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Meat
How to eat roadkill: everything you need to know
The Guardian - Poppy Noor
Some chefs and activists say animals killed on the road are the most organic and most ethical to eat – and bear meat is great in chilli On Monday, California made it legal for people who fatally hit an
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Climate
'I'm standing here in the middle of climate change': How USDA is failing farmers
POLITICO
ROCK PORT, Missouri — Rick Oswald is standing on the doorstep of the white farmhouse he grew up in, but almost nothing is as it should be. To his right, four steel grain bins, usually shiny and straight,
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Food & Dining
Shrimp and Chemicals: What You Need to Know
The New York Times - Melissa Clark
Whether farmed or wild caught, the cheaper the shrimp, the more likely it is to have been treated with chemicals, particularly sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium bisulfite. Sodium bisulfite is used to
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China
Interim US-China 'Phase 1' Trade Deal Far From a Sure Thing
hinrichfoundation.com - Stephen Olson
Interim US-China ‘Phase 1’ Trade Deal Far From a Sure Thing The just-announced US-China interim trade agreement will forestall US tariff increases on …
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U.S.-China tariffs drag global growth to lowest in a decade: IMF
reuters.com - David Lawder and Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-China trade war will cut 2019 global growth to its slowest pace since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday, but said output
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How To Shop At Aldi, The Confusing Budget Grocery Store
HuffPost - Julie Kendrick
From the quarter required to release a shopping cart to the complete lack of name brands, here's a primer on what to know about Aldi. We all have opinions ― strong ones ― about the places we buy our food.
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Micronesia
They Crossed an Ocean to Butcher Pigs. It Was No American Dream.
The New York Times - Jack Healy
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Anthony Pretrick was scraping by as a fisherman in his Pacific island homeland of Micronesia when he met a job recruiter with an irresistible offer: There was a fortune to be made slaughtering
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California's environmentalism comes under fire after blackouts
The Washington Times - Valerie Richardson
California prides itself on being a global leader on climate change, but last week’s unprecedented power outages have raised questions about how …
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Nearly 300 California Drinking Water Wells, Other Water Sources Contaminated With Toxic Chemicals Linked to Cancer
ktla.com - Los Angeles Times
Nearly 300 drinking water wells and other water sources in California have traces of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, new state testing has …
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China's pork prices surged 69.3% in September from a year ago
CNBC - Yen Nee Lee
Pork prices in China jumped 69.3% in September from a year ago as the country continued to battle a shortage of the meat that followed an outbreak of …
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Retail
Fair workweek laws: the movement to make workers’ schedules more humane - Vox
Vox
Alicia Fleming had worked as a server at restaurants in Massachusetts for a decade and a half. She enjoyed the work, but after she had her son at the age of 32, she found it impossible to stay in the “The
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Meat
Trump Turns Back the Clock in America’s Meat Plants
newrepublic.com - Kim Kelly
More than a century after Upton Sinclair's gruesome "The Jungle," the president is loosening rules that protect workers and consumers alike. It was …
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California
California governor demands PG&E accountability for mismanaging power shutoffs
reuters.com - Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co should be held accountable for mismanaging last week's widespread power shutoffs and urged
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Livestock
Time to strike a balance between protecting wolves and cattle
seattletimes.com - Chris Bachman
The governor’s engagement has given traction to slipping recovery. Population growth was a mere 6% in 2017 and 2% in 2018. So far we have lost 16 of …
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Carbon
Scientists Create a Material That Captures CO2 And Turns It Into Organic Matter
ScienceAlert - David Nield
Scientists have come up with an innovative way to try and counter the massive amounts of carbon dioxide we're still pumping into the air, even as a …
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Oil
Exclusive: No choice but to invest in oil, Shell CEO says
reuters.com - Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) still sees abundant opportunity to make money from oil and gas in coming decades even as investors and governments increase pressure on energy companies over
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Moose Cheese at the Elk House
Atlas Obscura
A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of this rare, creamy delicacy. Moose-milking can’t be easy. Perhaps that’s why moose milk cheese can set a …
Sep 26, 2018
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Native Americans
Take down monuments to Native American oppression
hcn.org - Jason Asenap
A larger-than-life bronze bust of Christopher Columbus surveys Pueblo, Colorado, from atop a 15-foot limestone column. The monument, designed by New …
Sep 13, 2018
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Housing
The Biggest Housing Boom In History Has Just Begun
Forbes - Stephen McBride
Bill Brame edited Star Trek films before he took up “house flipping.” During the housing boom, Bill was often “turning around” 14 houses at once with three crews of renovators working full time. In 2004,
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Climate
Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasons
National Geographic - Peter Schwartzstein
Farmers around the world rely on millennia-old wisdom to guide their planting. Scrambled weather and seasons are forcing them into uncharted territory. When snake weed blooms in the spring, they know in
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China
Two Cheers for the Trade Deals With Japan and China
dtnpf.com - Urban C Lehner
China agreed on Oct. 11 to buy what President Trump described as $40 billion to $50 billion of U.S. ag products. Hurrah again. Over what period of …
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China
China's U.S. Exports Tumble as Tariffs Bite
The Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street Journal
BEIJING—China’s exports to the U.S. shrank by more than one-fifth last month, hit by heavier tariffs, underscoring the urgency for Beijing to resolve trade friction with Washington. Chinese shipments the
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Business
Mnuchin insists US reached 'fundamental agreement' in China trade talks
FOX Business - Evie Fordham
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday insisted the U.S. and China had reached a "fundamental agreement ... subject to documentation" during trade talks in Washington last week. "We made substantial
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News
Kim Jong Un May Be Hiding a Hog Apocalypse From the World
Bloomberg - Heesu Lee
By official accounts, thepig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported …
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Business
Trump's hailing of $50 billion in Chinese farm purchases seen as 'meaningless'
Reuters - By Dominique Patton
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is still a long way from forking out $50 billion for farm goods from the United States, agriculture industry analysts said on Monday, cautioning that getting there is contingent
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Mussels
'The smell will knock you off your feet': mass mussel die-offs baffle scientists | Wildlife | The Guardian
The Guardian - Emily Holden
‘The smell will knock you off your feet’: mass mussel die-offs baffle scientists Mussels, the backbone of the river ecosystem because they control silt levels and filter water, are facing a mysterious
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$Indigenous Mapuche pay high price for Argentina's fracking dream | Environment | The Guardian$
Argentina
Indigenous Mapuche pay high price for Argentina's fracking dream | Environment | The Guardian
The Guardian - Uki Goñi
Community tell of devastating environmental impact on land where their animals grazed The roar of the burning gas well could be heard almost a mile and a half away, from atop the high plateau where Albino
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Tobacco
E-Cigarettes Went Unchecked in 10 Years of Federal Inaction
The New York Times - Katie Thomas and Sheila Kaplan
In 2009, not long after Dr. Margaret Hamburg became commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, a package arrived at her home. Inside was a clunky device called an e-cigarette. “It was my first to
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Climate
Climate change group recommends banning all frequent flyer reward programs to cut carbon emissions by targeting jet-setters
Business Insider - Alexandra Ma
A climate-change advisory group is calling on the UK government to ban frequent flyer reward schemes to discourage people from traveling by air. In a report published last week, the Committee on Climate
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