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2 days ago · By Christina Cooke. A 2022 Civil Eats investigation found that a budget rider that prohibits OSHA from spending money to regulate small farms leaves most animal-ag operations without oversight. Lawmakers appear poised to renew the rider once again. Civil Eats Investigation Series Wins a James Beard Award.
How Four Years of Trump Reshaped Food and Farming
Nov 2, 2020 · In 2017, the EPA reversed an Obama-era ban on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide the agency previously determined was linked to brain damage in children. After battling lawsuits, the agency reaffirmed the decision in 2019 and in 2020, it released a new assessment of the pesticide that excluded several studies and found the science on its dangers “remains unresolved.”
400 Years After the Slave Trade Began, Tracing the Roots of …
Dec 5, 2019 · After Emancipation in 1863, African Americans began to write cookbooks that reached the mainstream public. In 1881, What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking included a recipe called “Jumberlie” that looked a lot like modern-day jambalaya. As the dish evolved over time, it was commonly identified by the use of tomatoes or tomato paste, as well as a mix of shrimp, andouille sausage ...
‘Seed Money’ Explores Monsanto’s Troubling Past and ... - Civil Eats
Dec 20, 2021 · Author Bartow Elmore’s new book examines how the company’s tactics are ‘tearing apart parts of the fabric of society,’ harming farm communities, and reshaping the food system. For decades, the company once known as Monsanto has dominated U.S. agriculture. Famous for its Roundup Ready system—which consists of the herbicide Roundup ...
After ‘Super Size Me’: In Conversation with Morgan Spurlock
Nov 16, 2010 · In 2004, Morgan Spurlock ‘s documentary film Super Size Me debuted. In it, Spurlock eats McDonald’s food for 30 days straight. This extreme experiment sought to document the adverse health effects of the all-to-common practice of over-eating fast food, using himself as test subject. Indeed, Spurlock gained weight, scared his doctors when ...
12 Native-Owned Food Businesses to Support | Civil Eats
Oct 12, 2020 · Moore Brothers Natural is a Native owned and operated cattle operation on the ancestral Lumbee lands in North Carolina. Their high-quality beef is raised on pasture without the use of antibiotics or growth hormones. Native American Natural Foods. Oglala Lakota. To be Tanka means to “live life powerfully” in Lakota.
Op-ed: What I Learned from White Oak Pastures—and What Other …
Feb 24, 2022 · My husband John and I moved from San Francisco to Iowa in 2019 to take over his family’s fifth-generation, 540-acre farm, raising cattle and goats on pasture through rotational grazing. What drew us to Southern Georgia was a four-day retreat with the Center for Agricultural Resilience (CFAR), an offshoot of White Oak Pastures (WOP), a large farm known for its commitment to regenerative ...
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The Co-op Farming Model Might Help Save America’s Small Farms
By Annelise Jolley. October 3, 2018. Across the U.S.—from New England to California—a small but growing movement of farmers is foregoing traditional farm ownership in favor of a cooperative model. In Maine, four Somali Bantu refugees raise crops on shared land at New Roots Cooperative Farm, growing both regional and Somali produce.
GMO Salmon Is (Sort of) on the Market: Here’s What It Means
Jun 24, 2022 · After years of resistance from advocacy groups as well as regulatory and pandemic-related delays, the first genetically engineered (i.e., GMO or bioengineered) salmon made its official debut in the American food supply last June. But the AquAdvantage Salmon hasn’t made much of a splash. In fact, it’s barely on the market, said Jaydee Hanson ...