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    Good Food

    Meat and Global Warming

    Nicolette Hahn Niman is a livestock rancher in Northern California.  She recently wrote a piece for the New York Times arguing that pasture-raised meat is far better for the environment than factory farms.  Her book is Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Beyond Factory Farms .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Nicolette Hahn Niman is a livestock rancher in Northern California. She recently wrote a piece for the New York Times arguing that pasture-raised meat is far better for the environment than factory farms. Her book is Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Beyond Factory Farms.

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    Recycling Water; Meat and Global Warming; Peanuts; Rare Grapes
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Recycling Water
    3. 14:00The Edible Wall
    4. 19:00Vertical Farming
    5. 26:00Meat and Global WarmingYou’re reading this
    6. 33:00Rare Grapes
    7. 40:00Vintage Cakes
    8. 48:00Sunnin Revisted
    9. 54:00Nuts for Peanuts
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    The full episode

    5 of 9
    Recycling Water; Meat and Global Warming; Peanuts; Rare Grapes
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Recycling Water
    3. 14:00The Edible Wall
    4. 19:00Vertical Farming
    5. 26:00Meat and Global WarmingYou’re reading this
    6. 33:00Rare Grapes
    7. 40:00Vintage Cakes
    8. 48:00Sunnin Revisted
    9. 54:00Nuts for Peanuts
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