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News
Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?
In 2022, organics accounted for 15 percent of all fruit and vegetable sales in the United States despite being far pricier than conventional produce. But with today’s high grocery bills, even some committed organic shoppers are agonizing over which ...
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World
A Surging Hard Right Stumbles Over Its Own Divisions
Elections starting this week for the European Parliament could leave far-right parties with more power than ever, but also expose the fissures among them.
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US
Biden Administration to Pay Dairy Farmers for Bird Flu Protective Measures
The payment system amounted to one of the most forceful actions taken so far by agriculture officials who have raced to keep up with the spread of the virus among dairy cows.
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Newyork
If Bird Flu Spreads, These Workers Will See It First
H5N1 is in a better position than ever to move between species and spill over aggressively into humans: This bird flu virus is now thought to have been spreading among dairy cows for many months, and federal regulators have found viral fragments ...
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News
How Christmas Tree Farms Can Help Wildlife
It may seem counterintuitive to support the annual culling of trees, but environmentalists say Christmas tree farms have ecological benefits.
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News
Sharp Drop in Airfares Cheers Inflation-Weary Travelers
Airlines are starting to offer bargain prices, including to popular overseas destinations like Paris, a sign that they are fighting to fill planes.
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World
A Glimpse Into Spain’s Future, Where Water Comes by Truck, Not Tap
Residents of Pozoblanco and 22 other villages in the country’s south have had to get their drinking water from tankers since April, when the reservoir serving the area dried up.
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Newyork
Radicchio Is in Season — And in Style
Increasingly, the vegetable is becoming a mainstay of contemporary American cuisine.
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Books
Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling mountain creek.”
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Newyork
Roadblocks and Red Tape: New York’s Cannabis Effort at a Crossroads
The state solicited entrepreneurs with cannabis convictions to open the first legal dispensaries, but the effort has fallen behind.
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