Here's What Happened When A Group Of Scientists Went To Confront Their...
The worlds of science and politics came together twice on Wednesday afternoon, and the collisions couldn’t have been more diametrically at odds. Inside the White House, President Barack Obama gathered...
View ArticleFracking wells released over 5 billion pounds of methane in one year
Being in close proximity to fracking operations could screw up your sexual health, cause developmental defects and cancer, induce seismic activity around you, and the list goes on. Does all that doom...
View ArticleSolving the Climate Crisis
The climate crisis is unfolding far more rapidly than scientists predicted. February 2016 was the warmest in more than 135 years of global record keeping, and March will likely break more records....
View ArticleHong Kong experiences routine year for foodborne outbreaks
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Center for Food Safety reports 2015 was a fairly routine year for outbreaks and illnesses from foodborne diseases. In collaboration with the Department of...
View ArticleRapid lab tests likely hampering some public health efforts
The next generation of rapid lab tests is helping doctors diagnose and treat foodborne illnesses faster than ever, but health officials are concerned increasing use of the tests is decreasing their...
View ArticleThis Bakery Offers A Second Chance For Women After Prison
Bonnie Rice was released from prison last year. After a five year drug-related prison sentence, she knew she couldn't go back to any of the people who led her into trouble. "I didn't know where to go,...
View ArticleThe Detroit Food Academy Makes Teens Food Industry Ready
Nineteen-year-old Hassan Amaleki is on the fast track to a successful career in the food industry. By the time he graduated from high school in 2015, Amaleki had worked for a thriving food business,...
View ArticleAll the News That's Fit to Eat: GMO Acreage Drops, Localwashing, and the...
It was a big week for food news, but don’t worry, we read it all for you. Acreage for Genetically Modified Crops Declined in 2015 (New York Times) In 2015, for the first time, the acreage used for...
View Articlethe ideology at the root of all our problems
Imagine if the people of the Soviet Union had never heard of communism. The ideology that dominates our lives has, for most of us, no name. Mention it in conversation and you’ll be rewarded with a...
View ArticleFrom coral reef to 'aquarium filler': the beauty of tropical fish is their doom
Banggai cardinal fish in a holding tank. Photo: Fondation Franz Weber. More articles about Colombia: there's no place for clean water under 'free trade' European companies line up to bid for Amazon...
View ArticleFrom farm to factory: Where food comes from now
If you’ve seen the words “artisanal” or “local” on a menu, thank Michael Pollan for that. The author, journalist and food activist — named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time...
View ArticleWill Genetically 'Edited' Food Be Regulated? The Case Of The Mushroom
If you snip a bit of DNA from a vegetable, but add no new genes, does that vegetable qualify as a genetically modified organism, or GMO? It's a hot question for government regulators, and it's no...
View ArticleComing Soon To A Tortilla Near You: A Vitamin To Prevent Birth Defects
Foods made with corn masa flour — like tortillas, tacos and tamales — could soon play a critical role in the health of babies born to Latina mothers in the U.S. That's because, as of today, the U.S....
View ArticleCoffee Workers' Concerns Brew Over Chemical's Link To Lung Disease
Step into Mike Moon's Madison, Wis., coffee roasting plant and the aroma of beans — from Brazil to Laos – immediately washes over you. Moon says he aims to run an efficient and safe plant — and that...
View ArticleVermont Seeks Documents on GMOs from Seed, Food Companies
Updated April 15, 2016 6:52 p.m. ET Vermont’s attorney general has asked a federal court to force big seed and food companies to turn over internal research on genetically modified crops, escalating a...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Food Problems Americans Want the Next President to Fix
Those who tuned in to the first round of presidential debates hoping to hear a discussion of food and nutrition were sorely disappointed. In fact, food has been largely absent from the entire race so...
View ArticleAs Bees Die Off, the EPA Shuffles its Feet
Lately it seems like bees just can’t get a break. This is the tenth consecutive year of exceptional annual bee losses. And despite heightened attention to the plight of the nation’s pollinators—which...
View ArticleThe Future of Food According to Alice Waters
How many times has Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food saved you from a complete disaster in the kitchen? This is the cookbook that explained how to properly cut an onion through its whimsical...
View ArticleReducing food waste would mitigate climate change, study shows
Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said on...
View ArticleOur Ridiculously Massive Food Waste Is Driving Climate Change
Humans waste an exorbitant amount of food -- more than 1.4 billion tons annually. That's roughly 400 million tons more than the weight of Japan's Mount Fuji, which rises 2.3 miles above sea level. If...
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