CMP 11 - Press Room 3
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Ranchers denied the drought while collecting drought subsidies
It was an anti-government rebellion in the Nevada sagebrush – with hefty taxpayer subsidies for the rebels. In June, tough-talking ranchers in remote Battle Mountain, Nevada, defied the federal...
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How Many Mass Shootings Are There, Really?
On Wednesday, a Washington Post article announced that “The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year.” Vox, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, this newspaper and others...
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Bye, bye, bananas
In the mid 1900s, the most popular banana in the world—a sweet, creamy variety called Gros Michel grown in Latin America—all but disappeared from the planet. At the time, it was the only banana in the...
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46 Cookie Recipes from Around the World
There are bar crawls and taco crawls and even cupcake crawls, so why not cookie crawls? Why not cookie crawls around the world? We've taken that sugar-drunk fantasy and made it a reality (a virtual...
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Who owns guns in America? White men, mostly.
Part of the problem with the gun debate in America is that gun owners and people who aren't comfortable with gun ownership are, to a certain extent, just different kinds of people. This isn't a lament...
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A secret weapon to fight climate change: dirt
is the international programs director at the Center for Food Safety. Michael Pollan is the John S. and James L. Knight professor of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. When Will...
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In times of smog, some Beijing businesses get creative
This week, China’s air quality index (AQI), which measures the amount of harmful pollution in the air, went off the charts. And that’s not the first time that happened this year. There’s no need to be...
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End the Gun Epidemic in America
All decent people feel sorrow and righteous fury about the latest slaughter of innocents, in California. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies are searching for motivations, including the vital...
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End the Gun Epidemic in America
All decent people feel sorrow and righteous fury about the latest slaughter of innocents, in California. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies are searching for motivations, including the vital...
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10 Things We Learned From Michael Pollan at the Premiere of his New Movie
We've always felt like we would get along with Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and many other books that address food systems and the American diet: He loves to cook, his idea of a...
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Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma, dead at 100
Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma and the man responsible for introducing French cookware and high-end ingredients into American kitchens, died peacefully in his sleep early Saturday. He had...
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If Grown Right, Wheat Might Help Fight Climate Change
Julia Rosen is a freelance science writer based in Portland, Oregon. She writes about earth science, energy, climate, and food, although she can get interested in just about anything. Her words have...
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Why You Can’t Have Organic Food Without Soil
Eliot Coleman is a farmer at Four Season Farm and the author of The New Organic Grower, Four Season Harvest and The Winter Harvest Handbook. He has more than 40 years' experience in all aspects of...
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Earth To Paris
In December, leaders, experts, and advocates will gather in Paris as all the nations of the world come together to finalize a new global climate agreement. This December, world leaders are gathering in...
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This Is How Much Water You Waste When You Throw Away Food
Food waste is a staggering problem. In 2010, close to 133 billion pounds, or a little over $160 billion worth of food, wound up in U.S. landfills. “There’s no benefit to wasting food,” says Kai...
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Ranch Diaries: What life's like as a female rancher
Ranch Diaries is an hcn.org series highlighting the experiences of Laura Jean Schneider, who gives us a peek into daily life during the first year of Triangle P Cattle Company, a new LLC in...
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Why Artisanal Food Makers Find It Hard to Digest Growth
Over the past few years, shoppers have been flocking to locally made, sustainable products—and that has caught the eye of big players. Huge retail chains are stocking organic fare from small outfits,...
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Stopping slurping
AROUND the world, governments and beverage makers are locked in battle over taxes on sugary drinks. Hungary has been taxing them since 2011. In 2012 the French government introduced a tax on all drinks...
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What Urbanists Can Learn From Foodies
This feature is an excerpt from Democratic By Design. Donate to Next City and receive a copy of the book. “Architects and urbanists frequently look with envy to the foodies for their huge cultural...
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