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Carolina’s Factory Farms Produce 15,000 Olympic Pools Worth of Waste Each Year
By Christina Cooke on June 28, 2016
CAFOs are often hidden in plain sight. A new mapping project reveals the locations and impacts of the state’s 6,500 industrial hog and chicken farms.
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One Groundbreaking Set of Rules is Changing the Food in L.A. Schools and the System Behind It
By Leilani Clark on June 27, 2016
The Good Food Purchasing Policy specifies that everything the students in L.A. Unified School District eat must be local, sustainable, humane, fair, and healthy. And it’s becoming a model for the nation.
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Food Will Not Save Media, but the Right Media Might Help to Save Food
By Naomi Starkman on June 24, 2016
Many media sources are looking toward food for new revenue models, but will it ever go beyond recipes and pretty photos?
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Photos Show Farms Like You’ve Probably Never Seen Them
By Twilight Greenaway on June 24, 2016
James Collier's Instagram series features large farms shot from above. Who knew monoculture could be this beautiful?
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Striking Number of College Students are Food Insecure. Can Campus Farms Help?
By Lela Nargi on June 23, 2016
A community college in Brooklyn has launched what might be the first on-site farm-to-pantry college program in the country.
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Film Offers a Peek at Some of the First Organic Farmers
By Krista Holobar on June 23, 2016
This developing documentary will make you nostalgic for a time a time when organic was still a revolutionary idea.
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New USDA Organic Standards for Animals Close the Welfare Gap?
By Lynne Curry on June 22, 2016
Growing consumer interest in animal welfare could mean new organic standards. Here's what you need to know.
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