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An “Added Sugar” Label Would Save Billions of Dollars and Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
Imagine that the next time you buy soda, candy, cookies, crackers, or...pretty much anything, the label specifically told you how much pure extra sugar was added to the product. Would it change your shopping?
The Stoned Tourist: Weed-Themed Travel Companies Explode in Canada
Five marijuana-laced travel experiences from your cannabis-friendly northern neighbor
Meet Caulilini, a New Vegetable (Which Isn’t Actually That New)
The brassica family is truly amazing.
Trump Administration Wants to Let Pork Industry Regulate Itself
The Trump administration is continuing its quest to reduce regulations—even when those regulations are designed to keep the country safe.
Cook This: Dinner for Everyone by Mark Bittman
Twice a month, our writer cooks from the book and decides if these farm-to-table recipes are worth the investment.
Over 100 Groups Plead Congress Not to Move the USDA’s Research Arm
One somewhat under-the-radar issue has united dozens of groups from all around the country.
These lambs, born in the past year, are a blast from the past, an Encino Man of sheep.
Devastating Floods in the Midwest Leave Farmers Wondering How They Can Continue
Flooding across the Midwest is at a level not seen since the deadly 2011 Mississippi River floods.
COOK THIS: Root to Bloom by Mat Pember and Jocelyn Cross
Twice a month our writer cooks from the book and decides if these farm-to-table recipes are worth the investment.
