Nathanael Johnson
Watch dinosaurs defend the Gates Foundation’s farm policy
Some food activists are not happy with the Gates Foundation's programs to help farmers. But why? We boil the issue down in a new video.
Instead of trying to feed the world, we should be ending poverty
Relieving poverty is the single most important step we could take toward reducing hunger -- and way more effective than boosting crop yields.
Save the climate, pay a farmer
With the right incentives, farmers could make enormous headway in the effort to change the global carbon equation.
Should big business get out of the food business?
When it comes to food and farming technology, our political and economic beliefs trump the field knowledge of what works and what doesn't.
This killer app will change the way we eat forever
In startup-land, Carrot is all the rage. To understand why, you'll have to learn what "organoleptic" means.
Farm tech isn’t a war between good and evil — it’s a quest for whatever works
Forget the ideological showdowns. Poor farmers will thrive when they find the right mix of high and low technologies that serves their needs.
10 things that would fix the food system faster than GMO-labeling
What if we took the energy and money that's invested in fighting over GMO labeling and put it into laws that would really make a difference?
4 problems GMO labeling won’t solve
A lot of people support GMO labels as a blow against pesticides or Big Ag. We should probably just go after those problems directly.
If Berkeley can’t pass a soda tax, who can?
Taxing soda won't single-handedly end obesity, but it's still a step worth supporting.
