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Jesse Hirsch

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Jesse Hirsch is The Counter's managing editor. Before he joined the team, he was an investigative food editor at Consumer Reports. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, VICE, Eater, and The Guardian.

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turkey dinner
Two years after the start of a salmonella outbreak in turkey, CDC says new cases are still being reported
Health
by Jesse Hirsch
11.21.2019
Health
Greasy bacon
Why is celery powder so controversial?
Health
by Jesse Hirsch
10.24.2019
Health
Kids behind cafeteria counter
California bans school “lunch-shaming”
Politics
by Jesse Hirsch
10.14.2019
Politics
A black pistol sits in a grocery cart
#GroceriesNotGuns: How supermarkets are influencing the gun control debate
Politics
by Jesse Hirsch
09.12.2019
Politics
Supermarket chain forced to spend more than $4 million on ozone-depleting chemical leaks
Environment
by Jesse Hirsch + The Counter
08.29.2019
Environment
Sonny Perdue
USDA’s research employees were just offered drastically reduced buyouts
Politics
by Jesse Hirsch
08.22.2019
Politics
Grain silos
In the largest prosecution of organic fraud in U.S. history, Iowa grain seller sentenced to 10 years in prison
Environment
by Jesse Hirsch
08.20.2019
Environment
Bumble bee pollinating a flower.
Trump administration further weakens the Endangered Species Act
Politics
by Jesse Hirsch
08.12.2019
Politics
Cyclospora bacteria under a microscope
Little progress made on targeting incidences of foodborne illness, according to new CDC report
Health
by Jesse Hirsch
04.25.2019
Health
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