Oberlin College's Food Fight
Last week, students at Oberlin made national headlines for casting complaints about bad dining-hall food––a perennial lament of collegians––as a problematic social-justice failure. Word spread via...
View ArticleWill Your Doctor One Day Prescribe Food as Medicine?
Is your doctor your go-to for nutrition advice? Neither is mine. And why would I expect that? According to recent polls, fewer than a quarter of doctors say they’ve had sufficient training to provide...
View ArticleHow to Make Mulled Wine (Red or White) Without a Recipe
My aunt likes to call the foods that comfort us, soothe us, and/or give us a boost "little mothers," a nickname I love. Buttered toast can be a little mother, as can oatmeal or milky tea or rice...
View ArticleFirst found in China, resistance to ‘last resort’ antibiotic now found in...
Government scientists have found a gene, which makes bacteria resistant to an antibiotic used as a last resort in human medicine, in E. coli from pigs and from human E. coli infections in England and...
View ArticleThe Best Non-Dairy Milks for Baking
We know how to sub vegan ingredients in for eggs when baking, but when it comes to using dairy-free milk—or mylk or the less-appealing “juice�—instead of regular milk, I wasn’t so sure what...
View ArticleUS gives meat producers a pass on climate change emissions
If the Paris climate pact is going to succeed at staving off climate change disaster, the 195 participating countries will need to achieve a difficult feat – trust. Yet the U.S. government already is...
View ArticleExxon's Oil Industry Peers Knew About Climate Dangers in the 1970s, Too
Beginning in 1979 the American Petroleum Institute, the nation’s most powerful lobbyist, together with the country's largest oil companies ran a task force to monitor and share climate research....
View ArticleWarning: your festive meal could be more damaging than a long-haul flight
The figures were so astounding that I refused to believe them. I found them buried in a footnote, and assumed at first that they must have been a misprint. So I checked the source, wrote to the person...
View ArticleAgriculture downturn ripples through farm towns
Bruce Schmoll, a corn and soybean producer in southern Minnesota, is among the farmers hit by a drop in crop prices. A big drop in crop prices is among the factors contributing to a downturn in the...
View ArticleMahyco Monsanto cancels Bt cotton licence over royalty payment
Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (MMB), the joint venture between US-based Monsanto and Mahyco, has cancelled the licence of Bt cotton seed manufacturer Nuziveedu Seeds and its two subsidiaries, Prabhat Seeds...
View ArticleAs Documents Show Wider Oil Industry Knowledge of CO2 Climate Impacts, a...
Updated, 8:38 p.m. | There are new revelations from the continuing InsideClimate News investigation of what the oil industry knew about the potential climate impacts of carbon dioxide from fuel burning...
View ArticleBan on Microbeads Proves Easy to Pass Through Pipeline
The words “gridlock” and “Congress” have become predictable neighbors in many a sentence about the federal government. A bill to protect the environment was introduced in the House in March. In early...
View ArticleCounty With GMO Crop Ban Permits Roundup Ready Alfalfa
The Oregon county where voters in 2014 banned genetically modified crops has reached a peace agreement with growers of its largest existing genetically engineered crop. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark...
View ArticleToast With Mario Batali's Beer Made Out of Food Waste
In October, chef and restaurant owner, Mario Batali and Delaware-based brewer, Sam Calagione launched a new experiment: beer made out of food waste. Calagione is the owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery...
View ArticleWhat the Mast Brothers Scandal Tells Us About Ourselves
In the course of the last few weeks' gleeful public excoriation of Brooklyn chocolate company Mast Brothers, there have been many things said, many things accused, many things denied. Among it all,...
View ArticleEPA tosses aside safety data, says Dow pesticide for GMOs won't harm people
When Monsanto genetically engineered corn and soybeans to make them immune to its best-selling weedkiller, the company pitched the technology as a way to reduce overall use of herbicides and usher in...
View ArticleCollards In The Cafeteria
Nestled in the agricultural heart of North Carolina, Gaston County schools are attempting to source 10% of their produce locally. Students love the addition of fresh, local strawberries and watermelons...
View ArticleHow The Food Industry Helps Engineer Our Cravings
The food industry has processed lots of foods to hit that "bliss point" — that perfect amount of sweetness that would send eaters over the moon. In doing so, it's added sweetness in plenty of...
View ArticleAlain Ducasse takes meat off the menu at his Paris restaurant
He may be the king of French haute cuisine, with 33 Michelin stars to his name. But that has not stopped superchef Alain Ducasse from taking the decidedly un-Gallic decision to remove meat from the...
View ArticleLearning Lunchrooms: We Can Change School Food, But Can We Change the Ideology?
One day while I was volunteering at my daughter’s elementary school lunchroom at an event called “Rainbow Day”, something started to click for me. “Rainbow Days," created by our district’s food service...
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