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Letters to the editor, February 2017

What should "healthy" mean?, Carbonated water, Glyphosate and grains, and more

Seed industry consolidation continues. So should our resistance.

Three major megamergers in the seed industry are on the horizon: Bayer and Monsanto, DuPont and Dow, and ChemChina and Syngenta. This means three corporations will own nearly 60 percent of the world's seed supply. Learn why that's a problem, and what we as consumers can do to fight back.

Food dollar math

Farmers earn 3.5¢ of every dollar spent eating out, and 16¢ of every dollar spent on food eaten at home.