The Great American Food System™ is productive when measured by output, but it is not particularly good at producing wholesome and healthy food for the American people. The nature of healthy food has been argued for the past sixty years, with various food plates, pyramids, and other arrays used to illustrate recommendations of the day. […]
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Read more...A well-warranted harsh look at the high cost an overly-large and ever-more-extractive finance sector imposes on society as a whole.
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Read more...Science journalist Adam Becker dissects offensively crazy tech billionaires’ schemes that greenwash their planetary looting.
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