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Mother Jones
Food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones magazine
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Tom Philpott
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FROM Tom Philpott
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
California's Hottest Winemaker: Harvard? Harvard University has been quietly snapping up swaths of farmland along California's central coast, turning the school into one of the top -- and most unlikely -- wine producers in the region. And Harvard's not alone in picking up thousands of acres of California farmland.
Which Way, L.A.?
Almonds Are Sucking California Dry California supplies 80% of the world’s almonds, now producing 2.1 billion pounds a year—three times more than it did just 14 years ago. But there’s a hidden cost. Each individual nut requires 1.1 gallons of water. New groves of almond trees are still being added—despite years of drought, which we all know is likely to continue.
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Art Talk
Broken Family Reunited on Museum Walls Edward Goldman talks about the passing of the legendary Sister Wendy, and the moral responsibility of museums to reunite divided artworks.
Second Opinion
STI: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Treatment for two There is something lost when treatment is only provided to one half of a couple.