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Michael F. Jacobson

Signs that our food system is broken are all around us. So are the signs that Americans are craving change and want to do something about it.

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The Problem With The American Steakhouse

Josh Ozersky on Time.com | Posted 04.11.2012

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As a committed carnivore, I feel strongly that a steakhouse is the last place anybody who really loves beef should go. I don’t write this as a food ...

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A Pink Slime Timeline

Food Safety News | Posted 04.09.2012

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The story of Beef Products Inc.'s Lean Finely Textured Beef isn't new, and neither is the nickname "pink slime". Yet after more than 10 years on the m...

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Report: 'Pink Slime' Was Served To Chicago Students

Posted 04.06.2012

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After avoiding the "pink slime" controversy for the most part, Chicago Public School officials are now admitting that students may have been served th...

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Has LFTB Really Been in Our Beef for "20 Years" and Without Incident?

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 04.06.2012

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Bettina Elias Siegel

So the filler which is the subject of so much controversy has not been in our food supply for "20 years." But what about that claim by BPI and its supporters that the use of this filler has been without incident?

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Defending Pink Slime for Reasons of Economy Is Virtually the Same as Encouraging Smoking for the Same Reasons

Gregg McBride | Posted 04.05.2012

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Gregg McBride

When recently discussing pink slime, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad noted, "It's beef, but it's a leaner beef, which is better for you." A leaner beef, Governor?

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Ammonia Found In Many Foods Besides Pink Slime

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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* Ammonium hydroxide cleared for food in 1974 * Related ammonia compounds used in baking, chocolate * Pink slime a "gros...

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Bittman: Pink Slime A Symptom Of Larger Problem

NYTimes.com | Posted 04.04.2012

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Rick Perry -- remember him? -- was more inspired as a defender of the beef processing industry than he was as a debater. Last week, Perry -- along wit...

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Pink Slime Outrage Is Not a Vegetarian Plot

Michele Simon | Posted 04.03.2012

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Michele Simon

During the weekend, the meat industry hosted a massive picnic in Iowa (with what else, free burgers) to show its support for Beef Products Inc, maker of the filler. The event was held, fittingly, at the Tyson Events Center.

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