Articles by Grist staff

Eat Your Greens

Grist launches food and ag email to fill your belly with news Hungry for more food and agriculture news? Have we got a meal — uh, deal — for you. Starting this week, you can sign up for Eat Your Greens, an email sent one to two times a week that highlights food-related content in […]

Was It the Cowlick?

U.S. federal judge bans sales, planting of genetically modified alfalfa A first-of-its-kind ruling in the U.S. will stop Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa in its tracks — for now. Citing the USDA’s failure to conduct an environmental impact statement before approving the crop in 2005 and its “cavalier” response to concerns that the franken-falfa could contaminate […]

Anika Rahman, women’s- and reproductive-rights advocate, answers questions

Anika Rahman. What work do you do? What’s your job title? I’m the president of Americans for UNFPA. UNFPA, or the United Nations Population Fund, is essentially the United Nations’ women’s health agency. It provides women’s health care and promotes the rights of women all over the world. Working in 140 countries, it is the […]

E.U. plans to slash climate emissions, United Nations to tackle e-waste, and more

Read the news items highlighted in this week’s podcast: 2020 Vision One Giant Bleep for Mankind Circuit Training Now If Only They’d Stop Serving Meat Creation Careless Sister Hazell Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Intent of a Woman Levels of Risk Trash Course