Research just published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Diseaseinvestigated trends in death rates due to diseases associated with advancing age.

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The State of CA knew about the extra chemical mixed into a fertilizer that organic farms used. The farmers unknowningly used this 'tainted' fertilizer believing the state had done its proper job (testing and verifying).

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Bill Moyers sits down with Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley, to discuss what direction the US should pursue in the often-overlooked question of food policy. Pollan is author of IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: AN EATER'S MANIFESTO.

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The biggest misconception of all is that organic means no pesticides were used. There are all kinds of pesticides approved for organic production, including pyrethrum, sulfur, copper sulfate, calcium polysulphide, petroluem based oils, limonene.

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Organic farming may offer Africa the best opportunity to break out of the devastating cycle of poverty and malnutrition parts of the continent have faced in recent decades, according to a new report from the United Nations.

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Has the ethanol boom led to the rash of E. coli-contaminated beef recalls? It's possible. Here's how:

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Many coastal areas of the world's oceans are being starved of oxygen at an alarming rate, with vast stretches along the seafloor depleted of it to the point that they can barely sustain marine life, researchers are reporting.

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U.S. News reports the growth and environmental impact of marine dead zones: large, oxygen-depleted swaths of water that form each summer off the U.S. coast because of fertilizer runoff and other pollutants.

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A Beginner's Guide to Solving the (Global) Food Crisis

Betty lives in a small town, has 2 kids and is married to her husband Jeffery. One day she was walking through her local supermarket looking for her children's favorite fruity cereal. Once she had found it, she was zapped with a case of sticker shock.

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Golf-course professionals know how to cut their labor to the minimum with the right practices, tools and materials. Here are their 10 secrets to gorgeous grass.

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Growing organic herbs is one of the easiest ways to get started with organic gardening.

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Pesticides and fertilizers have long contributed to global food security. But some farmers, tempted by high crop yields and profits, overuse the products, allowing excess agrochemicals to infiltrate water supplies and soil.

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When the former KGB agent Alexander V Litvinenko was found to have been poisoned by radioactive polonium 210 last week, there was one group that must have been particularly horrified: the tobacco industry.

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Every time the rain comes down, muddy water laden with phosphorus, arsenic and other contaminants flows into the Illinois River from chicken farms nearby and just across the border in Arkansas.

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