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Jaan Altosaar on his practical approach to food

Rachel Laudan on the rise and fall of white bread

A few farms use most of the antibiotics, and — surprise! — bee gut bacteria too share their resistance.

Parke Wilde on SNAP and nutrition

What’s been happening down on the farm, and a need to be careful when thinking about really ancient wine.

The Salt, at NPR, asks: Is The Tide Of Antibiotic Use On Farms Now Turning? and gives the lie to my standard view that the answer to any question in a headline is always “No! The Food And Drug Administration released its annual accounting of antibiotics sold in America for use in poultry, pigs and […]

The Guardian piece on farmer suicides in the US raises more questions than it answers.

First let’s decide what kind of food supply system we want, then use that to bring about a renaissance in real farming.

Further proof that antibiotic use on farms harms humans

Reality check with some Thanksgiving leftovers: herring scandal, Native American non-trend, Britain and food history, smash history, celery and dull spices.