"The Food Industry Pays ‘Influencer’ Dietitians To Shape Your Eating Habits"
"Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTok".
Source: Washington Post, 09/14/2023
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"Dynamite Use Sends Shockwaves Through Fishing Industries"
"Using explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lanka and around the world it’s thriving as a quick and easy route to a lucrative haul".
Source: Guardian, 09/08/2023
"How To Get Into The Hottest Clubs In L.A. County — Community Gardens"
"They are some of the most exclusive clubs in town. Some people wait up to two years to become dues-paying members. And no, it’s not the swanky Jonathan Club or hip SoHo House — it’s your local community garden."
Source: LA Times, 08/28/2023
Data on Pesticide Incidents Openly Available for First Time
A decade’s worth of government pesticide data — only available before through FOIA — has been made newly available. And, explains the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it can lead to revealing environmental, public health and environmental justice stories. More on how the data came to be compiled and advice on using it smartly, along with some caveats.
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Missouri, Florida Journalism Professors Join Classes on Multistate Fertilizer Investigation
What brought together two teams of student reporters, half a dozen states and 1,000 miles apart? For one, the high environmental cost of chemical fertilizer. For another, a pair of dedicated journalism teachers. Cynthia Barnett and Sara Shipley Hiles share how they took the project from daydream to reality, brought students into the field and got pickup from numerous news outlets, in the latest EJ Academy.
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Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall
"Low water levels are critical for manoomin, a sacred crop for the Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes region. But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is bringing more rain and flooding to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, making harvests of wild rice less reliable."
Source: Sahan Journal, 08/15/2023
"First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers"
"As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its smallest wheat crop in decades."
Source: NYTimes, 08/10/2023
‘Metal Box Heated From The Inside’: Food Truck Workers Battle Heat
"As tortillas warm on the grill at Los Pookies – an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based food truck best known for its birria tacos – a swamp cooler blasts cool air and extractor fans try their best to suck the heat out of the metal trailer."
Source: Guardian, 08/09/2023
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