Food and Agriculture

Public surprisingly OK with government policies that push healthy eating

Americans overwhelming support policies like banning big sodas and subsidizing fruits and veggies, according to a new poll.

Susie Cagle Food and Agriculture

Pesticides are killing our sperm

Agricultural poisons are reducing the quality and quantity of sperm in men all over the globe, especially farm workers, according to a new study.

John Upton Food and Agriculture

Super-convincing fake egg is made entirely from plants

It supposedly tastes just like real eggs. It is cheaper than real eggs. And it does not require that a pesky chicken to exist for it to be eaten.

Sarah Miller Food and Agriculture

Possibly the most controversial food infographic ever made

Basically everyone is going to find something here that they absolutely cannot tolerate in silence.

Jess Zimmerman Food and Agriculture

Affectless hipster invents, what else, an Oreo separating machine

A Portland man has created an amazing device that takes the cream out of an Oreo. No, it's not a butter knife.

Sarah Miller Food and Agriculture

Sorry, Michelle, but cheerleading isn’t enough to make Big Food change

The first lady calls on the food industry to lead the fight against obesity. But since junk food is still better for the bottom line, it'll take laws, not just encouragement, to fix our food system.

Tom Laskawy Food and Agriculture

How the USDA plans to plant around climate change

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers need help coping with climate change and encouragement to become part of the solution.

Susie Cagle Climate & Energy

Chinese IKEA fans: ‘Oh please, our meatballs have WAY worse stuff than horse’

In China, those Ikea meatballs are made locally, which probably means they’ve got much worse ingredients than a little bit of Black Beauty.

Sarah Laskow Food and Agriculture

If your sandwich dislocates your jaw, it is too big

Here's an object lesson in how messed up America's food culture is.