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Lettuce Beware The FDA is investigating a farm in Arizona as the likely source of the latest E. coli outbreak and subsequent recall, which has sickened at least 19 people around the country.
A Roundup Roundup The herbicide glysophate, known commercially as Roundup, is losing ground to superweeds on farms around the country.  The New York [...]

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I didn’t manage to get up a Feed last week, but  I did hang on to the links I’d been gathering.  So, open wide and be sure to click through at the jump, here’s two weeks worth of links for you.
Roundup Ready Alfalfa Hits the Supreme Court Monsanto has taken a ruling against the deregulation [...]

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There may always be water flowing in California, but “normal” is definitely in flux and we can’t control the weather. Before we construct massive new water delivery systems that encourage waste and consume large amounts of energy, perhaps we should consider adjusting our expectations about what can realistically be grown, when and where. Maybe it’s time to stop creating fruits that are too expensive or too complicated to be eaten in good conscience.

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Kathleen Merrigan — Just in Time! Our esteemed Deputy Secretary has earned a spot in the 2010 Time 100.  Stop by and vote her up!
On the Move Deb Eschmeyer reports back from the White House Childhood Obesity Summit.  In other Let’s Move news, our food-savvy First Lady toured a community garden run by international refugees [...]

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If you’ve got your doubts about whether those corndog-diggin’, nugget-lovin’ French fry fanatics in Huntington, West Virginia have the capacity to rediscover the joys of real food, look no further than Katie Lee. And I mean, really look at her. Get past the pretty face, the famous former husband and all that superfluous stuff. This [...]

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