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The 15 Best New Burgers of 2015
"The burger is omnipotent and irresistible, it can never be weakened, it can never be slowed down, it can never stop its ever increasing growth in popularity. It is the single most powerful force in...
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The Outsize Importance of the Tiny Organic Seed
Parsley. Frank Morton is talking about parsley, possibly the least sexy, most maligned herb imaginable, often relegated to the role of garnish. And he’s excited. “Parsley could be the new kale. You...
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Video: Meet the architect who builds solar homes from recycled materials
In Taos, N.M., recycled tires are the building blocks for a community of radical, off-the-grid homes called “Earthships.” Meet their architect, Michael Reynolds. He’s the rugged, eccentric star of a...
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Davis considers soda tax for 2016 ballot despite business opposition
Davis city council Tuesday voted to further discuss the possibility of a sugary beverage tax, as well as other potential taxes to raise revenue for city improvements, on the June 2016 ballot. Desperate...
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The West Coast Groundfish Recovery: The Best Fish News You Haven't Heard Yet
Monterey, California, used to be an epicenter in the West Coast commercial fishing industry. But these days the city’s waterfront is full of restaurants serving shrimp and tilapia imported from China....
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Michael Pollan on how America got so screwed up about food
Any day now, the US government will put out new dietary guidelines telling Americans what we should be eating. These instructions come out every five years, and they're used by doctors and...
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Advocates win labels for GMO 'frankenfish'
The 2009 page federal spending bill unveiled early Wednesday morning contains laguage forcing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to finalize guidelines for the labeling of genetically modified...
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The State of Food: Part II
Mark Bittman on GMOs, farms, raising healthier kids, and establishing a minimum drinking age for soda. (This is part two of a two-part interview. Read part one here.) I have a lot of ideas, and ideas...
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1 in 10 People Around The World Gets Sick From Food Every Year
A woman washes dishes on the street in Hanoi, Vietnam, in April 2015. The World Health Organization says the burden of foodborne disease in Southeast Asia is one of the highest in the world. Luong Thai...
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No, Lettuce Is Not Worse For The Environment Than Bacon
If you follow the intersection of food and climate change, you know that you can barely swing a reusable grocery bag these days without running into a new study or article bemoaning the environmental...
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Follow The Money: Congress Uses Budget Bill To Rewrite Food Policies
Congress has unveiled a spending bill to keep the government running that also weighs in on plenty of food policy issues. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption When lawmakers — and lobbyists — use...
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GMO labeling fight set to rekindle in January
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2015 - Lawmakers are pledging to re-double efforts to pass legislation early next year to block state GMO labeling laws and set national disclosure standards. The industry wanted...
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Idaho Appeals Federal Court Decision Overturning States's Ag-Gag Law
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to review a lower federal court’s opinion that the Gem State’s new “ag-gag” law is...
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2015: The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift for Big Food and Agriculture?
Today’s big food and agriculture companies work hard to protect their images. Companies like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Monsanto spend a lot of time and money diverting attention away from negative...
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U.S. lobbying, PR firms give human rights abusers a friendly face
Foreign countries’ rights to petition the U.S. government are legally protected the same way domestic clients’ are, although compared to domestic lobbying, their activity faces a much higher level of...
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Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested on Charges of Securities Fraud
A boyish drug company entrepreneur, who rocketed to infamy by jacking up the price of a life-saving pill from $13.50 to $750, was arrested on securities fraud related to a firm he founded. Martin...
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Steph Curry Backs Brita
National Basketball Association superstar Stephen Curry has a new beverage endorsement deal -- and it's not with Coke, Pepsi or another soda. Instead, the Golden State Warrior is backing water...
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Feeling the Heat, Le Cordon Bleu Is Closing Its U.S. Cooking Schools
My, how the times are changing: following a period of massive enrollment increases during the recession, for-profit operator Career Education Corporation announced Wednesday that it would close all 16...
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10 Ways Big Food Is Changing to Meet Consumer Demand
America’s top 25 food and beverage companies have lost $18 billion in market share since 2010, as consumers angle for eats with higher levels of transparency. Big Food responded in 2015 by promising...
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The FDA has decided that vegan Just Mayo is actually mayo after all
In the Great Vegan Mayo Wars of 2015, eggless mayonnaise maker Hampton Creek has scored a big win. The company says it has worked out an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration that will let...
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