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• Syngenta plays dirty to shape public opinion on herbicide
  Eric Constantineau As a journalist, it takes a lot to really piss me off: I’ve found that most scandals aren’t really scandals if you dig past the screaming headlines and into the wonky details. And, though I grew up a corporation-hating liberal, in nearly every stor...
• Hummingbird tree-sit could stop San Fran developers where occupiers failed
  When dozens of police officers in riot gear raided the occupied Hayes Valley Farm in San Francisco early last Thursday morning, it seemed like the end of the road for this garden space. Activists from around the Bay Area had moved in on June 1 with the hopes of holding off the d...
• Oyster hatcheries put heartburn meds in the water to fight ocean acidification
  Slurp. Taylor Shellfish Company, an oyster hatchery in Quilcene, Wash., is trying to combat ocean acidification by putting a sodium carbonate solution in the water. First  having drugs in the water was bad , and now it’s … good? Jeez, Nature, MAKE UP YOUR MIND. Oyster hatc...
• Ask Umbra: Should I buy local or organic?
  Send your question to Umbra! Q. Dear Umbra, We have a bountiful selection of summer fruits and vegetables at lots of local farmers markets. My problem is my wife is obsessed with organic ONLY. I want to support organic but I also very much want to support locally grown products....
• Is foie gras always a faux pas? One family aims to humanely produce it
  Foie gras is a controversial topic . It’s one of the most delicious foods on the planet, but conventional foie gras comes at the price of force-feeding ducks and geese.  Pateria de Sousa  is doing things differently. By following nature’s cycle and reviving old techniques,...