Do you know what baby carrots actually are? For me, the baby-carrot jig was up a couple years ago. I’m not sure what I’d believed about them previously: Were they actual babies? Were they a… The Murky Ethics of the Ugly-Produce Business
When the team behind the Italian restaurant dell’anima, a mainstay in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood for more than a decade, faced a sizable rent increase last year, they decided it was no longer feasible to… Food Halls Are the New Meal Ticket for Bricks-and-Mortar Restaurants Dining spots are using the food hall model to curb rent costs and expand their footprints
For a company less than one year old, Liberty Produce has already taken some big strides along its path to make vertical farming a more scalable, economically feasible reality. Specifically, the UK-based agtech company hopes… Future Farming Hub Is Creating a One-Stop-Shop Vertical Farming System for ‘Anyone’
Last year, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list seemingly decided that it wanted to do better. Through a September statement from director Hélène Pietrini, the international restaurant-ranking organization announced that it would have a 50/50 gender balance… Previous World’s 50 Best Winners Are Ineligible for This Year’s List
Early populations of humans in the Americas had the same ancestry as modern Native Americans, according to studies published today (November 8) in Cell and Science. The data dispel any ideas based on the skull… Ancient DNA Maps Early American Migrations in New Detail
The cranberry harvest always starts with a flood. Each fall, after bright sun and cold nights transform the fruits from green to ruby red, cranberry farmers inundate their bogs, submerging the berries in knee-high water.… Farmers will destroy one in four cranberries this year
Getting adequate sleep is increasingly rare among the active duty military population, as frequent deviations from the body’s natural circadian rhythms due to a demanding operational tempo pit personnel in an ongoing struggle against the… The military’s obsession with energy drinks is contributing to PTSD, study finds
By now, many consumers have heard of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide known as Roundup, and warnings about its presence in many of their favorite foods. From oatmeal to granola bars, ice cream… How Much Herbicide Can You Tolerate in Your Food, and for How Long?
The seven-story Don Quijote megastore in the Shibuya district of Tokyo is open 24 hours a day, but it’s hard to say when it’s rush hour, because there’s always a rush. A labyrinth of aisles… The story of how Kit Kats, once a British chocolate export, became a booming business from Hokkaido to Tokyo — and changed expectations about what a candy bar could be.
A decade ago, Greek yogurt was ascendant in America. In New York state, the hope among farmers and politicians was that their fortunes would benefit as well. In 2005, Hamdi Ulukaya spent less than $1… America is drowning in milk nobody wants