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Will This Maryland Bill Get Big Chicken To Clean up its Act?
By Kristine Wong on January 26, 2015
Environmental groups are working with Maryland lawmakers to hold poultry companies responsible for the manure they produce—in hopes of keeping it out of the Chesapeake Bay.

The Man Working Behind the Scenes to Bring Racial Equality to the Food System
By Twilight Greenaway on January 25, 2015
Dr. Joe Leonard has spent the past 7 years working for equality within the USDA, an agency that was built on institutional racism.

5 Food Systems Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Denmark
By Rachel Cernansky on January 22, 2016
Does food production have to sacrifice the wellbeing of workers, animals, and the environment? Not if you’re in Denmark.


An End In Sight for the School Food Fight?
By Bettina Elias Siegel on January 21, 2016
A bipartisan measure has passed that could improve the quality of the food served in schools.


Why Seed Company Mergers Matter in a Warming World
By Doug Gurian-Sherman on January 21, 2016
Instead of consolidation, we need to support the original “crowdsourcing”—the genetic diversity of crops developed on millions of small farms.

As Bees Die Off, the EPA Shuffles its Feet
By Elizabeth Grossman on January 20, 2016
The agency says tiny amounts of “neonics” can harm bees and beekeepers file suit over treated seeds.


All the News That's Fit to Eat
By Krista Holobar on January 22, 2016
$130 million food waste fight, re-branding trash fish, and ‘exporting water’.

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