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Inbred, Disease-Prone Bananas Put Breakfast in Peril

This study is bananas.

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UN: One Third of Food Produced for Human Consumption Is Uneaten

A new report suggests that some 1.3 billion metric tons of food in the world is lost (on the production side of the food supply chain) or wasted (on the consumption side) each year. That’s about one-third of total edibles produced for humans.

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University of Missouri Brings FarmVille to Reality

It’s FarmVille, in real life.

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Odor No More: California Egg Farm Turns to Poultry Waste for Power

Dear French Camp, Calif. residents: help is on the way.

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Legal Backlash: Sherrod Will “Definitely Sue” Breitbart for Posting Edited Video

Shirley Sherrod, who resigned from her post at the USDA after a video of her was taken out of context, said she plans to sue the blogger who first accused her of racism.