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Author Archives: Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest

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Food waste is in the eye of the beholder

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Show up at the grocery store early on a Monday after a busy shopping weekend and you are likely to find bins of rejected produce โ€” blemished, deformed, spotted, bruised. Maybe a fly or two buzzing around. The dregs. All deemed too ugly for purchase by shoppers who only have eyes for perfection. It’s nationwide […]

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Opinion: Big Chicken in the legal deep fryer yet again?

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest May 2, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: Pigs deserve better than farm-factory treatment

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest April 6, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: FDA needs to provide clarity on purity food labels

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest March 29, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: Geographical Indications will always be a non-starter in the U.S.

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest March 15, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: Breaking Big Meat’s monopoly isn’t for the faint of heart

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest March 2, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: Saving bumblebees in the U.S. is a slough

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest February 22, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: Bayer could have last laugh over glyphosate court cases

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest February 15, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: American Farm Bureau Federation wrong to continue to advocate for chlorpyrifos

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest February 9, 2022January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
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Opinion: EPA takes another bite on dicamba…will anything change?

by Dave Dickey, Investigate Midwest December 8, 2021January 20, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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