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Nutrition

Snack addiction; allergy ballads; calories you can get for a dollar; veggie Rx; and more.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Grandma Had Better Tomatoes
Food Labels: EU Sets New Mark, Help Rethink Ours
Allergy Minstral: Inside the Allergic-Kid Economy

Farming

Pesticide poisoning; an open source tractor; filming big ag; hippie farmers; and more.

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VIDEO: Farms, Lies and Videotape
Will the EPA help doctors fight pesticide poisoning?
VIDEO: The Farm

Food Deserts

Are they over-hyped? A food program revamps mini-marts; Walmart; and more.

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Who Moved the chips?
INFOGRAPHIC: Soundscape of a Fresno food desert
To Eat and Live in a New Orleans Food Desert

Business of Food

An aspiring superfruit; freeze-dried food for survival; fast food ads in Spanish; and more.

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Restaurant Gardens a Boon to New Farmers
The Freeze-Dried Food Craze, Seven Things You Should Know
VIDEO: The Dark Future of Food Advertising
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