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• Michael Pollan on agriculture and health care 0

  Posted 1 day, 11 hours ago

  Michael Pollan talks to Grist about the interrelationship between energy crisis, health care, and our food systems. Read More

• the empire strikes back

  Soda lobby gets its game on 2

  Posted 2 days, 14 hours ago by Tom Laskawy

  The sugar lobby has kept their work against the soda tax off their paperwork and thus out of public sight. But its invisibility doesn't lessen its ferocity or, so far, its effectiveness. Read More

• ISI isn't so popular

  New allies in fight against Obama’s pesticide lobbyist nominee 1

  Posted 3 days, 16 hours ago by Tom Laskawy

  I'm sure many of you have seen the various petitions zipping around the Internet encouraging opposition to President Obama's nomination of pesticide lobbyist Islam "Isi" Siddiqui to the Office of the United State's Trade Representative. The argument against him goes something like this: Read More

• Drinking problems

  I drink raw milk (sold illegally on the underground market) 33

  Posted 4 days, 10 hours ago by Joel Salatin

  Isn't it curious that at this juncture in our culture's evolution, we collectively believe Twinkies, Lucky Charms, and Coca-Cola are safe foods, but compost-grown tomatoes and raw milk are not? With legislation moving through Congress demanding that all agricultural practices be "science-based," Joel Salatin believes our food system is at Wounded Knee. Read More

• weasel in sheep's clothing

  If you can’t beat ‘em, cheat ‘em 2

  Posted 5 days, 13 hours ago by Tom Laskawy

  Issue 2, on Ohio's ballot, is the livestock industry’s attempt to head off restrictions on their worst practices, such as tail docking, battery cages, and gestation crates Read More

• Not just a river in Egypt

  Michael Specter’s new book ‘Denialism’ misses its targets 43

  Posted 1 week ago by Tom Philpott

  A big-time New Yorker writer has come out with a book denouncing scientific "denialism." Tom Philpott can't believe Michael Specter let climate deniers off the hook--and instead goes after proponents of organic agriculture. Read More

• N.Y. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand answers Grist’s questions on the Kerry-Boxer bill 1

  Posted 1 week, 1 day ago by David Roberts

  New York's new senator is a strong proponent of climate change legislation and has a unique set of concerns about it, reflecting the interests of her state. She answers our questions by video. Read More

• things that go pumpkin the night

  The most frightening story this Halloween is ... pumpkintop removal 1

  Posted 1 week, 1 day ago by Ashley Braun

  I want to draw attention to one of the gravest -- but least publicized -- environmental crimes of our times. It is one of brutal violence, utter waste, and total disregard for the earth's resources. Yes, I'm referring to ... pumpkintop removal. Read More

• Spice up that lantern, Jacko

  This Halloween, have your pumpkin—and eat it, too 5

  Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by April McGreger

  April McGreger did not begin to fully appreciate pumpkin until she began to think outside the box -- or, more accurately the orange globe. If you are looking only for round, bright orange ones that we most readily identify as pumpkins you are missing out on a myriad of beautiful colors and shapes and the best pumpkin eating. And don't miss out on April McGreger's White Bean and Pumpkin Chili recipe. Read More

• GMO wishes, geo-engineering dreams

  Save us, [insert techno-fix here], you’re our only hope! 7

  Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by Tom Laskawy

  Watching SuperFreakonomics author Steve Levitt sitting next to Jon Stewart as they shook their heads in disbelief that everyone wasn't on the climate change/geo-engineering bandwagon depressed me to no end. Techno-fixes--you gotta love 'em. Or not. Read More

• Hog-tied

  Six months after the outbreak, who’s investigating the CAFO-swine flu link? 16

  Posted 1 week, 2 days ago by Tom Philpott

  A half a year after the novel H1NI outbreak, federal authorities still aren't investigating possible links to hog CAFOs. Tom Philpott ponders why that might be. Read More

• Buzzkill

  Heat makes honey toxic, and other myths of the hive 10

  Posted 1 week, 3 days ago by Lou Bendrick

  Dear Lou, I heard a rumor that honey is toxic when placed in hot water. Is that true? Doesn't the whole world drink honey in hot tea? Also wondering about the harvesting of honey -- is it harmful to the bees and their sustainability? Lou Bendrick has the answers. Read More

• Black (fly) magic 5

  Posted 1 week, 4 days ago by Erik Hoffner

• Scientists claim junk food is as addictive as heroin 18

  Posted 1 week, 4 days ago by Tom Laskawy

• Obama’s attempt to tap an agrichemical-industry flack runs into trouble 2

  Posted 1 week, 4 days ago by Tom Philpott

• Ask Umbra on canned and frozen foods 23

  Posted 1 week, 6 days ago by Umbra Fisk

• White House loads policy initiatives into a few hours of fun at Healthy Kids Fair 0

  Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago by Eddie Gehman Kohan

• Corn-based meat and ethanol: burning the planet to a crisp 85

  Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago by Tom Philpott

• Is Michelle Obama about to take on Big Food? 40

  Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago by Tom Laskawy

• Bill Gates reveals support for GMO ag 44

  Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago by Tom Philpott

• Will FDA take quotation marks off “Smart Choices” [UPDATED] 3

  Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago by Tom Laskawy

• Bee here, now: organic apiary in a chemical world 6

  Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago by Makenna Goodman

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