Food and Agriculture

Is a major science group stumping for Monsanto?

When the American Association for the Advancement of Science came out against GMO labeling one week before the vote on California's Prop 37, it raised some big questions about the group's affiliations.

Michele Simon Food

The Great Pumpkin chat: Join us for a live discussion on Halloween

Curious about organic jack-o'-lanterns, the canned pumpkin industry, and the role the gourd can play in the good food movement? Check out a replay of our conversation with pumpkin expert Cindy Ott.

Twilight Greenaway Food

The ultimate guilt-free diet: Hunting invasive species

Author and hunter Jackson Landers talks about how a steady diet of unwanted plants and animals can help solve some of today's most pressing environmental dilemmas.

Enrique Gili Food

Singapore now has a commercial vertical farm

The farm grows three kinds of vegetables, which is a very welcome development for a small, land-poor country.

Sarah Miller Food

Fallen arches: McDonald’s sales slump blamed on food costs, smarter customers

With sales lagging, and a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of why consumers are losing trust in its products, McDonlad's plans to highlight its cheapest, least healthy foods.

Deena Shanker Food

The $41 million corporate ad blitz that is taking down California’s GMO labeling

Support for Proposition 37 is slipping, thanks to propaganda funded by Monsanto, Dupont, Nestle, Conagra ... you get the picture.

Susie Cagle Food

Corn maze: There is no ‘simple fix’ for commodity farming

Recent evidence that growing a diversity of crops would solve many of Big Ag's problems is encouraging, but it will take a larger shift in the culture of commodity farming to see any real results.

Tom Laskawy Food

How eating more whole fish can change your life

Eating whole, small fish like herring can help save the ocean and become a lifelong adventure. Author Maria Finn explains how changing your relationship to seafood can change your life.

Maria Finn Food

Pacific fish from Japan to Oregon still radioactive from Fukushima fallout

From Fukushima to Oregon, Pacific fish are still hurting from last March's nuclear fallout.