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Topics
Dairy
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Virtual tour of dairy farm
Update: robotic milker
Carbon footprint of milk
Swine
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Virtual tour of a swine farm
Swine and the animal welfare debate
Beef
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Virtual tour of a beef farm
Antibiotics, hormones, and feed additives
Broilers
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About chickens (especially broilers)
Interview with a pastured broilers farmer
Broilers and the manure blame game
Places we shop
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Who feeds Stillwater?
Virtual tour of a farmers market
Local foods and panoramic fog
The food pantry system
The soil
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Fertilizers of our ancestors
The soil ecosystem
Fertilizer and the Magruder Plots
Soil testing
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Virtual tour of soil test laboratory
Interview with farmer Rodney Jones
Pesticides
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Importance of good pesticide regulations
Two articles on pesticides
Genetics and GMOs
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Structure of DNA
Tour of biochemistry lab
Modifying genes
GMO controversy
Seedless watermelons
Horticulture
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Hops in beer
Horn Canna Farm
Plants behind the mojito
Remembering rosemary
Scarificaton and the Kentucky Coffeetree
Industrialization of Ag
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1: Early Modern Age
2: Cult of Efficiency
3: Getting Big
4: Consequence of Size and Specialization
5: Vertical Coordination
6: The Wrong Way
7: References
Organic agriculture
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What is organic food?
Tour of organic cauliflower farm
The Three Sisters
Food and politics
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The left and right of the table
Food, famine, and Marxism
Wheat, gluten, and bread
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Introduction
Wheat: A story of gods and gluten
Stone milling
Gluten proteins in bread
Baking bread
Sensory analysis
Food and health
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Food and health: nutrition and essence
Optimal diets for bodybuilders
Optimal diets for athletes
Optimal diets for kids
Food, Culture, and Philosophy
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Panoramic Fog
Maize: Jewel of the New World
Wheat: A story of gods and gluten
Meat: A story of piety and power
Modifying genes