Companies making mycelium-based foods advertise sustainability as a selling point; however the energy use of maintaining fermenters (to produce mycelia) can be substantial.
We’ve added a billion people in just 12 years. The implications for the planet—and our own welfare—hinge on how we tackle climate change.
Unfounded Fed tightening myths are backfiring on the economy.
We are producing more food than at any other time in human history, yet millions of people around the world are starving. The global food system is broken.
“Food really puts us on the spot in terms of making us perform for those around us who will, or at least we think will, be judging us based on how and what we eat,” says Adam Lowenstein, the author of Horror Film and Otherness.
Anthropologists have helped uncork the fascinating history of winemaking—from drunken primates to Stone Age seed domestication to intoxicating religious rites.
Interrupted wheat supplies from the world’s ‘bread basket’ will profoundly affect a region already in economic turmoil.
Cafeteria staff make learning and healthy development possible by providing balanced meals to kids who otherwise might not get them. In return, they bring home some of the lowest earnings of the generally underpaid K–12 workforce.
Food was a weapon of control by slaveholders, most often used as a mechanism for domination and exploitation. The story of African American food has also been a story about self-determination and ownership.
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