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Fair Oaks Farms: Taking Responsibility
Fair Oaks Farms has come under scrutiny for inhumane treatment to its calves. Find out how the farm's CEO has taken responsibility to better the operations of the farm, as well as the industry as a whole.
Animal Welfare and Health
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Electromagnetic Fields: Protecting Yourself through Nutrition
Did you know the devices we depend on all day emit electromagnetic fields, or EMFs? What are EMFs, anyway? We're taking a look at what these fields do to our bodies and which foods help us combat any ill effects.
Health
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The Farm Babe: An Ag Love Story
Have you ever bought something labeled organic or all-natural because it sounded ‘healthier’, even though you didn’t really know what it meant? Or quickly decided that GMOs and antibiotics are bad, without understanding why a farmer uses them? What if I told you that The Farm Babe, one of the most influential social advocates for the science behind agriculture, was once in your shoes?
D2D on the Farm
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GMOs are Confusing: A Recipe for Understanding
Consumers continue to be confused by GMOs. What if we told you that enhancing your banana bread recipe with additional nutrients is similar in concept to adding a gene to a plant?
Food Ingredients, Food Technology
Are Insects the Future of Food?
Insects are in the spotlight as a healthy, affordable, and easily produced protein source for the future. We've examined the health benefits, but now it's time to put these critters to the taste test.
Diet, Food Ingredients, Food Technology, Health
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Rallying for our Flooded Farmers
The ongoing flooding in Nebraska and Iowa has pushed many farmers over the edge, making the next harvest an impossibility for some. Many have lost their homes, their farms, and their livelihood. Here is how you can help.
Food Production, Food Regulations and Policy, Food Security
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The Truth about Juice Cleanses
There are no known long term health benefits to cleansing. And if we’re being honest, juice cleansing doesn’t taste or feel that great… So, do you really need to starve yourself with green juice to detoxify your body?
Diet, Health
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What’s in a name? In this case, quite a bit.
Cell-based meat, an innovative protein, is being accepted as a viable component of a healthy, robust protein source. But what should we call it?
Food Production, Food Technology, Future of Food
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This Is What Fruits and Vegetables Looked Like Before Humans Intervened
Fruits and vegetables we know and love are a lot more complicated than you'd think. They didn't always look like they do. In fact, it took decades of human intervention to transform them into the delicious, nutrient-rich morsels they are today.
Food Ingredients
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Your organic cotton t-shirt might be worse for the environment
In clothing—just as in food—brands love to tout their use of organic agricultural products to show they’re doing their part to fight the industry’s outsized environmental footprint. But the reality isn’t always so simple.
Soil and Crop Management
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Why Do Visions of Farming’s Future Never Involve Farmers?
A robotic approach to agriculture is nothing new—and it perpetuates problems with the existing system.
Food Technology
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Witness Confirms ARM Employee Coerced Fair Oaks Farms Abuse
A third-party witness has come forward to corroborate the allegations made by a suspect that the ARM employee encouraged or coerced the behavior depicted in the portions of the video that have been released publicly.
Animal Welfare and Health