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A Teachable Moment With Plastic-Encased Oranges
A grocery-store gaffe sparks an ethics debate over plastic packaging and the merits of convenience foods.
From Our Prison to Your Dinner Table—Unless You Shop at Whole Foods
The organic grocery chain will stop selling products made by the Colorado Correctional Industries after months of customer complaints and negative media coverage.
From Our Prison to Your Dinner Table
At America's strangest workplace, laborers are making toys for kids, picking grapes for wineries, and farming tilapia for Whole Foods—all for $1.50 an hour.
Raised in Captivity
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.
California Hens Can Now Stretch Their Wings, but Will They Ever Fly?
The problem with Proposition 2 and other incremental reforms meant to improve animal welfare.
Humanely Raised Pork? The Problem With Factory Farming
Buying a pig born to a humanely raised mama is harder than you’d think.
Whole Foods Is the Lewis and Clark of Gentrification
Someone has to explore a place first and put it on your mental map.