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Lori Weaver

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Lori Weaver is a global marketing communications professional focused on agrifood issues. She launched Feeding the Globe, focused on food, feed and fuel topics, and networks on global food security issues. Email her at FeedingtheGlobe@gmail.com.

Bottle of the bulge: why plastics may make you fat

Certain plastics have been linked to a laundry list of ills, from cardiovascular disease to cancer. But now some scientists believe that substances in our environment—like the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) common in many water bottles—may...
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Consumer influence evident in new, emerging organic farming rules

Organic food consumers are playing a greater role in how their food is raised--and in very concrete ways. The recent announcement of the final “access to pasture” rule issued by the National Organic Program is expected to be followed...
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Locally sourced food still fits tighter food budgets

Before you forgo locally sourced food because the economy has put a stranglehold on your food budget, think again. A recent study by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture indicates that getting closer to the source of your food doesn'...
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10 steps toward more sustainable food choices without turning your life upside down

We’ve all seen them before: rules to live by in order to reduce our carbon footprint. But often as we comb through the advice—frequently sprinkled with dire warnings of what will happen to the planet if we don’t heed every word...
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Hot diggety: Are organic franks as safe to eat as their traditionally cured counterparts?

It's as all-American as apple pie. And whether roasted over a bonfire, sliced into a winter's chili or devoured at a summer baseball game, the all-season hot dog has been a diet staple for decades. Today's health-conscious...
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It's a win-win: reducing food waste can slow both obesity and climate change

Here's the kind of two-for-one deal Americans can hardly afford to pass up: reducing food waste could not only help curb the obesity epidemic but it would slow down climate change as well. That's the message from Kevin Hall and his...
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Apples to apples: GMOs labeled environmentally friendly gained consumer favor

You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to food, what's printed on the outside has a lot to do with consumer decision making. A University of Illinois study suggests that when comparing apples to apples, a lot comes...
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Global pressure will keep food prices high

“In the next decade, we will see prices that are 40 to 60 percent higher for wheat and maize, 80 percent higher for vegetable oils and 30 percent higher for raw sugar,” predicts Dave Weatherspoon. As associate professor at Michigan...
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The blight with a passport

You say tomato, I say potato. And both are in danger of harm from a highly contagious fungus bent on expanding its travel horizons. Potato fields in two Wisconsin counties--Portage and Columbia--have fallen victim to the infestation which is said...
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Growers hope purple carrots bring them green

 They're easier to grow than blueberries.That's one of the reasons that some growers in California give for putting their time and effort behind nurturing a budding crop of purple carrots. As the European Union develops greater regulation...
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