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The Hidden Costs Of Fast Food

Will Allen | Posted 05.14.2012

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Will Allen

Only 2% of Americans fish or farm for a living today--down from nearly half of Americans a century ago--and hundreds of thousands of small farmers have been pushed off of their land. Most of us do not know how to provide for ourselves on the most basic level.

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7 Consequences Of Fast Food

Will Allen | Posted 05.14.2012

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Will Allen

Only 2% of Americans fish or farm for a living today--down from nearly half of Americans a century ago--and hundreds of thousands of small farmers have been pushed off of their land. Most of us do not know how to provide for ourselves on the most basic level.

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9 Nasty Truths About Your Favorite Foods

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 05.10.2012

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Martha Rosenberg

Many farmers and agricultural professionals are miffed that the days of "it's-none-of-your-business" farming are over. Once upon a time, consumers cared only about the price and wholesomeness of food and didn't worry about -- or videotape -- its origins and "disassembly."

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7 Vices That Are Actually Good For You

| Posted 03.31.2012

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By Daniel Lefferts for Bookish: Chocolate lovers, rejoice! A new study conducted by The University of California, San Diego suggests that eating ch...

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How Did Our Food Get So Crazy?

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.29.2011

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Christina Pirello

Sandwiched between each program are ads for food, all kinds of food -- bizarre food, excessive food, greasy, salty, sugary food, diet food, fast food, convenient food -- but no food that supports human health.

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Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

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Food Companies Fight Soda Tax Proposal Despite Staggering Obesity Epidemic (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held the first ever conference on obesity titled "The Weight Of The Nation." Obesity i...

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How Unhealthy Foods Hijack Our Brains

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Food hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. The scientist who once led the government's attack on addictive cig...

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