Christopher is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis, recently released in paperback. He has written extensively on labor, welfare, agribusiness and other issues for outlets such as Harper's, The Economist, Mother Jones, The Christian Science Monitor, The American Prospect, The Nation, The Progressive and In These Times. His writing has been republished in numerous anthologies. He has also worked as a reporter for The Oakland Tribune and United Press International, and as news editor for The San Francisco Bay Guardian.
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NEW Meat Roulette, February 25, 2008, Los Angeles Times Beyond the Farm Bill, Voting Beyond Our Forks, February 2007, Whole Life Times, Common Dreams. Corn Rush: Ethanol Fever Needs a Reality Check, July 13, 2006, Pacific News Service Coal Miners Slaughter, January 25, 2006, In These Times. Temps Demand a New Deal, March 27, 2000, The Nation (cover story) The New Farm Crisis, June 13, 1999, In These Times (cover story)