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Food What's wrong with that patty? Let's count the ways ... [more] 7 things hiding in your hamburger
The battle to ban bee killers Bee colonies are collapsing at a terrifying rate, but here's a cause for hope ...	5 other big US votes to watch Americans aren't just deciding on the next president. Here's what else you need to know ...
Leadership failure at the G20 Here's where the world urgently needs action ...	Ever wished money grew on trees? Now it does Check out this enterprising new restaurant in Italy, which accepts vegetables instead of cash ...
10 awesome things Obama can do Elections should be about possibility, not fear. Now that the results are in, here's what's possible ...	They're putting a McDonald's where?! Fast food behemoth to open two vegetarian outlets – next to sacred shrines ...

Why are these the top five comfort foods?

(The reasons might surprise you) ...
Can reality TV fight rural poverty?

Popular Kenyan show helps farmers make over their farms ...
Teaching an old Dodge new tricks

This awesome mobile garden project uses truck beds to bring the farm to the kids ...
Nigeria's ageless footballers

Be the age you like: a failed bureaucracy has some surprising side-effects ...
G8: Show and Tell time for the Africans

Condescending? The world's richest nations give poor countries' leaders 10 minutes each ...
When life becomes the movies

US lawmakers approve bill that cuts food relief to boost military spending ...
Where does our food come from? The Meatrix

Excellent video spoof opens your mind to the real world of factory farming ...
Fresh food from the favelas

Brazilian poor bring organic farming to urban sprawl ...
Bee-ware of pesticides

Our buzzing friends are under attack, and German chemical giant Bayer is their chief predator ...

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