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Slash Meat Consumption and Avert Climate Catastrophe, Says New Blueprint for 'Sustainable Food Future' by 2050

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'Sleepwalking Towards Edge of a Cliff': 60% of Earth's Wildlife Gone Since 1970

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Nature is not a 'nice to have'—it is our life-support system."

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Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt Brands, Study Finds Average Adult Ingests 2,000 Pieces of Microplastic Per Year

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The more we consume plastics, the more we literally consume plastic."

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New 'Groundbreaking' Bill Would Put Firm Pause on Out-of-Control Food Industry Mega-Mergers

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

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"Consolidation has now reached a point where the top four firms in almost every...

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Climate Crisis to Cause Hundreds of Millions of Dangerous Nutrient Deficiencies—in Countries Least Responsible for Emissions

Glyphosate—It's What's for Breakfast: Study Finds Cancer-Causing Weedkiller in Popular Oatmeal, Cereals, and Snack Bars

President Donald Trump on Thursday pushed the House and Senate to pass a version of the farm bill that includes work requirements for families who receive food stamps.

In Latest Attempt to Harm Struggling Families, Trump Urges Lawmakers to Push One Million Americans Off Food Stamp Program

"Indians deserve to grow, produce, distribute good food for all, instead of bad food and fake food imposed by the unscientific, undemocratic, anti-national labelling rules for the profits of the GMO and junk food industry at the cost of people's health," author and food sovereignty activist Vandana Shiva wrote in a recent column.

Despite Ban and New Labels, Study Reveals 'Large-Scale Illegal Presence' of GMOs in India's Food Supply

Earliest "Earth Overshoot Day" Ever Expected for 2018 as Consumption of Natural Resources Accelerates

"Most of the top 35 global meat and dairy giants either do not report or underreport their emissions. Only four of them provide complete, credible emissions estimates." (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Emissions Impossible: How Big Meat and Dairy Are Heating Up the Planet

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"Slap in the Face" to Poor Americans: House GOP Passes Farm Bill Attacking Nation's Hungriest Families

Anthony Bourdain

'Honest and Fearless' in Words and Travel, Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61

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To Upend Failed Paradigm, Hundreds of Experts Converge in EU to Forge Blueprint for Sustainable Food System

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While Advocates Declare #HandsOffSNAP, Trump Reportedly Wants Even Crueler Requirements for Nation's Poor and Hungry

Republicans Unveil Proposal to Push One Million Off Food Stamps

Safety Breaches at US Meat Plants Spark Outcry in UK Over Possible Post-Brexit Trade Deal

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Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Tests Reveal More Weed Killer Than Some Vitamins in Kids’ Cereals

Friends of the Earth

New Report Showcases Leading Strategies, Policies for Scaling up Climate-Friendly School Food

Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety Calls for Court Decision on GE Labeling Delay

Center for Food Safety

CFS Sues Trump Administration Over GMO Labeling Delay

Friends of the Earth

EU Citizens Reject Bayer-Monsanto Merger, Says New Polling

Food & Water Watch

New Documents Show Privatized Hog Inspection Scheme Rife With Food Safety Violations

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Helena Norberg-Hodge

Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won’t Destroy the Environment

Steve Suppan

The 2017 Thanksgiving Salmonella Outbreak Is Still With Us. Why?

Zenobia Barlow

When a Warming Climate Threatens Your Dinner Plate

Ben Lilliston

Stop Meat Companies from Rigging the Grass-fed Market

Laura Flanders

From Co-op to Co-op

Katherine Paul

Trump's 'Harvest Boxes:' A Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Idea

Mara Pellittieri, Rachel West

Yes, Replacing Food Stamps With a Blue Apron-Style Delivery System Is As Bad As It Sounds

Stacy Dean

President’s Budget Would Cut and Radically Restructure SNAP Food Benefits

Peter Kalmus

A Radical Vision for Food: Everyone Growing It for Each Other

Timothy Wise

WTO Summit to Ignore Price Crisis, Agricultural Dumping

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