The most popular Peeled stories to date
Reader favorites you don't want to miss.
One of the many things I learned during my years as an editor at various digital publications was that you don’t publish anything *new* that you really want people to read right before, during, or right after a holiday weekend.
And given the serious nature of the topics I cover now, I’m assuming the rule is even more applicable. (For example, I’m pretty sure I’ll be the only person, who, if I can find a pool this weekend, might spend my time in the sun digging into The Living Soil Handbook. Believe me, I’ve been teased for my beach reading before, and it will happen again.)
So, instead of sending you something new today, I thought I’d mark Peeled’s upcoming six-month anniversary by sharing the six most popular posts to date. It’s likely you missed one or a few if you subscribed in more recent months or have an email inbox like mine where many newsletters, even good (the best?!) ones, quickly get buried in junk.
Here are the three most popular paid-subscriber stories and the three most popular free stories, recapped. If you’ve got a few minutes of downtime to catch up on the ones you missed, I hope you do. Otherwise, I’ll be back next week with original reporting on an important, timely topic.
Top subscriber posts
This is the best (and the worst) chocolate
Companies that do—and don’t—profit off of child labor.
How one farm is “changing the ecosystem” in Atlanta
Truly Living Well is forging a path for equitable urban farmland ownership while serving and feeding local communities.
An invisible impact of industrial chicken farming, affirmed
In a surprising court ruling, a Maryland judge says the connection between ammonia emissions and water pollution is clear.
Top free posts
What a 40-year experiment can tell us about organic food
Takeaways from Rodale Institute's Farming Systems Trial.
The facts behind the food industry’s splashiest Earth Day ad
JBS promises it will stop destroying forests in 14 years...just 26 years after it made its first failed commitment.
“An erosion of trust.” Why Belcampo’s mislabeled meat matters
Revelations that one of the company's shops was passing off commodity meat as organic and grass-fed from its own farm shook the industry.
Actually eating
This is the best oatmeal I’ve ever had, no joke. Anson Mills toasted stone cut oats and super fresh blueberries and peaches from Black Rock Orchard. Plus, eaten in bed on a Sunday morning with Morris sitting on my legs. What could be better?
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