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Sweetgreen and Chipotle will remove “forever chemicals” from their bowls by the end of 2020

03.16.2020
Joe Fassler
The misbegotten promise of anaerobic digesters
12.03.2019
by Jessica McKenzie
Crowd Cow promised to bring craft meat to the masses. Some ranchers say it’s been a bad deal.
11.25.2019
by Marilyn Noble
California’s Chinook salmon are in danger. Rice fields just might be their salvation
11.15.2019
by Robin Meadows + Jak Wonderly
A startup just announced the world’s first fake-meat “steaks” made from fungi. Are we ready?
10.29.2019
by Joe Fassler
Can a new reusable container program—dishwashing included—help solve America’s takeout trash problem?
10.10.2019
by Joe Fassler
The U.S. military is using destroyed, classified documents for compost
10.04.2019
by Jessica Fu
This feed additive could significantly reduce methane-emitting cow burps
10.03.2019
by H. Claire Brown
California crab fishermen are testing “ropeless” gear to save whales—and themselves
09.03.2019
by Katarina Zimmer
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