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#THREAD Fast food drive-thrus were on the decline in 2019, as environmental advocates fought to reduce the footprint of personal car use.Last year, the pandemic turned that trend upside down.https://thecounter.org/covid-19-saved-fast-food-d
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We’re settling in to watch Secretary of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack’s confirmation hearing. Stay tuned for highlights, and watch it live here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?508411-1/agriculture-secretary-nominee-tom-vilsack-confirma
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#THREAD: Some 110,000 restaurants have closed permanently in the U.S. due to Covid-19. We talk a lot about the economic impact, but there’s a less-discussed *social* impact, as communities lose
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THREAD: Retail sales of organic products surged during the pandemic—the organic market is booming. Despite this, only 0.6 percent of U.S. agricultural land is certified organic. Why is this?https://thecounter.org/farmers-face-barriers-to-
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#THREAD - Native Hawaiians have been fish farming for 2,000 years, but many of their traditional fish ponds have fallen into disrepair.https://thecounter.org/native-hawaiians-ancient-fishponds-revival-food-sovereignty-pandemic/ These fishpo
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#THREAD: The link between alcohol and cancer has been evident for over three decades. Why don’t alcohol warning labels reflect that?https://thecounter.org/public-health-groups-alcohol-label-warnings-carcinogen-cancer-link-awareness-prop-6
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THREAD // As protests raged in response to George Floyd’s murder, Michael Thompson was no different from many Americans: He wanted to gather with others to demand respect for Black
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