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Our Relationship with Food

Book Review: The Cassoulet Saved our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family & How We Learn to Eat By Caroline M. Grant & Lisa Catherine Harper Publisher: Roost Books Released March 2013 By ...

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Poetry: Practicability of Challenges

by Jina Song You who step on a banana peel are unfortunate. You who step on a loach are not. Improperly stepping on the fish, you will slide. The storekeeper will ...

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Caffeine: The Gateway Drug?

by Enrique Sebastian Rivas A steaming cup of coffee is what many have every morning, right before they begin their day. For adults, coffee is the largest source of caffeine. ...

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Does Pot Make You Thin?

On the face of it, the study seems to come out of ...
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Edible QR Codes on Sushi

Guests at the upscale Harney Sushi in San Diego now get a little ...
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Farm Subsidy Recipient Backs Food Stamp Cuts

A Tennessee congressman who supports billion of dollars in cuts to the ...
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You Need Phosphorous to Live—and We’re Running Out

Who cares about phosphorus? For starters, every living thing on Earth—including humans—since ...
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‘Iron Chef America’ Debuts Frozen Meals That Iron Chefs Would Never Serve

“Iron Chef” is all about cooking fresh ingredients in a short amount ...
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Why I’m Not a Vegan

Animal products have a special place in this discussion, because unlike hyperprocessed ...
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Food and Immigrant Life Conference

The videos for all the sessions of the conference (including the keynote ...
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Washington State Butcher Spikes Pig Feed With Weed

William von Schneidau, an intrepid butcher in Seattle, is giving a whole ...
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4 Questions Raised by the Amish Raw Milk Trial

The growing trend of drinking and selling raw milk is getting one ...
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Taxpayer Dollars Are Helping Monsanto Sell Seeds Abroad

Nearly two decades after their mid-’90s debut in US farm fields, GMO ...
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The Greatest Star Trek Beer on the Market

A trio of intrepid Canadian Star Trek fans became friends over some cold brews ...
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Training Honeybees to Sniff Out Landmines

A professor in the Department of Agriculture at Zagreb University has been ...

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Medical-Marijuana-and-Diabetes

Does Pot Make You Thin?

On the face of it, the study seems to come out of left field: A group of researchers claimed that marijuana smokers showed 16 per cent lower fasting insulin levels than non-smokers. The study, called “The Impact of Marijuana Use on Glucose, Insulin, and Insulin Resistance among US Adults,”  is in press for The American Journal […]

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Edible QR Codes on Sushi

Guests at the upscale Harney Sushi in San Diego now get a little something extra with their fresh tuna and crab rolls: edible QR (quick response) codes. When scanned with a smart phone or tablet, the codes take users to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fish Watch website, where they can learn about the sustainability […]

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Farm Subsidy Recipient Backs Food Stamp Cuts

A Tennessee congressman who supports billion of dollars in cuts to the food stamp program is one of the largest recipients of federal farm subsides, according to new annual data released by a Washington environmental group. Using Agriculture Department data, researchers at the Environmental Working Group found that Representative Stephen Fincher, a Republican and a farmer from […]

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You Need Phosphorous to Live—and We’re Running Out

Who cares about phosphorus? For starters, every living thing on Earth—including humans—since all the crops we eat depend on it to produce healthy cells. Until the mid-20th century, farmers maintained phosphorus levels in soil by composting plant waste or spreading phosphorus-rich manure. Then new mining and refining techniques gave rise to the modern phosphorus fertilizer […]

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‘Iron Chef America’ Debuts Frozen Meals That Iron Chefs Would Never Serve

“Iron Chef” is all about cooking fresh ingredients in a short amount of time. The foods used are generally minimally processed and the dishes are cooked from scratch. These meal kits do not at all resemble the Iron Chef spirit. While the press kit encourages “cooking,” a frozen dinner barely counts. Click here to read […]

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Why I’m Not a Vegan

Animal products have a special place in this discussion, because unlike hyperprocessed foods they have been a part of the diet of most humans since humans existed, and because their concentration of nutrients makes consuming at least some of them convenient and perhaps even smart. There is, however, a limit to their benefit. Click here to […]

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