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Continue reading →: Soybeans, Beef, and Chainsaws
Well into the harvest and two months into the soybean selling season, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that “China is on track to keep every part of the deal” negotiated between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in late October, which was intended to bring an end to nearly…
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Continue reading →: Public Enemy No. 3: Red Dye and the Bipartisan Battle against Food Coloring
These days, there are few issues that Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on, from national holidays, school curriculum, electoral administration, to foreign assistance. However, one unexpected common enemy that has united both parties is synthetic food dyes. After 35 years of unbridled use in coloring drinks, desserts, processed foods,…
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Continue reading →: Racist Beef
Like many things American, beef has a racist past. From the belief that beef fueled Western advancement and imperialism, to the deliberate campaign to replace bison with cattle on Indigenous land, and vilifying immigrant populations that did not rely on a bread-and-beef diet, beef, a quintessential component of the American…
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