Our story, "As Common as Dirt," which appeared in The American Prospect, has won the 2013 James Beard Award in the Politics/Policy/Environment category. The award is the highest honor for food journalism. Read about the award on our blog.
Our latest report by Barry Estabrook looks at the growing issue of antibiotic resistance due to the routine use of antibiotics in livestock production. Read the full investigation here.
San Francisco’s bays are brimming with herring–a welcome sight after the fishery collapsed four years ago–according to our latest report by Maria Finn for the San Francisco Chronicle. You can read the full report here.
Shannon Service reports from the Western Pacific, home to the world's last healthy stock of tuna and eight island-nations that are fighting to keep it that way. The full story is here, and a previous radio broadcast on the topic can be heard here.
Elizabeth Royte reports on how livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying in the first in-depth report on how fracking is potentially impacting our food. Read the full report here.
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