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Now, Vote for Veggies

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, The Who Farm, ondayone.org, Food, Eat the View, White House Garden, Michael Pollan, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

The presidential race may be over, but our duties as citizens are not. Now we must vote, however virtually, to have our voices heard. We can also vote with our forks and our feet and our dollars.

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Food Fight Documents The Agri-Culture Wars

Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Agribiz, Food Fight, Growing Power, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Kerry Trueman

The film Food Fight rounds up all the usual suspects to decry this rotten food system, as well as the true foot soldiers in the battle to make real food available to all of us, regardless of income or region.

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Ruth Reichl on a White House Garden for a Nation of Foodies

Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Greenwich Village, White House, New York, California, Scott Peacock, Michael White, London, Paris, David Chang, Michael Pollan, Marco Canora, Ruth Reichl, Mario Batali, Dan Barber, Food, White House Garden, Style News
Louise McCready

"I think the thing that you can count on -- this is the silver lining in this recession that we seem to be going in to -- is that I think people are going to start eating more vegetables"

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Corn Porn: Learning to Love Smut

Flora Lazar | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Mexican Food, Chicago Restaurants, Le Lan Restaurant, Michael Pollan, Huitlacoche, Corn, Green City Market, Tracey Vowell, Chicago Food, Food, Rick Bayless Frontera, Blackbird Restaurant, Huitlacoche Chicago, Farming Huitlacoche, Growing Huitlacoche, Rick Bayless, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

If corn is king, then chef-turned-farmer Tracey Vowell is engaged in regicide. Ever since she left Rick Bayless' Chicago restaurants Frontera Grill and Topolabompo, where she was managing chef, Vowell has been "hijacking corn, a singular act of subversion" as she puts it.

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Green World-Changers: The Plenty 20 Green People And Businesses

Plenty | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Innovation, Al Gore, Michael Pollan, Kathleen Sebelius, Innovation, Green Living, Green Investing, Vinod Khosla, Van Jones, Green News

Plenty magazine has named its top 20 people and top 20 businesses in the game of green innovation. They seemed to have skipped me, but next year I'm g...

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Slow Food Nation: Slow Foodies Mingle, Learn And Eat

Grist.org | Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Slow Food, Winona LaDuke, Slow Food Nation, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Slow Food Movement, Natural Food, Food, Raw Food, Green Living, Vandana Shiva, Green News

It's going to take me more than just a few days to fully understand the effects and implications of the first Slow Food Nation, held in San Francisco ...

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My Trip to Google's HQ

Janet Carlson | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Michael Pollan, Vending Machines in Schools, Trans Fat Ban, Google, Business News
Janet Carlson

The vending machine at the Google Headquarters charges more for foods containing unhealthy ingredients. How California is that?

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2008 Tax Rebate Checks: What Does a Bush-Hating Liberal Spend Hers On?

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: donorschoose.org, Tax Rebate Checks 2008, Michael Pollan, Community Garden, Rebate Checks, Stimulus Payment, Government Checks, Stimulus Rebate, Refund Checks, Irs Checks, What to Do With Your Rebate Check, Economic Stimulus, Stimulus Checks, Tax Rebate Schedule, Stimulus Package, Carbon Footprint, Politics News
Katherine Goldstein

While I reject the notion that it's my "patriotic duty" to buy more junk I don't need, here are 3 ideas of worthy ways to spend the money that could do some social and economic good.

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