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    Is the Ag Industry Making Us Fat and Damaging the Environment?

    Horror stories about America's food industry go back to Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle , published in 1906. The current issue of Time magazine concludes that some things have improved a lot in the past 103 years, but that others have gotten worse.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Horror stories about America's food industry go back to Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, published in 1906. The current issue of Time magazine concludes that some things have improved a lot in the past 103 years, but that others have gotten worse.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      architecture critic and author

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      Bryan Walsh

      Axios correspondent covering emerging technology and global trends

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      Joel Salatin

      Polyface Farms

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      Tom Field

      Director of Producer Education, National Cattlemen's Beef Association

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    The full episode

    2 of 2
    A New Look for America's Terrorism Interrogations
    1. 0:00Newly Released Documents Could Lead to Interrogation Prosecutions
    2. 23:39Is the Ag Industry Making Us Fat and Damaging the Environment?You’re reading this
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