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Big Seed: How The Industry Turned From Small-Town Firms To Global Giants
Most food, if we trace it back far enough, began as a seed. And the business of supplying those seeds to farmers has been transformed over the past half-century. Small-town companies have given way to...
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Ask Asda to go cage free on eggs
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, has announced that they will go cage free on eggs throughout the USA. But this incredible announcement doesn’t cover Asda, Walmart’s UK subsidiary. Please sign...
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Changing the Way We Farm Could Help Stop Climate Change
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, 112.4 million acres of farmland were abandoned as the country’s collectivized farming system collapsed along with it. Over the next 20 years, that...
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You May Be Able to Order Food via Facebook Messenger Soon
Soon, Facebook Messenger might actually be useful for something other than ducking chat requests from former classmates: The world's most widely used social media platform is helping businesses build...
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Cabot Vintage Cheddar, the Bi-Rite Cheese of Choice
In the crowded field of cheddar choices, Bi-Rite Market fully endorses Cabot Vintage Cheddar. Masterfully made and matured at the Cabot Creamery Cooperative in Washington County, Vermont, this...
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Taking Cues From Human Nutrition To Reduce Antibiotic Use In Livestock
On a cold windy morning, Kelly Nissen feeds the cows at the Iowa State University Beef Nutrition Farm. He weighs out specific rations and carefully delivers them to numbered feed bunks. "When you're...
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For the 97 billionth time: Yes, there is a 97 percent consensus on climate...
You know how some parents have to check their kids’ bedrooms for monsters every night, even though they know there aren’t any monsters, and deep down, the kids probably know that too? Well, a bunch of...
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Greenland is melting way ahead of schedule
To say the 2016 Greenland melt season is off to the races is an understatement. Warm, wet conditions rapidly kicked off the melt season this weekend, more than a month-and-a-half ahead of schedule. It...
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Food rivals energy in need for radical change
WASHINGTON – A radical change in the way we produce and consume food is just as essential to the sustainability of the planet as eliminating carbon from energy, according to top experts convened by the...
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After His Honeymoon, Ted Cruz Immediately Bought 100 Cans Of Soup
Thanks to CNN’s town hall, America just got another glimpse into the waking hell that is Heidi Cruz’s daily life. Tonight’s entry into the Heidi Cruz catalogue of the macabre: A newlywed Ted Cruz...
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Do Honey Bees Need Their Own Lobbyists?
Beekeepers in Maryland have had a devastating few years. Last year, they lost nearly 61 percent of their bees; the year before it was nearly 50 percent. Pointing to a growing consensus in the...
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McDonald's stores targeted by protests for $15/hour, union
NEW YORK (AP) — Protesters calling for pay of $15 an hour and a union will be at McDonald's restaurants around the country and overseas Thursday as part of an ongoing push targeting the world's biggest...
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High-Tech Crime Rings Targeting Trucks Carrying California Nuts
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — International crime rings targeting California's booming agriculture industry are increasingly stealing truckloads of high-value nuts, prompting authorities and the firms falling...
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If a cow eats genetically modified feed, should its milk be labeled as GMO?
When you walk through the supermarket, you might see food labeled organic or fair trade. Now, some food companies are also starting to identify genetically modified ingredients. A law is set to take...
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CO2 rises could fuel obesity as plants “carb-load”
In a world where CO2 levels are almost twice those of today, every serving of bread, pasta, fruits and vegetables will deliver less micronutrients – calcium, magnesium, zinc and the like. Protein...
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Meat Art Is the Food Trend We Never Expected on Instagram
Deep within Instagram, past the latte hearts and ice-cream-cone-against-brick-wall shots, lies a subculture of what can only be described as “meat artists.” Here, you’ll find hunks of lard carved into...
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Trees Have Their Own Internet
In 1999, a team of scientists led by Christian Körner did what thousands of people do every Christmas: they wrapped Norway spruce trees in tubes. Except this was in March, not December. And the trees...
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Gene-edited CRISPR mushroom escapes US regulation
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not regulate a mushroom genetically modified with the gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9. The long-awaited decision means that the mushroom can be cultivated and...
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A Dolphin Park Grows in the Arizona Desert
Animal welfare groups are trying to stop a swim-with-the-dolphins project being built in the Arizona desert, saying the attraction will be harmful to the marine mammals and dangerous for patrons....
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