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Ramps at Risk: Is Overforaging a Problem?
Ramp season is officially upon us. Across North America, ramp festivals are in full swing bringing together foragers, gourmands, wild foodies, and the gastronomically curious to enjoy wild leeks at their peak. Over two million ramps will be consumed in the United States this year, and as foraging becomes an increasingly popular trend, long-time wild food advocates are warning that unsustainable foraging may be putting ramps at risk. Ramps, also known as wild leeks, are a type of spring onion that have a pungent garlicky odor, and taste much like a combination between garlic, scallions, and leeks. As the sustainable food movement grow...
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Ryan Budget to Cut Food Assistance for Poor
An analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that US House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's...
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New Foraging App for Adventurous Eaters
"Wild Edibles" a new app for aspiring foragers provides a useful tool in identifying wild plants for human picking and...
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Industrial Organic Pressed For Transparency
The question about organic growing practices in industrial agriculture seems almost like an oxymoron: How can the indus...
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US National Parks Shift to Sustainable Food
Preservation and enjoyment of the environment is the primary mission of the US national park system, and it is surpr...
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Staph Infected Meat? Oh, About Half.
A new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute shows that, "nearly half of the meat and poultry samples ...
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Final Budget Agreement Cuts Food Aid, Water Quality and Stewardship Programs
The new agreement recently passed to avoid a government shutdown cut programs that promote land stewardship, help poor...
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Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk: New Study Explores Link Between Food and Drug Cravings
A new study published by Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity shows that people who struggle with severe food...
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Urban Gardening Movement Grows Strong Communities
If there's one thing we can say we've been lacking in industrial American society, it certainly is the structure of a f...
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Market Trends: Greenwashing
Walmart sells organics; sets up a fruit stand in front of their automated doors. Hundreds of thousands of re-useable...
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Bt Corn: Fail.
The International Journal of Biological Sciences claims that three varieties of GMO corn have now been linked with org...
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Organic Farmers Flip the Script on Monsanto
A growing block of organic farmers and agricultural organizations have joined forces to sue biotech giant Monsanto. The...
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House Bill 589: The Breakdown
Nothing is more distasteful than shady business practices, except maybe shady business practices that seek protection...
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Senate & House Bills SF431 & HF589
Lawmakers in Iowa are looking to make it legal to discriminate against activists that seek work in animal-centric food...
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Hand In Hand: Oil And Packaged Food
Crude oil and industrial food. Two things that don't sound like they should go together, but inexplicably do. Well, may...
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Superfly: San Francisco Airport to Feature Sustainable Food
Maintaining its well-deserved reputation as a forward-thinking city, San Francisco announced plans for a sustainable fo...
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The Nuclear Forest Recovery Zone
"The enormity and unprecedented nature of this combined natural and human-made disaster will require a massive and com...
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Millions Against Monsanto March, Washington DC March 26
Consumers deserve a choice of whether or not to purchase genetically modified foods. Monsanto says that we have that c...
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Nuclear Fallout of Japan's Food System
Early this morning, the news came swiftly: radiation had been detected on the California coast. Moments later, another...
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USDA Gives The OK To Japanese Food Imports
Japanese food is delicious and usually very healthy, clean, simple and elegant. And while it isn't a significant intere...
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McDonald's Latest Green(ish) Initiative
McDonald's recently announced a new sustainability initiative with the stated goal of ensuring that the food they sourc...
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