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  • Environment

    OPINION: Farmers need flexibility to fight Lake Erie’s algae problem

    November 14, 2018

    Phosphorus from fertilizer running off cropland has been identified as the main culprit behind Lake Erie’s algal woes, and the potential for governments in my province of Ontario and elsewhere to implement farm-level regulations has some farmers nervous.

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    Matt Macintosh
  • Cooking, Food, and Beverage,  Environment

    Which diet makes best use of farmland? You might be surprised.

    July 22, 2016

    Vegetarian? Omnivore? Vegan? What should we eat if we want to feed a growing population while minimizing the need to farm more land? We know that meat-based meals require more farmland than plant-based ones. But which diet is the best fit for the mix of croplands and grazing land that supports agriculture today? That’s a different question with a potentially…

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    Kristen Satre Meyer
  • Cooking, Food, and Beverage,  Environment

    The developing world is awash in pesticides. Does it have to be?

    June 22, 2016

    In today’s globalized world, it is not inconceivable that one might drink coffee from Colombia in the morning, munch cashews from Vietnam for lunch and gobble grains from Ethiopia for dinner. That we can enjoy these products is thanks, in large part, to expanded pesticide use across the developing world.

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    Aleszu Bajak
  • Cooking, Food, and Beverage,  Environment

    Who’s keeping organic food honest?

    November 23, 2015

    If you live in the U.S., chances are you are among the 84 percent of American consumers who purchase organic food. Whether you buy it at the grocery store or the farmers market, you trust that food marketed as organic has been raised without toxic chemicals, using farming methods that are environmentally sustainable. At a minimum, you expect organic farmers…

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    Liz Carlisle
  • Cooking, Food, and Beverage,  Environment

    What to do about the antidepressants, antibiotics, and other drugs in our water

    August 11, 2015

    There’s no way around it, the headlines are disturbing. And they come, not from tabloids or click-bait blogs, but from papers published in scientific journals. They describe fish and birds responding with altered behavior and reproductive systems to antidepressants, diabetes medication, and other psychoactive or hormonally active drugs at concentrations found in the environment. They report on opiods, amphetamines and…

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    Elizabeth Grossman
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