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Sam Bloch

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Sam Bloch is a contributing writer for The Counter, where he covers business, environment and culture. He has also written for The New York Times, L.A. Weekly, Places Journal, Art in America and other publications, and is currently working on his first book, a work of narrative nonfiction about shade, for Random House.

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Industrial factory indoors and machinery. Robotic factory line for processing and bottling of soda and orange juice bottles. Selective focus. Short depth of field.
This is our last soda tax story ever
Politics
by Sam Bloch + The Counter
05.20.2019
Politics
USDA to begin testing pigs for African swine fever
Environment
by Sam Bloch
05.17.2019
Environment
Roundup weedkiller with glyphosate on a shelf
Bayer could be on the hook for $2 billion award in latest Roundup cancer trial
Environment
by Sam Bloch
05.14.2019
Environment
Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 2017: A cute, gentle pig wearing a harness and leash, receiving a treat while out for a walk with her owner downtown Las Vegas.
Urban agriculture’s growth has meant a surge in urban livestock. But when is enough, enough?
Culture
by Sam Bloch + The Counter
05.13.2019
Culture
USDA releases final locations for a new government headquarters: Kansas City, North Carolina’s research triangle, and the state of Indiana. Credit: Adam Fagen / Flickr
Taking after Amazon, USDA releases final locations for a new government headquarters
Politics
by Sam Bloch
05.03.2019
Politics
Scientists are gene-editing tomato plants for the International Space Station. Credit: Martha Orozco-Cárdenas/University of California, Riverside, May 2019
Scientists are gene-editing tomato plants for the International Space Station
Tech
by Sam Bloch
05.03.2019
Tech
With the most popular herbicides falling from favor, can robots dispatch with our weeds? Credit: Naio Technologies, April 2019
Robotic weeders are racing to replace glyphosate and dicamba
Tech
by Sam Bloch
05.02.2019
Tech
No-poach agreements, which long held fast-food workers in place, may soon be over. Credit: Mike Mozart / Flickr, April 2019
No-poach agreements, which long held fast-food workers in place, may soon be over
Business
by Sam Bloch
04.30.2019
Business
NYC Rally and March to raise the minimum wage in America.
Why don’t restaurant workers unionize?
Business
by Sam Bloch
04.29.2019
Business
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