I've spent a year showing you how a handful of corporations captured our food system. This week, I get to write about one of the best ideas I've seen for actually taking it back. Last Tuesday, a $45 billion deal put Hellmann's,...
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I just dropped Andrea off at the Billings airport. She's heading home. I'm staying in Montana to take a chance on something new. A year ago I wouldn't have had the confidence to make that call. A researcher named Dora Biro...
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72 million Americans can't pay their medical bills. The food system made people sick. The healthcare system manages the sickness. Both industries get paid. That cycle costs $1.1 trillion a year in healthcare and drives 20,000 farms out of business. Someone close to me is...
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These sheep are ready for a morning move The first sound of the morning is a thump. If I’m sleeping lightly, it might be a rustling, and then a thump. Sometimes I want to ignore it and keep my eyes closed. For a...
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Friends, The USDA just proposed letting slaughterhouses run at whatever speed they want. 175 birds per minute for poultry. No cap for pork. The official reason: remove outdated “bottlenecks." I've been thinking about that word all week. Running a living...
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