Food
GMO labeling laws keep failing. Here’s why we can expect more
GMO-labeling initiatives have lost four times now, but proponents are tenacious. Until we actually try out the idea, we'll be stuck on infinite replay.
The Amish: Makers of jam, fine cabinetry, and polluted rivers
Their small, pastoral farms belie an outsized impact on streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Now the feds are cracking down.
Hey! Did somebody frack my favorite beer?
A reader worries about fracking water tainting beer. Umbra hops to it.
The country is going to hell, but at least your bus may come on time
The results of the election got you down? Good news! It wasn't a total train wreck.
Food votes: GMO labels rejected in Colorado and Oregon; Berkeley taxes soda
Here's a quick roundup of national and local races in the 2014 midterms that focused on food and farming.
This tool-lending library brings the sharing economy out of the city and onto the farm
Instead of shelling out big bucks for specialized machinery, food producers in Maine can now join a lending library of farm tools.
Is snacking on a scorpion sexy?
Enter SexyFood, a French startup that's trying to get you to eat bugs -- hopefully with more success than we've ever had.
Farm life without modern tech looks beautiful and backbreaking
A stunning video shows just how beautiful the Ethiopian landscape is -- and just how demanding the farm work is.
From two Ethiopians, what small farmers really want
A new middle class can put down roots when small family farmers get the tools and education to produce more food.
