Nathanael Johnson
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.
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.
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.
The New Yorker food issue, ranked by kale factor
To assess this particular Moment in Food, there is no better gauge than counting the number of times a writer mentions kale.
If you don’t kill your own meat, at least watch The Slaughter
A short film about a father and son on a hog farm gets at agriculture's hard trade-offs and everyday traumas.
No, sorry, but Peru is not organic-food heaven
Peru may have banned GMOs, but the success it has seen in feeding its people has a lot more to do with smart economic policies.
Food giants Cargill and General Mills believe in climate change. Will they defend themselves from it?
The ag heavyweights are coming to grips with the reality of global warming. But they're not ready to put their political dollars to work.
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.
