The New Food Economy

Environment

Cooking human waste in the microwave could make it a safer fertilizer
News

One year after Native-owned Tanka Bar had lost nearly everything, the buffalo are on their way back
Business

After massive funding round, Memphis Meats plans to open a production plant for cell-cultured meat

Commentary

Trump’s USDA weakens school nutrition—again
Politics

Trump administration weakens Michelle Obama’s signature school lunch reforms on her birthday
Business

More foreign ownership of U.S. beef processors raises food safety concerns
Politics

Naomi Earp, contentious head of civil rights at USDA, will step down after a year in office
Health

A hundred years ago, doctors loved to prescribe alcohol as medicine
Politics

California, 13 other states sue to stop Trump’s food stamp cuts

Farm

U.S. agriculture employs nearly 3 million honeybee colonies every year. What do those pollinators cost our ecosystems?

January 16th, 2020
by Lela Nargi
News

USDA scientists are rethinking calorie counts. Good news: They’re lower than we thought

January 15th, 2020
by Jessica Fu
Commentary

GM salmon leaps another legal hurdle. Next up: Another legal hurdle

January 13th, 2020
by Patrick Clinton
Tech

New government website meant to clarify GMO regulations does little to answer lingering questions

January 10th, 2020
by H. Claire Brown
Business

Walmart opened a meatpacking plant. What does it mean for the beef industry?

January 10th, 2020
by Sam Bloch
Environment

Is it time to retire the term “food desert?”

January 9th, 2020
by Jessica Fu

Series

What is regenerative agriculture?