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Biodiversity
Biodiversity, the variety of life found on earth, is the foundation of all agriculture. It supports our food supply from the soil to the delivery of vital ecosystem services such as pollination....
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When the First Lady Goes, Will the Veggies Go, Too?
Michelle Obama was in top reassuring-mom mode Friday morning, as she delivered the keynote speech at the Partnership for a Healthier America’s annual summit. “I want to be very clear: You...
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Plant-Based, the Beyond Burger Aims to Stand Sturdy Among Meat
For the handful of companies working to develop plant-based alternatives to meat, finding a hearty stand-in for the humble hamburger is the holy grail. One of those companies, Beyond Meat, says it has...
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When it Comes to Food Access, are Grocery Store Hours as Important as Location?
There are two options for buying groceries near Cathy’s home in West Oakland, California: a tiny and sometimes expensive co-op and a 99 cent store. Although she loves the co-op, they’re only open until...
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National Academy of Sciences Finds Genetically Engineered Crops Not the...
National Academy of Sciences Finds Genetically Engineered Crops Not the Solution to World Hunger By: Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst and Doug Gurian-Sherman, Director of Sustainable Agriculture and...
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Copenhagen touts ‘organic food revolution’
No other city in Denmark comes anywhere close to that mark and it is believed that Copenhagen’s percentage of organic food is the highest in the world. Copenhagen officials set a goal in 2007 to...
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'Invisible Army' Of Immigrant Women Finds Its Voice Through Cooking
Roberta Siao, a Brazilian immigrant in London, found that her dual status as a foreigner and mother made it impossible to find work. Yet at Mazi Mas, a London-based pop-up restaurant and catering...
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Malta to oppose controversial herbicide, says Environment Minister
6.03pm Updated with Friends of the Earth statement Malta is to vote against the renewal of licenses for a controversial herbicide with potential links to cancer, the Environment Ministry said this...
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Schools across America Honored for Their “One in a Melon” Farm to School...
Back in March, we invited you to vote for the school district with your favorite farm to school program – one with exemplary initiatives, inspiring results; one that you think is ‘one in a melon’!...
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Is Donald Trump’s Hair a $60,000 Weave? A Gawker Investigation
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of...
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Temperatures in India reach a terrifying 123 degrees
India is reeling from a heatwave so high that shoes are melting to roads, cities are banning cooking during the day, and hundreds have died. Nowhere is as hot as of Phalodi, a city in the north where...
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Olmsted, A Prospect Heights Restaurant From An Alinea Alum, Opens Tonight
A chef who's an alum of Alinea, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and Per Se is opening his own seasonal restaurant Olmsted in Brooklyn tonight — and he's trying to make "refined" food affordable there. Chef...
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Changes in Retail Organic Price Premiums from 2004 to 2010
by Andrea Carlson and Edward C. JaenickeEconomic Research Report No. (ERR-209) 44 pp, May 2016 Organic foods are one of the most rapidly growing sectors of the retail food market. This study applies a...
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China’s New Dietary Guidelines Could Be Good News For The Climate
Chinese food has fans around the world, but in China it’s creating a problem. A recent study found obesity and other diet-related diseases are skyrocketing. Recently, the Chinese government took a...
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New Crop of Companies Reaping Profits From Wasted Food
Take Cerplus, for instance, which raised a small amount from friends and family investors late last year and got $20,000 from Y Combinator in exchange for securities if Cerplus has a financing round or...
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Glyphosate 'Revolution' Growing
They're calling it a glyphosate "revolution." Consumers around the world are waking up to the fact that they're living in a world awash in the weed-killing pesticide known as glyphosate. And they don't...
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Cattle drugs could fuel climate change, study suggests
Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests. Scientists say the drugs boost methane production in cowpats - apparently by favouring...
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Taxing Sugar to Fund a City
OVER the last decade or so, taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages have been proposed in a handful of American cities; they’ve failed all but once. Sometimes, this has been through a lack of governmental...
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Can This Market Be a Model for Getting Good Food Into Neighborhoods Shaped by...
In the late 1990s, Brahm Ahmadi worked on environmental justice campaigns to shut down polluting factories in Oakland’s low-income communities. He lived in West Oakland, a predominately...
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Organic Trade Meets in D.C. as Battle Brews Over Standards
It's "Organic Week" again in Washington, D.C., and attendees of the "signature policymaking event" for the Organic Trade Association (OTA) have much to celebrate. Last week, the OTA, the leading voice...
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