Articles by Tom Philpott

Tom Philpott was previously Grist's food writer. He now writes for Mother Jones.

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Forbes: By 2018, 'one-fifth of urban food will be grown on rooftops and in former parking lots'

Within a decade, will a huge portion of your food come from around the corner? It sure is pretty to think so.

Tom Philpott Food and Agriculture
Obama taps food-industry exec for top ag-research post

Obama has nominated Catherine Woteki, an exec from the Mars candy corporation, to direct the U.S. government's entire agricultural research budget.

Tom Philpott Technology
Why I heart the Park Slope Food Co-Op

Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Co-op is a unique grocery store in which the shopper/members do most of the work. Like a great metropolis, on some level it shouldn't function. But it does -- spectacularly.

Tom Philpott Food and Agriculture
Salmonella-free backyard eggs, coral catastrophe, BPA-go-go, and more

In my latest roundup of interesting food media, I sample eggs you can risk eating raw, the looming coral cataclysm, mega-dairies, and more.

Tom Philpott Food and Agriculture