Drink Up, Calm Down
WhenWhen I saw the pastel pink can of Recess sitting on the counter of a cafe in Southampton’s Parrish Art Museum, tucked between the blood orange Sanpellegrino, lime LaCroix, and a plain old plastic bottle…
This World Map rates countries by the sustainability of their food systems
Food systems are going to need to be resilient to withstand climate change’s effects on agriculture. Looking at 20 factors, researchers now have a big picture about which countries are most under threat. What we…
Is high-risk romaine simply the new normal?
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…
Meet the $50 Strawberries That NYC’s High-End Chefs Are Fawning Over
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…
Climate-Smart Coconut Agriculture Could Be The Caribbean’s Tree Of Life
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…
3-Michelin-Starred Chef Dominique Crenn Will Stop Serving Meat at Her Restaurants
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…
Beyond vegan burgers: next-generation protein could come from air, methane, volcanic springs
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…
A startup just announced the world’s first fake-meat “steaks” made from fungi. Are we ready?
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…
More than 1.5 million Americans are allergic to sesame. Food companies don’t have to list it on their labels
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…
By 2025, 43 million children under the age of five will be overweight
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…