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Who Moved the chips? VIDEO: Farms, Lies and Videotape VIDEO: The (Open-Source) Ecologist

Nutrition

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

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INFOGRAPHIC: Calories vs. Price
A Nutritional Facts Label for the People, By the People
The Food Industry Tries to Redesign the Nutrition Label: Fails

Farming

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

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VIDEO: Lost in Sprawl
How Can We Keep the People Who Harvest Our Veggies Healthy Too?
Radishes in Suburbia

Food Deserts

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

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VIDEO: A Farm in New Orleans
Walmart Prepares to Storm the Desert
Who Moved the chips?

Business of Food

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

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Away at Food Camp
INFOGRAPHIC: Googling Superfoods
VIDEO: The Dark Future of Food Advertising
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