Joe Fassler

Deputy Editor

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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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JBS issued a recall for 6.9 million pounds of raw beef last week in connection with a drug-resistant Salmonella Newport outbreak. This is likely connected to sick dairy cows that were culled to slaughterhouses through a food-safety loophole. Credit: Guven Polat, October 2018
Why sick dairy cows may be to blame for 2018’s historic recalls of Salmonella-tainted beef
Health
by Joe Fassler
10.09.2018
Health
Amazon's new 4-star concedes that brick-and-mortar retail will never die—and Amazon has a big advantage on that front: customer data. Credit: Joe Fassler, September 2018
I visited Amazon’s new 4-star store—a glimpse into the big-data-enabled future of brick-and-mortar
Tech
by Joe Fassler
09.27.2018
Tech
Jeff Bezos is likely going to announce Amazon's second headquarters within the next few days. He will likely pick Washington, DC. Credit: Seattle City Council, September 2018
Jeff Bezos may not have announced an HQ2 finalist. But Amazon is headed to Washington, D.C. either way
Business
by Joe Fassler
09.13.2018
Business
Whole Foods employees are pushing to form a union and secure better wages and benefits. Credit: Whole Foods, September 2018
Whole Foods workers are moving to unionize. Read the letter sent to employees nationwide
Politics
by Sam Bloch + Joe Fassler
09.06.2018
Politics
How do Whole Foods shoppers feel about Amazon’s $1 trillion milestone? Look at their Yelp reviews—and the foot traffic
Business
by Joe Fassler
09.04.2018
Business
Lettuce fields in Yuma, Arizona. A new report from FDA links 2018's E. coli outbreak traced to romaine lettuce to a cattle CAFO nearby (August 2018)
Cattle operation may have caused E. coli outbreak linked to romaine, FDA says
Environment
by Joe Fassler + Kate Cox
08.06.2018
Environment
your grass-fed,
Foreign beef can legally be labeled “Product of U.S.A.” It’s killing America’s grass-fed industry.
Business
by Joe Fassler
07.16.2018
Business
two people rallying against monsanto
Why the Monsanto brand getting retired is a good thing for the GMO debate
Opinion
by Joe Fassler
06.04.2018
Opinion
Produce section at Whole Foods
Whole Foods quietly pauses its GMO labeling requirements
Business
by H. Claire Brown + Joe Fassler
05.21.2018
Business