Why Is Milk Being Called a White Supremacist Symbol?
Although research debunks white supremacists' claims about lactose intolerance, race has long played a role in American milk-drinking.
Diet
Nepal's Comprehensive Approach to Preventing Stunting in Children
Due to malnutrition, the country once had one of the highest rates of stunted children in the world, but those numbers are falling.
Trendy Diets Are Nothing New
Quick slim downs, cleanses, celebrity diets, and all the other diet fads have been around for a lot longer than you'd think.
You Should Be Able to Buy Organic With Food Stamps
Poor kids deserve the same chance at reducing their pesticide exposure as their richer peers.
Would You Really Die Without Bees to Pollinate Your Food?
What a bee-free diet might look like.
Do We Really Vote With Our Forks?
On causal impotence and whether consumer choice even matters when it comes to our global food system.
Keeping Sustainability Out of Our Dietary Guidelines
Did Big Ag’s beef-loving cowboys just lasso the 2015 Dietary Guidelines? It sure does look that way.
Is There Such a Thing as Food Choice?
New data on vegetable consumption raises a question we too easily overlook.
Are There Purely Environmental Justifications for Eating Animals?
Yes, but don’t mention them to Fido.
Do We Have a Contract With the Animals We Eat?
Yes, but not one that allows us to eat them.
Dinner Kits Offer Convenience, but Are They Good for the Planet?
A slew of new dinner kits promise gourmet meals with a fraction of the effort. But at what cost?
By Fetishizing Freshness, We’re Wasting a Lot of Edible Food
On our farms, in our stores, and at our dining tables, aesthetics and efficiency are at war. Everybody loses.
What’s So Bad About the Paleo Diet?
Meet Arthur Haines, the neo-aboriginal Mainer who is turning paleo fantasy into optimistic reality.
What Does Your Local Food Environment Say About Your Waistline?
Not much, according to a new study.
The Humble Pig
Pigs have personalities, and a curiously compelling history of domestication. But that doesn’t mean we’re ever going to stop eating them.
Our Failed Food Movement
Calls for an end to industrialized agriculture are everywhere, but factory farms continue to grow in both size and influence. Where are we going wrong?
Is the Demand for Sustainable Seafood Unsustainable?
Consumers want more than fisheries can supply, and certification standards are falling.
How Americans' Views of McDonald's Changed Over the Years
Researchers have long documented problems with McDonald's, but it wasn't until they began showing how the restaurants aimed at children and made people overweight that the American public paid attention.
The Quinoa Economy
This superfood might be great for your health, but how is its soaring popularity affecting the people responsible for farming it?
These 'Local' Piggies Went to Market
Unfortunately, the market wasn’t very local at all. Everyone interested in the Food Movement and locally sourced meat should remember that small farmers plugged into local economics aren’t somehow ipso facto honest farmers.
'Ban GMOs: That Shit Ain’t Food'
How the rhetoric of disgust undermines responsible food choices.