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How a Little-Known Federal Agency Has Slowed New Oil and Gas Drilling
President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline last fall turned the phrase “keep in the ground” into a rallying cry for activists hoping to stem the effects of climate change. The argument was...
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Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds To The Evidence
It's often a split-second decision. You're in the produce aisle and those organic apples on display look nice. You like the idea of organic – but they're a few bucks extra. Ditto for the organic milk...
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Putting corn in your car isn't as crazy as it sounds
When I first looked at the environmental impact of corn ethanol I thought it was simple: Grow an acre of corn for fuel and it means you have to grow another acre elsewhere for food, which ultimately...
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If you knew the history of tipping, you’d never see it the same way again
Three years ago, Jay Porter, a former restaurant owner who abolished tipping at his restaurant, made a powerful case against the practice, an industry standard in the United States. Everything at his...
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Jellied Eel
The Jellied Eel is London Food Link's quarterly magazine for sustainable food in London, produced by the charity Sustain and available to pickup at over 150 locations around the city. more The...
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Train with Us!
The Edible Schoolyard Project trains educators to create powerful and sustainable edible education programs in their schools and communities. Learn and experience first-hand the core principles and...
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Is Cooking the Future of Medicine?
The United States has seen the rise of chronic diseases and certain cancers, but it may soon see the rise of healthier diets. “When we see healthier eating, we see more disease prevention and less...
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A Hidden Cost to Giving Kids Their Vegetables
WHY do poor children have poor diets? Some commentators contend that healthy diets are too expensive. Others argue that wholesome options are affordable and that junk foods that seem cheap are hardly a...
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Consumer Demand Bolstering Organic Production and Markets in the U.S.
Organic food sales in the United States have shown double-digit growth during most years since the 1990s, and this trend shows no sign of slowing. The Nutrition Business Journal reports annual growth...
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Anthony Bourdain Calls Racism Most Important Food Related Issue
You can always count on Anthony Bourdain to be blunt about anything, but especially the state of the food and restaurant industry. And in a recent interview, Bourdain talked about racism as a pervasive...
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Weighty Matters: RDs Gather in Peru For Secret Food Industry PR Conference
Yesterday was the last day of this year's Food 3000 conference held in Lima, Peru. The conference is for RDs and other nutrition influencers. In previous years, the conference, as pretty much all...
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Experts call on feds to re-evaluate the world’s most heavily used herbicide
Health scientists—in a review of the published data on glyphosate—see a “desperate need” for federal regulators around the world to revisit the herbicide's health impact February 17, 2016 By Brian...
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9 Female Farmers Changing The Fashion Industry
Image: La Rhea Pepper, Organic Cotton Farmer, Co-Founder and Senior Director, Textile Exchange Cheaper, faster. Whether you’re in food, fashion or business, it’s hard to avoid these two prevailing...
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Youths in Brooklyn create jobs and community roots through compost program
Snow covered most of the ground at El Garden, a community garden in the north Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. The exception was the area around its three compost bins, shoveled out and made...
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Video: A Meditation on the Importance of Seeds
A filmmaker profiles Dan Janson, whose work with seeds is helping to keep biodiversity alive. The Gift chronicles Canadian farmer and seed pioneer Dan Janson. Poetically filmed and directed by...
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Here’s how California could be missing pesticides’ cancer risk
California’s pesticide police could be missing a serious health concern for residents and farmworkers by failing to monitor what happens when pesticides get mixed together. As a new report from UCLA...
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We Know What Candidates Have Spent On Pizza, But Nothing About Where They...
In this age of oversharing, few moments of the 2016 presidential primary season haven't been documented in detail. We know Florida Sen. Marco Rubio likes electronic dance music overlaid with clean...
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Beyond Pizza And French Fries: Museums Eye More Healthful Menus
When mom Rachel Mollen strolls into the cafe at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., with her 5-year-old son, she knows exactly the kind of food they will eat. "Will, he's the...
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USDA expanding organic crop insurance
USDA expanding organic crop insurance By Whitney Forman-Cook © Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2016 - USDA announced Thursday it will give farmers transitioning from...
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Meet the most overpaid CEOs in America
Damn, it feels good to be a CEO. Unlike everyone else in the world, executives have seen pay increases of an astonishing 997 percent over the past 36 years. Think about that for a second: While you’re...
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