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The Meat Industry’s Hand in Food Labeling
When we enter a grocery store, we are immediately bombarded with all sorts of buzzwords: “cage-free,” “free range,” “sustainable,” “grass...
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May 24, 20225 min read


Meat Meets “Meat”
Meatless “meat” is on the rise, and ranchers aren’t happy about it. People are increasingly turning to vegetarian and vegan substitutes...
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Jun 11, 20193 min read


Eat Your (Ugly) Fruits and Vegetables: Normalizing Imperfect Produce
Up to 40 percent of the food produced in the United States is never eaten. At the same time, one in every eight Americans struggles to...
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Mar 2, 20196 min read


Blood Avocados: Cracking Down on Cartels
Last year, millionaire real estate mogul Tim Gurner told 60 Minutes Australia that millennials are blowing potential savings on “buying...
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Apr 18, 20185 min read


Soylent’s Hypocrisy
Soylent Original (2.0) is packaged in a minimalist, matte white plastic bottle – no nutrition facts, no warning labels, zero clutter....
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May 10, 20177 min read


Crying Over Dumped Milk
Over the past year, the average American has consumed an extra pound of dairy products. However, this is not a conscious decision in...
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Dec 7, 20165 min read


Fishy Business
A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning...
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Oct 28, 20166 min read


Knowledge is Power in Fighting Obesity
Americans are fat, and getting fatter. According to the American Heart Association, 78 million adults and 13 million children in the...
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Apr 9, 20164 min read


Why It Takes More Than a Whole Foods to Fix a Food Desert
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has drawn government attention and funding toward the problem of America’s food...
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Mar 30, 20165 min read


Kernels in a Jar: The Agricultural Ticket to the Presidency
Across the United States, autumn is a time of seasonal preparation: for colder weather in the North, hurricane season in the Southeast,...
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Oct 18, 20155 min read


A New Fast Food Nation: Health Economics and the UAE
On a recent stay in Dubai, I was bombarded by a very deceptive nicety, one that politely greets customers at every meal: “saha wa hana,”...
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Feb 26, 20154 min read


Thank You For Snacking
A recent episode of WBUR radio’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook discussed a major new policy debate: can big food be sued in the way big...
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Feb 24, 20142 min read
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