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Review: Nels Fredrickson’s ‘Itza’s Garden’

Review: Nels Fredrickson’s ‘Itza’s Garden’

For the protagonist of Nels Fredrickson’s clever illustrated story, Itza’s Garden, freedom means space to move and breathe, and time for nature to take its course. Itza is a hen trapped in a cage on a factory farm, required to produce three eggs a day or be carted off and rendered into chicken parts. Itza’s world, like our own, is a go-go, never slow down place.

DDT’s toxic legacy could span three generations

DDT’s toxic legacy could span three generations

More than 50 years ago, scientists at the Permanente Foundation Hospital in Oakland started a simple experiment: When a pregnant woman would come in for routine maternal care, they were asked to give a sample of blood, to be frozen for future research. They didn’t know it at the time, but those samples would later be key in understanding the long-term health impacts of the then widely-used pesticide DDT.

Coronavirus/Produce Industry Survival Guide Specialty Produce Supplier Babé Farms Put to the Test But Meeting the Challenge

Coronavirus/Produce Industry Survival Guide Specialty Produce Supplier Babé Farms Put to the Test But Meeting the Challenge

The contrast in the story — the best of times, the worst of times — echoes what the produce industry and the broader food industry have been experiencing as retailers struggle to keep up with demand and most restaurants and other foodservice outlets — cruises, theme parks, hotels — are shut down or are trying to stay afloat on take-out and delivery.

The Coronavirus and the Food Supply Chain

The Coronavirus and the Food Supply Chain

The spread of COVID-19, and
the public responses and
policies it has engendered, have
interrupted some food availability
and prompted concerns among
consumers about the reliability of
the food supply chain. Some farm
producers have faced plummeting
prices, while some prices,
especially at retail, have spiked.
We seek to explain what has
been happening within the food
supply chain and what is likely to
happen as society deals with the
pandemic and its aftermath.

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