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Industrial Agriculture

Laurie David on Why Sitting Down to a Meal Is Such a Big Deal

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.01.2011 | Home
Read More: Laurie David, Sustainable Agriculture, Environmentalism, The Family Dinner, Industrial Agriculture, Activism, Climate Change, Home News
Kerry Trueman

"We have to alleviate the pressure on ourselves that dinner has to be this fancy affair, three courses and a homemade apple pie. If you're having peanut butter and jelly on whole grain, that's good enough."

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"Land Grabs" in Agriculture: Fairer Deals Needed to Ensure Opportunity for Locals

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 09.26.2011 | World
Read More: Developing Countries, Industrial Agriculture, Land Grab, Economic Development, Agriculture, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

The trend of international land grabbing -- when governments and private firms invest in or purchase large tracts of land in other countries for the purpose of agricultural production and export -- can have serious consequences.

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Agricultural Policy Should Fuel Health, Not Epidemics!

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 07.24.2011 | Politics
Read More: American Heart Association, Fast Food, Congress, USDA Nutrition Programs, Type 2 Diabetes, Health Care Costs, Agriculture, USDA Policy, Subsidies, Agriculture Reform, Elizabeth Kucinich, Federal Budget, Agricultural Subsidies, Farm Bill, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 2012 Farm Bill, House Agriculture Committee, Federal Budget Deficit, Prevention, Health, Food Politics, Agriculture Subsidies, Food, Usda, Pcrm, Medical Costs, Diabetes, Farm Subsidies, Heart Disease, Diabetes Prevention, Vegetarian, Vegan, Agribusiness, Veganism, Fruit, Industrial Agriculture, Meat, House Appropriations Committee, Preventative Healthcare, Food Policy Agenda, Appropriations, Death, Doctors, Cholesterol, Healthy Diet, Diet, Healthy Eating, Unhealthy Diets, Hal Rogers, Obesity, Politics News
Elizabeth Kucinich

In 2009, USDA spent more than twice as much buying meat and dairy as it did on fruits and vegetables. What that means is that the USDA used taxpayers' money to buy about $1.5 billion worth of meat and dairy.

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Weekly Mulch: Conservatives and Liberals Remain In Denial About Climate Change

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Grist, MORGAN GRIFFITH, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Industrial Agriculture, Climate Deniers, ECO-FARMING, Ips, Naomi Klein, Nasa, Agribusiness, Sea Level Rise, American Prospect, Earth Island Journal, Democracy Now!, Un, Mother Jones, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The negative impacts of climate change are coming on more quickly than anyone expected. According to a new...

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Dead Zones, Now in More Frightening Detail!

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sewage, Agricultural Runoff, Hypoxia, Oceans, Ocean Dead Zones, Industrial Agriculture, Eutrophication, Dead Zone, Green News
Peter Hanlon

2011-03-10-hypoxia.jpg A new interactive map of oceanic dead zones charts hundreds of areas across the globe where sewage and fertilizer runoff have created areas virtually uninhabitable for most marine life.

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Behind Monsanto's Satisfied Farmer Ad Campaign

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Marion Nestle, Biotechnology, Monsanto, Gmo, Industrial Agriculture, Agriculture, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We have two agricultural systems in this country, both claiming to be good for farmers and both claiming to be sustainable.

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Amid Holiday Glitter, Food Shines As A Genuine Article Of Faith

Pythia Peay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Farm Sanctuary, Community Gardens, Eve Jackson, Slow Food Movement, Holiday Commercialism, Jungian Archetypes of Food, Eating Disorders, Industrial Agriculture, Holiday Cooking, Organic Food, Sustainable Farming, Factory Farm Animals, Michelle Obama's Community Garden, Holiday Food, Locavore, Religion News
Pythia Peay

That food can root us in the past while offering hope for the future seems proof of its power to transform. Most of us have experienced the bliss of biting into a dish so divine it thrills alive the soul as well as the body.

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Let's Ask Marion Nestle: How Did Junk Food and Obesity Become a Red State / Blue State Debate?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Food Fight, Culture War, Rush Limbaugh, Good Food Movement, David Frum, Glenn Beck, Obesity, Industrial Agriculture, Junk Food, Sarah Palin, Big Food, Home News
Kerry Trueman

I cornered NYU Professor of Nutrition Marion Nestle to ask why the issues of junk food and obesity have become so incredibly politicized.

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Wealthy Ag Lobbies Cry Poor

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Farm Bill, Rice, Wheat, Lobbying, Corn, Lobbyists, Cotton, Factory Farms, Big Ag, Agribusiness, Soybeans, Farm Subsidies, Industrial Agriculture, K Street, Home News
Donald Carr

The idea that agribusiness lobbyists don't have the funds to properly "defend" their continuing cornucopia of taxpayer dollars does not even come close to passing the smell test.

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No More Sea Shells by the Seashore -- New Evidence of the Impacts of Rising CO2 Levels

Robin Madel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Stephanie Talmage, Chris Gobler, Carbon Dioxide, Water Conservation, Proceedings of the Journal of the Academy of Sciences, Stony Brook University, Carbon Emissions, Industrial Agriculture, Power Plants, Green News
Robin Madel

In a new study, clams and scallops that were grown in pre-industrial conditions displayed significantly faster growth and development and had higher survival rates compared to those grown in today's conditions.

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Cruelties Destined for Condemnation

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Factory Farming, Animal Abuse, Slavery, Factory Farms, Washington Post, Industrial Agriculture, Impact News
Wayne Pacelle

None of us should be bystanders as animal cruelty persists. By joining in the fight, we can hasten its demise.

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The Latest Threat to Industrial Agriculture: The Local Foods Movement?

Carla Wise | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Local Food, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food Movement, Home News
Carla Wise

Something really weird has been happening: seemingly intelligent columnists have been warning of the terrible threat posed by the local foods movemen...

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New York Times Writers Speak up for Chickens, Chimps

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Eggs, Research, Chimpanzee, Egg Recall, Factory Farms, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Animal Research, Nih, Industrial Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

Today, the New York Times covers two of the pitched debates in our society about animals -- the controversy over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research and the industrial confinement of laying hens in cages for egg production.

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Paraguay Takes Hard Line on GMOs

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Environment, Gmos, Latin America, Industrial Agriculture, Paraguay, World News
Tracy L. Barnett

Paraguay's federal agricultural agency's dramatic destruction of more than 100 acres of transgenic corn has provoked a fiery new round here in the debate about genetically modified crops.

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U.S. Scientific Establishment Throws Down Gauntlet to Big Ag

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Industrial Agriculture, National Research Council, Sustainable Food, Home News
Andrew Gunther

I don't often find much to cheer about when I read the food and farming news, but a new report from the influential National Research Council on the future of U.S. farming had me reaching for my pom-poms.

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Factory vs. Sustainable Pork Production: Two Videos, One Case for Transparency

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Factory Farms, Cafos, Industrial Agriculture, Food Politics, Pork, Pigs, Home News
Leslie Hatfield

If I'm going to eat something -- especially an animal product -- I want to know as much as I can about where it came from, what it ate, and how it was treated.

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ReThink Review: DIRT! The Movie -- Love the Earth, Literally

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Food Riots, Soil, Dust Bowl, Agriculture, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, Dirt! The Movie, Erosion, Film, Movies, Movie Reviews, Starvation, Hunger, Jonathan Kim, Mountaintop Removal, Fossil Fuels, The Young Turks, Documentary, Topsoil, Movie Critic, Industrial Agriculture, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Earth Day has come and gone, and while many of us took time to think about our planet, we were probably focused on the things that happen on its surfa...

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Green News Report -- April 20, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Energy Star, Massey Energy, Food Poisoning, US Military, Eyjafjallajokull, Epa, West Virginia, Green News Report, Iceland, China Earthquake, Coal, LED Lights, Tea Party Movement, Energy Efficiency, West Virginia Mine Explosion, BRAD BLOG, Peak Oil, Saudi Arabia, Green News, Climate Change, Usda, Seattle, Iceland Volcano, Industrial Agriculture, Coal Mining, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Rescue & reco...

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Moby's New Bedfellows: The Vegan & The Hog Farmer

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Moby, Miyun Park, Animal Welfare, Vegan, Factory Farms, Frances Moore Lappe, Paul Willis, Climate Change, Diet-for-a-Small-Planet, Industrial Agriculture, Niman-Ranch, Teany, Home News
Jerusha Klemperer

How did Moby end up editing a book with a contribution by a sustainable hog farmer? We are at an interesting moment, I think, one in which the vegans are trying a new tact.

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The KFC Double Down: One Sandwich To Kill You All (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Stupidity, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Kfc Double Down, Heart Disease, Obesity, Fast Food Industry, Health Care, Industrial Agriculture, Double Down, Kfc Double Down Sandwhich, Kfc, This Is Why You're Fat: KFC Double Down, This Is Why You're Fat, Patton Oswalt, Patton Oswalt KFC Double Down, Slidepollajax, Kfc Double Down Sandwich, Kfc Double Down Chicken Sandwich, Kfc Double Down Calories, Double Down Sandwich, Double Down Calories, Home News
Mark Morford

Behold, the KFC Double Down sandwich. It is, if you really want to know, two slabs of fried chicken intersliced with two pieces of bacon, two slabs of cheese, and the Colonel's "special sauce."

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A Conversation with Anna Lappe on Climate Change, Problems, and Solutions (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cafo, Climate Change, Anna Lappe, Industrial Agriculture, Diversity, Local Food Systems, Diet-for-a-Hot-Planet, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

The first thing one notices about Anna Lappe, author of the new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You ...

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Green News Report -- May 18, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Congress, Green News Report, Coal, Msha, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Heart Disease, Ken Salazar, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Overfishing, Global Warming, ADD/ADHD, Processed Food, Coal Industry, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Kevin Costner, Minerals Management Service, BRAD BLOG, Halliburton, Fish, Green News, Oil, Adhd, Florida, BP Oil Spill, Iceland Volcano, Oceans, Extreme Weather, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Oil, Oil, Tar...

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Green News Report -- March 18, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Salmon, Pesticides, Burn-Pit Exposure Data, Agriculture, Epa, Burn Pits, Green News Report, Burn Pits in Iraq, Coal, Water Crisis, Drought, Solar Energy, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Oil Drilling, Peter Sinclair, Mercury Pollution, Climate Change, Brightsource, Air Pollution, California, Wild Salmon, Sea Lions, Big Ag, British Petroleum, Los Angeles, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, El Nino, Water, Mercury, Green News, Oil, Toxic Waste, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport Now available via Stitcher Radio's way cool app! Listen on your iPhone, Android, Palm Pre and BlackBerry! IN TODAY'S RADIO...

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Nicolette Hahn Niman Speaks to Our Broken Food System (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Factory Farms, Nicolette Hahn Niman, Industrial Food System, Livestock, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Agriculture, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

CUpS caught up with Nicolette Hahn Niman, author of the new book, Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms during her vis...

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Five Million Pounds of Bad Meat

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Coca-Cola, Coke Profits, Soda, Beef Recall, McDonald's, Meat, Industrial Agriculture, E. Coli, Los Angeles News
Mark Morford

I happened to read a charming, albeit nauseating little news item that tried to skulk by unnoticed recently, wherein it was announced that the Hunting...

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