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For More Than A Million Food Stamp Recipients, The Clock Is Now Ticking
One month down, two to go. For unemployed adults in 22 states, that's how long they can count on help with the grocery bills: Starting this January, they have three months to find a job or lose their...
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Sizzling Steaks May Soon Be Lab-Grown
Updated Feb. 1, 2016 12:18 a.m. ET Several startups are racing to be the first to fill U.S. consumers’ plates with laboratory-developed hamburgers and sausages that taste just as good as the kind from...
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Environmental health pros practically invisible, profoundly important
The Environmental Health Specialist (EHS) plays an important role in public health. Environmental health workers perform a down-to-earth job that seeks to protect the public from hazards originating in...
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Seafood violations, illegal drug residues in cows spur warnings from FDA
Seafood processors without compliant seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point plans and dairy farms that sold animals that had illegal drug residues were among some the first warning letters...
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California's marijuana edibles remain in food safety limbo
California’s Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act has been in effect for a month now, but the state’s Department of Public Health hasn’t yet published or implemented food safety standards for...
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Wind, Sun and Fire
So what’s really at stake in this year’s election? Well, among other things, the fate of the planet. Last year was the hottest on record, by a wide margin, which should — but won’t — put an end to...
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The Woman Fighting to Make Sustainability Part of the American Diet
The dust is beginning to settle on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). And while the final guidelines turned out to be very similar to those from years past, they came close to changing in...
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No More Exposés in North Carolina
Factory farm operators believe that the less Americans know about what goes on behind their closed doors, the better for the industry. That’s because the animals sent through those factories often...
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A Diet High In Fiber May Help Protect Against Breast Cancer
Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET. If the advice to eat more fiber seems easy to ignore, you're not alone. Most Americans don't get the 25 to 38...
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Five Things I Will Not Eat
My partner eyed me sternly when I announced that my next book was going to be an investigative look at pork production. “Does this mean that I’ll have to give up eating bacon?” she asked. Deadly...
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Real Food Films
We're open for submissions for our third year! Share your 4-minutes-or-less films on food, farming and sustainability by March 1, 2016 to be eligible to win prizes & distribution opportunities.
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Soil Solutions to Climate Problems
Narrated by Michael Pollan To learn more visit: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org A powerful solution to the climate crisis can be found right beneath our feet—in the soil. By harnessing the immense...
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A recent study that said Diet Coke can help you lose weight was quietly...
A widely-reported study that claimed so-called “diet” fizzy drinks could help people lose weight can trace its funding to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, it has emerged. In September academics at Bristol...
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Josh Fox on His New Doc "How to Let Go of the World and Love All the...
Act Now, Cry Later: Tim DeChristopher, Aria Doe & Josh Fox on Civil Disobedience & Climate ActivismSundance Film Festival Climate Change Global Warming Film Josh Foxdirector of How to Let Go of...
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Chicken Ranching Boosts Pasture Soil Health on Iowa Farm
When bison roamed the Great Plains, prairie chickens and other fowl played an important role as the clean-up crew. They would follow the herds feasting on the larvae in bison manure. In Doug Darrow’s...
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An Easier Way to Enroll in School Lunches
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service has announced a new pilot program for the upcoming school year that hopes to give more children access to the National School Lunch Program. Under the program,...
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50 Years of Super Bowl and Food Safety Changes
The Super Bowl is a very popular food “holiday” in the United States, and this year’s game marks a milestone. Super Bowl 50, dubbed the “Golden Super Bowl,” will be played on February 7, 2016. Help set...
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