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We’re in the midst of the fifth E. coli outbreak from leafy greens in just two years. It’s also the second outbreak announcement in the last month. Update 11/26/2019, 5:22 p.m.: CDC updated the number of victims from 40 to 69 since this story published yesterday. The number of states involved has increased from 16 to… Is high-risk romaine simply the new normal?

The “Omakase berry,” grown at an indoor farm in Jersey, is popping up at Michelin-starred restaurants like Sushi Ginza Onodera and Atomix by Devorah Lev-Tov At the end of October, diners at Sushi Ginza Onodera who indulged in the Michelin-starred restaurant’s $300 or $400 omakases would have ended their 19-course meal with a pair of… Meet the $50 Strawberries That NYC’s High-End Chefs Are Fawning Over

The Coconut Tree, also referred to as the “Tree of Life”, is one of the most popular symbols of Caribbean imagery. From music, to food to art, the tropical drupe has become synonymous with Caribbean culture.  With a plethora of potential uses, from coconut oil to coconut water and a variety of nutritional benefits, the… Climate-Smart Coconut Agriculture Could Be The Caribbean’s Tree Of Life

Where’s the beef? Well, you certainly won’t find it—or pork or chicken—at any of Dominique Crenn’s restaurants. The three-Michelin-starred chef has announced that her restaurants will no longer serve meat going forward—and haven’t been doing so for over a month now. On Thursday, Crenn Dining Group announced that, as of October 1, none of its… 3-Michelin-Starred Chef Dominique Crenn Will Stop Serving Meat at Her Restaurants

It may sound like science fiction, but in a few short years the family dinner table may be laden with steak from a printer and other proteins produced from air, methane or volcanic microbes. With the explosive success of vegan beef and burger substitutes developed by Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, the alternative protein sector… Beyond vegan burgers: next-generation protein could come from air, methane, volcanic springs

A new class of fungi-based steaks, cultivated from a fast-growing micro-organism, may be a paradigm-shifting meat alternative. I visited Emergy Foods’ Boulder, Colorado headquarters for a taste. A Boulder, Colorado-based startup has opened a new frontier in the world of vegan meat replacements. The company, Emergy Foods, announced on Tuesday morning the imminent launch of… A startup just announced the world’s first fake-meat “steaks” made from fungi. Are we ready?

More than 1.5 million Americans experience adverse reactions to sesame every year. The flareups can be relatively minor—skin irritations like hives, for instance—or serious and life-threatening, like whole-body anaphylaxis.  The FDA does not include sesame on its “Top 8 Allergens” list, which requires food manufacturers to list any of the eight most common ingredients that… More than 1.5 million Americans are allergic to sesame. Food companies don’t have to list it on their labels

A new UNICEF report highlights dietary challenges facing children around the world. A key takeaway? Industrial ag and climate change are compounding malnutrition. The proportion of children between the ages of 5 and 19 who are overweight nearly doubled between 2000 and 2016, according to a new UNICEF report on children and food—a jump that… By 2025, 43 million children under the age of five will be overweight

The world loses about $400 billion of food before it even gets delivered to stores, according to the United Nations. Some 14% of all food produced is lost annually, with central and southern Asia, North America and Europe accounting for the biggest shares, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report, citing the… The World Loses $400 Billion of Food Before It Reaches Stores

Of all the insults climate change hurls at our food supply—from more severe droughts and floods in key agriculture regions to declining yields of staple crops—the most insidious may involve a steady decline in the quality of all the plants we eat.  That’s the startling message of a growing weight of research led by Irakli… Climate Change Is Killing Your Low-Carb Diet and robbing food of protein and other nutrients.

Students in medical schools across the country spend less than 1 percent of lecture time learning about diet.  Earlier this year, Mount Sinai, the biggest hospital network in New York City, invested in a meal delivery service. Though it seemed like an unusual move at the time, the network’s decision makes sense if you consider the… If food is medicine, why isn’t it taught at medical schools?

Not long after Mark Boyer planted the apple orchard he co-owns in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, the trees started to die. First, their leaves turned yellow. Then, their trunks shed bark. In two short weeks, they were completely dead. And once the physical signs started to appear, there was nothing Boyer could do to stop the progression.… What’s killing America’s apple trees?