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Joni Mitchell’s song about David Geffen and the music industry The year was 1974. Joni Mitchell had just written her smash hit “Free Man in Paris,” about a trip she took with the president of...

I think we all get the concept that vegetables are good for you, right? It is pretty much common knowledge these days; vegetables good, fast food bad. The problem isn’t that people don’t know...

When I hear the phrase “false advertising,” I think of those diet ads where the before and after pictures are clearly not the same person. Greenwashing is one of the more popular forms of...

A pesticide is a substance used to kill or control plants or animals that we consider to be pests. In agriculture, when we talk about pesticides we are usually talking about herbicides, insecticides, and...

Are organic produce and animal products more “nutritious” than conventional counterparts? In September of this year, a study entitled “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?” was released by a group of Stanford...

It seemed so simple at first; I was an empathetic person, so I became vegetarian. Little did I know that my journey to ethical and socially just eating was only beginning – and it...

You can still find local beets around, thanks to their late harvest and long shelf life. Pickling these earthy, vibrant vegetables will help them last all winter long. 3-1/2 lb (1.6 kg) small red beets 2-1/2...