The biggest news of the week was barely noticed: A study at the University of Illinois, using data going back more than 100 years, concludes that the use of artificial nitrogen fertilizer is killing our soil as well as polluting our air and water and wasting untold millions of dollars every year. The results, published […]
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Yes, Virginia, we used to eat something called “vegetables.” On the all-powerful Oprah Show recently, Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, got a huge platform on which to tout her new method of eating, wherein children never have to be bothered with vegetables again because they’re pureed and concealed in favorite foods such as […]
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Here in drought-stricken Washington, D.C., word has come from eco-grocer Whole Foods that the sidewalk powerswashing witnessed by shoppers this week was inadvertent. “I just wanted to drop you a note thanking you for the heads-up on the power washing,” store spokeswoman Jane Pearson told The Slow Cook in an e-mail after our item appeared. […]
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