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 […]
Agromodernist Reader
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 […]
An Agromodernist Reader | Volume Five | Biotech: A Tool for Sustainability
In the last volume of our Culinary Modernist Reader, we looked at farmers who are practicing sustainable industrial agriculture and showing that it does not […]
An Agromodernist Reader | Volume Four | On the Farm: The Quest for Better
In volume three of this series, we “stress tested” the legs of the locavore stool: Small. Local. Organic. Here we turn to efforts to farm […]
An Agromodernist Reader | Volume Three | A Corrective to [Small. Local. Organic.]
In our last volume, we looked at attempts to grapple with and improve fast food and convenience foods. Here we stress test the three legs […]
An Agromodernist Reader | Volume Two | Comestibles: We Need Better Fast Food, Junk Food & Convenience Food
What does improving our diet look like for the consumer who doesn’t want to eat like their great grandparents and how can technology and the food industry develop more sustainable, more nutritious foods for the contemporary eater? We need better convenience food.
An Agromodernist Reader | Volume One | Opening Salvos
Food and Farm Discussion Lab member Rachel Laudan’s essay in Jacobin entitled “A Plea for Culinary Modernism” set off more than a ripple when it […]