Sustainable food

Edible cottonseed could feed millions

Can the fabric of our lives soon prove to be the sustenance?

Betsy Blaney, Associated Press Monday, Nov 30, 2009 8:01 AM UTC 10
Life Sustainable food, Food

Eat the weeds

Ready for nettles and dandelions on your plate? Langdon Cook talks foraging, the next (cheap!) step in local food

Sarah Karnasiewicz Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 7:06 AM UTC 25
Life Sustainable food, Food

The family who just said no

"No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P.

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Sep 11, 2009 10:18 AM UTC 32
Entertainment Documentaries, Environment

Swine flu on the automated pig farm

Here 2000 sows, there 200 sows, Old McDonald had a festering concentrated animal feeding operation

Andrew Leonard Friday, Sep 4, 2009 8:05 PM UTC
Politics Sustainable food

CliffsNotes to the food revolution

The co-founder of Bitch magazine talks about living the Michael Pollan way and the gender politics of the kitchen

Jaclyn Friedman Monday, Aug 31, 2009 10:40 AM UTC 52
Life Sustainable food

Foreign investors snap up African farmland

With population set to skyrocket, food is the new oil

Horand Knaup and Juliane von Mittelstaedt Friday, Jul 31, 2009 10:01 AM UTC 16
News Africa, Globalization

How cooking makes you a man

Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame

Sarah Karnasiewicz Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009 10:27 AM UTC 100
Life Sustainable food, Evolution

Sushi to die for

Will bluefin tuna survive our insatiable appetite for status and taste?

Katharine Mieszkowski Monday, Jul 27, 2009 10:23 AM UTC 45
All Salon Environment, Sustainable food

Can it!

I leapt on the new craze for pickling and preserving. Is it a money saver in a busted economy -- or a luxury craft?

Sarah Karnasiewicz Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009 10:20 AM UTC 58
Life Sustainable food, Food

How does your city garden grow?

Seed sales are way up, and raising your own food is all the rage. It's a good time to be an urban farmer

Amy Benfer Saturday, Jul 4, 2009 10:20 AM UTC 26
Life U.S. Economy, Sustainable food

Why we can’t eat just one

We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving?

Katharine Mieszkowski Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 10:20 AM UTC 99
All Salon Environment, Sustainable food

Can we afford to eat ethically?

Organic food prices are daunting in a recession. But do we have to choose between our principles and our pocketbooks? I devised an experiment to find out.

Siobhan Phillips Saturday, Apr 25, 2009 11:44 AM UTC 132
Life U.S. Economy, Sustainable food

Organic foodies love Obama again

They didn't like Tom Vilsack for secretary of agriculture, but their joy at the No. 2 pick for USDA, Kathleen Merrigan, knows no bounds.

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 7:19 PM UTC 15
Politics Sustainable food, Globalization

Organic farmers feel the pain

When the going gets tough, the tough... stop buying organic food

Andrew Leonard Thursday, Sep 4, 2008 3:35 PM UTC 11
Politics Sustainable food, Globalization

The turkey whisperer

Celebrated chef Dan Barber talks about raising and cooking turkeys, tweaking Thanksgiving traditions and supporting sustainable farming without being puritanical.

Adam Roberts Wednesday, Nov 21, 2007 11:23 AM UTC
Life Sustainable food, Thanksgiving

Go ask Alice

Are Alice Waters' gastronomic principles -- shop locally, eat organically -- too hard to live by? A frank talk with the renowned guru of fresh food.

Farhad Manjoo Friday, Oct 26, 2007 11:15 AM UTC 104
Life Sustainable food

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