What Planet Money’s Apple Story Tells Us About Food and IP Law
Planet Money has an excellent little piece spearheaded by NPR’s ag reporter, the excellent Dan Charles, on the breeding and marketing efforts that went in […]
Month: May 2015
3 Lessons from the Great Chocolate Study Hoax
John Bohannon the molecular biologist and science publishing gladfly, caused quite a stir last week with his story in iO9 boasting of having fooled millions […]
Daily Essentials | 30 May 2015
SAVEUR | Pizza with Ramps, Morels, and Eggs Despite their ubiquity on restaurant menus and Instagram every spring, I haven’t gotten tired of ramps. When […]
Why I’d Rather Be a Team Big Dissident, Than a Team Small Cheerleader
This piece originally appeared in REALFOOD.ORG. [Please consider supporting Food and Farm Discussion Lab with an ongoing contribution of $1, $2, $3, $5 or $10 […]
The Future of Oceans
GUEST AUTHOR: Mary Hoff This piece originally appeared in Ensia. It is republished under a Creative Commons license. Oceans cover more than two thirds of […]
Daily Essentials | 29 May 2015
OUTSIDE | The Piscavore’s Dilemma “Just tell me what fish I can eat,” my mother pleaded. So I set out to produce a better answer, […]
Drone Wars: using drones to spread beneficial bugs
By Amanda Froelich This article previously appeared in TrueActivist.com and is republished under a Creative Commons license. As part of a summer scholarship project […]
Homemade Lentil Burgers – nutritious, sustainable, delicious
If you are trying to eat nutritiously and sustainably, lentils have a lot going for them. They are hardy and do well in varying climates. They are legumes, so they deliver plenty of protein and they fix their own nitrogen. These burgers help cut synthetic fertilizer use and encourage diverse rotations.
Past minimum wage gains make LA’s $6 hike appear rather puny
This article was originally published on The Conversation and is republished under a Creative Commons license. GUEST AUTHOR: Jay L Zagorsky, The Ohio State University […]
Daily Essentials | 27 May 2015
101 COOKBOOKS | Lazy Day Peanut Noodle Salad I dusted off this lazy day peanut noodle salad for lunch yesterday. It’s a perfect, colorful bowl […]
Technique of the Week: Prairie STRIPS
Last week, in the middle of a hot discussion on research that shows that adding some organic acres to a larger conventional operation can increase […]
Re-routing supermarket waste to low income citizens, French and American style
Two stories hit the same day in remarkable parallel. The first from France: French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food […]
Daily Essentials | 22 May 2015
HUNTER ANGLER GARDENER COOK | Ramp Pesto Wild onions, ramps especially, make a great pesto. This is my version, which is pretty classic — but […]
The right to haggle with your boss over your wages, every day.
A quick follow up note on the previous thread about sub-minimum wages for tipped employees. In theory, the way a sub-minimum wage is supposed to […]
New York Times FTW on a real minimum wage for tipped employees
Writing about the restaurant industry’s attempts to weasel out of Los Angeles’ new $15 minimum wage, the New York Times editorial board is exactly correct: […]
Slugs, Roseannadanna, and Agroecology as a Moving Target.
Vice has an interesting piece on the historical causes of current problems with slugs on Oregon farms. The author, Leah Sottile details how a pair […]
Daily Essentials | 19 May 2015
101 COOKBOOKS | A Few Words on How to Cook Artichokes If you’re going to invest the time into cooking artichokes, you want them to […]
Anti-GMO Activists Are the Ones Practicing Tobacco Science
[Please consider supporting GMO Building Blocks with ongoing contribution of $1, $2, $3, $5 or $10 a month on Patreon.] GMOs and Tobacco Science My […]
Daily Essentials | 18 May 2015
HUNTER, ANGLER, GARDENER, COOK | Fresh Pea Gnocchi This is about as springtime as it gets. Fresh garden peas, served with light-as-air gnocchi made with […]
Progress in the Rainforest. On bigness, smallness, and the business of setting standards.
As noted in today’s Daily Essentials, the Pacific Standard brings news of significant progress in the struggle against deforestation of the Amazon. They also point […]