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Apples picked to perfume a room. Undocumented apples and apples with false papers. Foundlings that could give a supermarket apple a run for its money. Others that don’t taste too good but are catnip to blackbirds. A heritage orchard in County Clare, Ireland.

On the links between land reform and prosperity, the origins of a sandwich, the Amish and Whole Foods and more.

Playing fast and loose with data is a sure sign that people know they’re wrong. Defenders of antibiotics in agriculture are no exception.

Antibiotic resistance is one consequence of feeding animals large amounts of antibiotics — about three times the amount given to people in the US. Why is it so hard to regulate the use of antibiotics in agriculture, and how else might we tackle the problem?

Fungal spores discovered on sea salt could be a problem for salt-based preservation, but did anyone actually check?

Another round-up of food news,from avocados to Xyllella

When people get their SNAP benefits is associated with when grocery store crimes are committed. And it’s almost impossible to follow government dietary guidelines on the government’s food assistance.

ICYMT: Delicious bits of food news, plucked, at least some of the time, from obscurity.

Preparing for future droughts by creating adaptable populations of millet

Modern Farmer writes about old-fashioned modern plant breeding