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The Multilevel Truth Behind Small Town America’s Latest Tea Obsession

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The company’s first iteration of “nutrition clubs” — called that in Herbalife parlance because they’re not exactly intended to function as retail shops — started to pop up in the mid-aughts , after the first was founded in Mexico in 2004. Her account is part of a bigger “anti-MLM” movement online.

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One-Horse Town

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Ever since her husband, Rudy, died in 2004, dropping Monowi’s population by half, Eiler has been something of an international celebrity. The tavern’s food and drink haven’t changed in decades, and neither have the prices. That is to say: Just one person lives in Monowi, the only incorporated, government-run town in the U.S.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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This story contains a detailed account of a sexual assault. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm. For a number of other former employees, what Blue Hill at Stone Barns offered wasn’t worth the price.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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Rockefeller, opened the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture with his daughter Peggy Dulany in 2004, the nonprofit’s mission was to “ demonstrate, teach, and promote sustainable, community-based food production.” A public call to accountability hadn’t been the plan. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images. The Stone Barns 2.0

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Who Will Save the Food Timeline?

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She was named a winner of the New York Times Librarian Award in 2002, and, in 2004, Saveur put the Food Timeline on its Saveur 100 list of the best food finds that year. Olver’s book collection — if a price were to be put on it — would be worth tens of thousands of dollars, Gordon estimates. It has to uphold her vision,” Sarah added.

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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

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That low price point comes largely as a result of palm oil corporations stealing land from rural communities and labor from workers.”. All of these resources are communal — the valuable herd of cattle is the closest thing the farmers have to a collective savings account. Palm fruit bursting out of a transport bag in Nam Daeng.

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