Food

My first job, ten years old, 6:00 am, meticulously weaving row by row, the satisfying snap and crack sounds rolling one after another, as I loosen the roots from the...

In 2006, the South Central Farm (SCF) was a flourishing oasis in the heart of Los Angeles until bulldozers razed the land, displacing hundreds of farmers and leaving a scar...

Your favorite pizza dough, detergent, lipstick, chocolate, and biodiesel have something in common: Most of these products contain palm oil. Palm oil comes from the fruit on tropical oil palm...

Quinoa is the world’s fastest-growing super-food. While some of us still have trouble pronouncing its name (keen-wa), many have turned to quinoa as their prime source of protein and life-giving...

In case you haven’t been reading your Chinese placemats lately, 2017 is the Year of the Rooster. And we are kicking the year off with a new peer-reviewed paper in...

The Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN) and the University of Montana jointly announce a first-of-its kind certification program which will empower consumers to play an active role in conservation, and provide tea-growing companies with...

Ten years ago, 40 of the world’s countries were facing massive food shortages. Now, almost 50 percent of the population lacks reasonable access to food supplies. Earth’s population will hit...

It was hot enough this summer to break out the Riesling, and the water shortage in California has a number of winemakers "sweating goblets" over what’s to become of their...

Pigs, hens and calves in Massachusetts are about to see massive upgrades to their living quarters. Farm animals don’t have it easy. Providing food to the U.S. and abroad can...

This blog entry was graciously provided by J. Tabatabaee Yazdi, who hosted me when I presented at the Iranian Rainwater Catchment Systems Association conference in 2014. You can see my...

If you don’t know what palm oil is, grab a snack from your cupboard and check the ingredients list on the back. There’s a 50 percent chance you’ll find “palm...

You’ve probably heard of how climate change is impacting our planet: record-breaking global temperatures; melting polar ice caps; droughts and floods; rising sea levels; ocean acidification… and it’s even effecting...