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"Kinks in the Ethanol Message-Machine?" [1]

"The ethanol industry is feverishly lobbying lawmakers in an effort to hang onto billions of dollars in subsidies that are set to expire — although there appears to be some discord on the message front."

Agriculture [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Green (NYT) [7], 07/23/2010
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Urban Agriculture: Down, But Not out, on the Farm [8]

This growing trend can yield a crop of homegrown food stories with strong environmental angles. Here's a roundup of recent and upcoming urban agriculture issues, as well as some background and resources, to whet your appetite.

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TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [5]
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Reporters' Resources: Farm & Food — A Local Story [10]

Journalism about farm and food is often a key part of the environment beat. To help reporters quickly find sources and resources that can help them cover farm and food, SEJ has compiled on its website a list of some of the best.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Food [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Farm & Food: A Local Environmental Story [13]

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Food and agriculture can yield a bounty of local stories for many environmental reporters. That's because agriculture is historically adapted to the growing conditions in many specific locations — and because many of its environmental impacts are local as well.

Reporting Tools [14]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Food [11]
Agriculture [2]
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"Curry Spices for Cows and Sheep Could Cut Methane Emissions" [15]

"Curry spices  could hold the key to reducing the enormous greenhouse gas emissions given off by grazing animals such as sheep, cows and goats, scientists have claimed."

Climate Change [16]
Agriculture [2]
Public [5]
International [17]
Source: Independent [18], 07/19/2010
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E.P.A. Fines Monsanto $2.5 Million for Mislabeling GM Seed [19]

"The Monsanto Company agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency a $2.5 million penalty for selling mislabeled bags of genetically engineered seed."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [21], 07/09/2010
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"Dead Zone in Gulf Linked To Ethanol Production" [22]

Just as harmful to the Gulf of Mexico as the BP oil spill is the annual "dead zone" whose increase in recent years has been driven by nitrogen fertilizer used to produce corn ethanol in the U.S. heartland.

Agriculture [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [25], 07/07/2010
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"Warning About Strawberry Field Chemical Ignored, Scientists Say" [26]

"California pesticide regulators plan to approve a new agricultural chemical called methyl iodide for the state's coastal strawberry fields, allowing levels of exposure that the state's own experts say will put farmworkers and bystanders at risk."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: California Watch [28], 06/30/2010
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"Agriculture's Next Revolution - Perennial Grain - Within Sight" [29]

"Earth-friendly perennial grain crops, which grow with less fertilizer, herbicide, fuel, and erosion than grains planted annually, could be available in two decades, according to researchers writing in the current issue of the journal Science."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [20]
Public [5]
International [17]
Source: SPX [30], 06/29/2010
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"A Closer Look: Pesticides in Strawberry Fields" [31]

"Scientists say methyl bromide threatens the ozone layer, and its alternative, methyl iodide, is a threat to workers and their families."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [27]
Food [11]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: LA Times [32], 06/28/2010
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