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Bringing justice to America’s food
We talk to Sanjay Rawal, Director of Food Chains, a new documentary exposing conditions for US fa...
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Center for Land-Based Learning: Q&A with Sridharan Sethuratnam
We find out how the Center for Land-Based Learning is working to encourage a new generation of fa...
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Does size matter? Measuring the impact of scale in US agriculture
Does farm size matter when it comes to sustainability in agriculture?
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Draining food systems dry
With over 60% of its citizens relying on groundwater supplies and California now into its fifth y...
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Finding gold at a Philadelphia farm
Teens 4 Good is transforming vacant lots into urban farms and empowering youth to become healthy ...
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GMO labelling in the US
Since the defeat of Prop 37 in California, momentum has been gathering across a number of other s...
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Lessons from a California drought
Despite the recent rainfall, California's drought is far from over. How can we manage our water m...
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Fighting pesticides in paradise: Hawaii bans the use of chlorpyrifos
Hawaii has long been used as a test site for new crops and pesticides, but how has this affected ...
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In the United States, cheap meat still trumps concern over antibiotics
In recent months, the US has made announcements on tackling antibiotic use in agriculture but are...
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How did the Farm Bill become the Farm Bill?
Today the Farm Bill is the primary piece of agriculture and food policy in the US. But how did we...
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A new Farm Bill, but the same old heartburn…
Both houses of the US Congress passed a compromise on a newly revised Farm Bill this week. This e...
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