Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How.
Guest author: Maywa Montenegro @MaywaMontenegro Food systems researcher, UC Berkeley This story was previously published by Ensia on 17 June 2015. It was co-published with […]
Month: June 2015
Urban Farming Is Booming, But What Does It Really Yield?
This story was originally published in Ensia on 27 April 2015. It is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Guest author: Elizabeth Royte – […]
Let’s Be Honest. It’s an Acre.
Retail and office space is measured in square feet. Farms are measured in acres and 42,000 square feet of urban farm is pretty much one acre.
Pests in the City and the Junkfood Diet of Ants
It may seem only tangentially related, but this episode of Science for the People will yield many fascinating insights to anyone interested in agriculture and […]
Chipotle Does Right by Hourly Employees. So Many Questions.
Welcome news from Chipotle. “We just made an announcement internally that we are now going to be offering sick pay and paid vacation time for […]
The Agromodernist Reader | Volume Seven | Biology Fortified
In this volume of The Culinary Modernist Reader, we highlight the work of the ground breaking organization Biology Fortified. Founded on Halloween of 2008 by […]
Organic Farmers Face Their Own Version of Baumol’s Disease
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older pieces of writing on the theme. This piece previously was published on 1 […]
Microbes to Boy: Come Out With You Hands Up! We Have You Surrounded
Twisted Sifter: Tasha Sturm, a microbiologist and teacher at Cabrillo College, recently took a handprint of her 8-year-old son after he had been playing outside. […]
Technique of the Week: Drip Irrigation
I’ve managed to recruit some volunteers to help out with the “Technique of the Week” conservation agriculture feature, but of course, I haven’t found the […]
Incentivizing Work in SNAP with Vegetables
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older pieces of writing on the theme. This piece previously was published on 9 […]
I’ll Tumble for Ya
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Plant Intelligence. Zonker Harris, ahead of his times, in just one of many ways.
National Geographic has story on plant intelligence that is fairly astounding, though unsurprising for those of us old enough to have followed Zonker Harris’ horticultural […]
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Bees and Pesticides Edition
Planning pesticide application around the arrival of bees for pollination would seem like something that growers and beekeepers should be able to work out among […]
Contemporary Selective Breeding. Plant Edition.
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older pieces of writing on the theme. This piece previously was published on 28 […]
Contemporary Selective Breeding. Cow Edition.
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older pieces of writing on the theme. This piece previously was published on 26 […]
Crop Gene Banks are Preserving the Future of Agriculture. But Who’s Preserving Them?
This article was originally published in Ensia on 21 May 2015. It is republished here under a Creative Commons license. GUEST AUTHOR: Virginia Gewin (@VirginiaGewin) […]
Daily Essentials | 5 June 2015
JACOBIN | Why We Should Listen to Frank Lloyd Wright Those who can afford to perhaps ought to avoid supporting producers who pollute grossly or […]
Americans in Cars, Eating Badly: Scale and Scope
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older posts and essays from REALFOOD.ORG. This piece was originally published 27 January 2014. […]
Americans in Cars Eating Badly: Why We Need Better Convenience Foods
As appealing as calls for more home cooking are, more nutritious, better convenience foods point to the straightest line to improving the American diet.
The Agromodernist Reader Reader | Volume Six | Nathanael Johnson’s Panic Free GMOs
In July of 2013, the environmental news website Grist hired Nathanael Johnson as their new food writer. As a first assignment, Johnson’s editor gave him […]