BY ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARTIN OEGGERLI This story appears in the January 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. THE MORE SCIENTISTS investigate the microbes living inside us, the more they learn about the… How trillions of microbes affect every stage of our life—from birth to old age
As a child, Suzanne Simard often roamed Canada’s old-growth forests with her siblings, building forts from fallen branches, foraging mushrooms and huckleberries and occasionally eating handfuls of dirt (she liked the taste). Her grandfather and… The Social Life of Forests By Ferris Jabr
Fungal toxins known as mycotoxins, including some thought lost to history, are claiming new territory as the Earth warms. Karen Jordan, a North Carolina dairy farmer and practicing veterinarian, knew she had trouble the minute… Climate change is bringing back long-lost forms of food poisoning
By Wolf Richter Eight months into the Pandemic, about 78% of the US restaurants that had taken reservations before the Pandemic took reservations again during the last week in October, the highest since the start… The State of American Restaurants, by City, November Update
On September 12, Iverson Family Farms posted ominous images on social media of their fields under a ruddy red sky, thick with a stagnant, dense haze—a stark contrast to the vibrant annual Wooden Shoe Tulip… What Impacts Do the West Coast Wildfires, Smoke Have on Crops?
What’s the big idea? Current industrialized food systems were optimized for a single goal – growing the maximum amount of food for the least amount of money. But when room and supplies are limited –… Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food, and great for super salads too!
A new forecast projects that one in three U.S. restaurants may close permanently this year, showing how the Covid-19 pandemic is decimating an industry that employs millions of Americans. As many as 231,000 of the… One-Third of U.S. Restaurants Face Permanent Closure This Year By Anita Sharpe and Nic Querolo
Early in 2019, a year before the world shut its borders completely, Jorge A. knew he had to get out of Guatemala. The land was turning against him. For five years, it almost never rained.… THE GREAT CLIMATE MIGRATION By Abrahm Lustgarten | Photographs by Meridith Kohut
Saturday night at Eden, a restaurant in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, felt almost normal. Its roughly 80 tables were full—albeit spaced apart—as customers dined on tagliatelle with pork, lamb shank, cocktails and bottles of wine.… With Indoor Dining Upended, Some Restaurants Call It Quits
BY BRIAN KATEMAN It’s been over 25 years since food packaging started displaying its nutritional contents. It’s since become second nature to check the calorie, sugar, salt, and fat content of food or drinks before… Carbon Labels Are Finally Coming To The Food And Beverage Industry