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Joe Fassler

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Joe Fassler is The Counter's deputy editor. His reporting has been included in The Best American Food Writing and twice nominated for a James Beard Media Award. A 2019 - 2020 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he's the author of two books: a novel, The Sky Was Ours (forthcoming from Penguin Books), and Light the Dark: Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process.

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A new FDA restriction on antibiotics
New FDA rule limits the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture
Politics
by Joe Fassler
01.06.2017
Politics
How does education impact consumer habits?
You can’t compost your food waste and eat it too
Business
by Joe Fassler
01.03.2017
Business
The raw beef sandwich: A dangerous delicacy
In Wisconsin, raw ground beef sandwiches for supper
Health
by Joe Fassler
12.30.2016
Health
Mars Inc. is critical of new sugar-friendly rearch
Mars speaks out on over-sweetened science
Business
by Joe Fassler
12.30.2016
Business
As slow-growth chicken gains popularity, some critics push back
Two more major companies have pledged to ditch quick chicken
Environment
by Joe Fassler
12.30.2016
Environment
Press Lounge hotel restaurants
Part Two: After the fall, hotel restaurants finally get it right
Business
by Joe Fassler
11.03.2016
Business
Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Caesar's Palace was the start of a trend
Part One: The rise and fall of high-roller restaurants
Business
by Joe Fassler + The Counter
11.01.2016
Business
The Endangered Species Act now takes climate change into account
The bearded seal gets pre-emptive protection from global warming
Environment
by Joe Fassler
10.25.2016
Environment
An unlikely cure for bovine burps
A cure for cow burps?
Environment
by Joe Fassler
10.21.2016
Environment
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