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Blah Chicken, Bland Tomatoes and the Food Revolution
There's a growing backlash against industrialized food production, including tomatoes and chickens that don't taste right and aren't genuinely nutritious...
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThere's a growing backlash against industrialized food production, including tomatoes and chickens that don't taste right and aren't genuinely nutritious. But not everybody can afford to buy the real things. Is the Good Food movement creating a class divide? Also, world leaders and Libyan rebels gather in Paris, and at a time when voters are fed up with political partisanship, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling about when the President can address the Congress. Is it all about the GOP debate and the NFL's opening game?
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3 storiesWorld Leaders and Libyan Rebels Gather in Paris
As Libya's new leaders met for the first time with an international conference in Paris, a defiant voice-message, apparently from Moammar Gadhafi, was broadcast by a TV station in Syria. James Blitz is in Paris for the Financial Times .
Read the story7 minWill America See a Food Revolution?
One-third of America's tomato crop is infused with pesticides, picked green and turned red artificially. The US State Department admits some is produced by slave labor. Factory-raised chickens grow too fast and get too big; they taste like rubber and threaten the future of traditional breeds.
Read the story35 minBoehner and Obama Butt Heads over Speech Schedule
The Obama White House asked to address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, but, for the first time in historical memory, Republican Speaker John Boehner said, "No ," explaining that a scheduled vote for that evening allowed no time for a security sweep.
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