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Eat This Newsletter 118

24 February 2020 25 August 2024 2

Real mocha, real kitchens, real whiskey, real gardening. Keeping it unreal.

Squandering antibiotic efficacy

19 February 2020 19 February 2020 0

Wait a minute. In 2016 the Environmental Protection Agency in the US authorised citrus farmers emergency permission to spray streptomycin and oxytetracycline on orchards afflicted by huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease. In December 2018, the EPA allowed routine spraying of oxytetracycline. Seriously? Antibiotics valuable in human medicine just sprayed into …

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Eat This Newsletter 117

11 February 2020 25 August 2024 2

Bready things, bookish things, historic things and fraudulent things. But if you want to know what I think, you should subscribe.

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What to do with unwanted offspring

30 January 2020 30 January 2020 1

How about deep-fried chick on a stick? France to ban culling of unwanted male chicks by end of 2021 BBC news told us yesterday, and I could barely contain my disbelief. Unwanted males are the price you pay for specialised breeds, whether dairy cows or layer hens.

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Eat This Newsletter 116 Eat well to do good

27 January 2020 25 August 2024 3

This week’s pickings from the rich table of food, health, history and scams.

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