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Canada's Best New Restaurants 2018
Air Canada En Route Nancy Matsumoto 10/26/18 Air Canada En Route Nancy Matsumoto 10/26/18

Canada's Best New Restaurants 2018

Discover the 10 most inventive and mind-bogglingly delicious places to eat in the country.

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The 2018 Contenders: Canada’s Top 10 New Restaurants 2018
Air Canada En Route Nancy Matsumoto 8/9/18 Air Canada En Route Nancy Matsumoto 8/9/18

The 2018 Contenders: Canada’s Top 10 New Restaurants 2018

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The End of an Era: Local Food Champion Mary Cleaver Exits Chelsea Market for Brooklyn
Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 7/31/18 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 7/31/18

The End of an Era: Local Food Champion Mary Cleaver Exits Chelsea Market for Brooklyn

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Learning to Listen to the Ecosystem
Stone Barns Blog Nancy Matsumoto 7/17/18 Stone Barns Blog Nancy Matsumoto 7/17/18

Learning to Listen to the Ecosystem

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Arva at Aman Tokyo Hotel: Channeling Italy through a Japanese Sensibility
Electrify Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 7/3/18 Electrify Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 7/3/18

Arva at Aman Tokyo Hotel: Channeling Italy through a Japanese Sensibility

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Inside the Push to Bring Racial Equity to Land Grant Universities
Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 5/30/18 Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 5/30/18

Inside the Push to Bring Racial Equity to Land Grant Universities

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After Years Of Violence, Chef Offers Colombian Farmers Pride And Profit
NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 3/19/18 NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 3/19/18

After Years Of Violence, Chef Offers Colombian Farmers Pride And Profit

Columbian chef Leonor Espinosa has made it her mission to revive traditional agriculture, ancestral foodways and culinary know-how among rural, mainly indigenous and Afro-Colombian people.

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YES! Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 3/12/18 YES! Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 3/12/18

How Locavores and Strong Allies Can Bring Justice to the Food System

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Dan Barber’s Seed Company Seeks to Sow the ‘Democratization of Flavor’
Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 2/27/18 Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 2/27/18

Dan Barber’s Seed Company Seeks to Sow the ‘Democratization of Flavor’

Can a renowned chef, a seed breeder, and a farmer reinvent your favorite vegetables? That's the hope behind Row 7 Seed Co.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 1/8/18 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 1/8/18

A Lucky Year for Chinese Real-Estate Buyers

Some real-estate agents are reporting a positive reaction to the auspicious year of 2018.

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NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 12/14/17 NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 12/14/17

The USDA Rolled Back Protections For Small Farmers. Now The Farmers Are Suing

Many of the farmers affected by the rollback supported Donald Trump for president, believing his promise to look after their interests. Now, the disillusionment is setting in.

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NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 10/31/17 NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 10/31/17

'Fasting And Feasting': The Remarkable Life of Patience Gray

"Doing her own thing" meant pursuing interests that presaged today's slow food movement.

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Rodale's Organic Life Nancy Matsumoto 10/17/17 Rodale's Organic Life Nancy Matsumoto 10/17/17

Food Politics: How Wild Rice Is Helping This Native American Tribe Restore Its Health—and Its Heritage

Bringing wild rice back to the shores of North America is part of a movement to reclaim Native culture.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 9/14/17 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 9/14/17

At Chef Michael Stadtländer’s Farmhouse, Dinner Is Served

From the forests of southern Ontario, the chef and his wife, Nobuyo, host multicourse dinners at their eclectic farmhouse; bartered meals (and a Texas Red Wattle pig) helped cover the costs of renovations.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 9/13/17 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 9/13/17

A Sake-Brewer’s House Steeped in Tradition

A 200-year-old Japanese house has evolved for modern lifestyles but stays true to its heritage.

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YES! Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 9/1/17 YES! Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 9/1/17

Ignore the Lame Excuses: What 300,000 Escaped Salmon Prove About Factory Fish Farming

Sustainable-food advocates want to love aquaculture—yet it comes with so many risks.

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NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 7/31/17 NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 7/31/17

To Help Keep Sturgeon Sustainable, Farm And Fishery Work Together

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AARP Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 6/23/17 AARP Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 6/23/17

Love Story, With Lettuce

Personal Best/My Cause

Activist Karen Washington brings healthy produce to low-income neighborhoods

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YES! Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 5/26/17 YES! Magazine Nancy Matsumoto 5/26/17

The Rock Stars of Back-to-the-Land Farming

Each generation has had one common desire: to live a more honest, ethical life of self-sufficiency and oneness with nature.

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NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 5/1/17 NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 5/1/17

Why Mexican Chefs, Farmers And Activists Are Reviving The Ancient Grain Amaranth

Bringing amaranth back to Oaxaca is part of a wider movement to revive native crops and cuisines.

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Nancy Matsumoto is a writer and editor based in Toronto and New York City.