Nutrition & Wellness
From learning about the health benefits of turmeric to staying up-to-date with the latest superfood trends, discover the best diet tips to improve your health.
America's food waste problem is an opportunity to make money
63 million tons of food is wasted each year in the U.S, costing $218 billion annually in growing, processing, and transporting food that’s not eaten. A new report suggests there are plenty of good initiatives within the country that could make a dent in food waste if replicated on a large-scale. Read More...
Plant-based foods now have a lobbying voice in Washington
America is full of lobby organizations. The dairy and meat industries, for example, are making sure that their voices are well heard in Washington D.C. But, as science keeps confirming, their missions to maximize meat and milk in the American diet are not in the best health interests of the people. Read More...
Whole Foods and startups see potential in ‘ugly foods’
Produce is supposed to be perfect. Giant watermelons ripen on the field but won’t make it to market—too big to fit in the fridge. The same fate befalls curvy cucumbers or apples and tomatoes that exceed the width of a burger bun. Recently European supermarkets have adopted the ugly foods Read More...
Factory farming divestment follows success of pulling investments away from oil
After the success of campaigns to get investors to divest from fossil fuel companies (some 400 institutions have committed to pulling money from coal, oil and gas companies to tackle climate change), factory farming is the next target. Fast food chain Subway is latest to join the backlash against Read More...
Better than organic: America’s first vegan-certified farm
This kind of farming is so right that, so far, only one farm qualifies for certification. Metropolis Farms in Philadelphia is a “vegan-certified farm”. It’s a step beyond organic, using no pesticides, herbicides, GMOs, animal manure or fertilizers like bone meal (a blend of slaughterhouse Read More...
Turning Americans' bad food waste habit into renewable energy
America has a bad habit. About 40% of food purchased ends up in the trash each year, but in some cities, they have found a way to turn this waste into energy. As food decomposes, it release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that’s fueling climate change. What cities are doing is diverting that Read More...
An ambitious genome sequencing project is tackling Africa's nutrition crisis
Malnutrition affects 40% of children in Africa. Part of the issue is that the staple crops in the formal food system lack the nutrients needed to properly feed a person. Traditional foods like amaranth, okra and breadfruit are incredibly healthy, but these have never been grown in agriculture Read More...
A healthy Mediterranean diet is cheaper than a junky American one
A healthy Mediterranean diet is often perceived as expensive, but a new study shows it's not. In fact, fresh veggies and fancy olive oil are cheaper. A new study out of the Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank shows that a Mediterranean-style diet costs around $750 per person Read More...
Denmark opens first food waste supermarket selling surplus produce
In a bid to tackle the problem of food waste, the world’s first ever food surplus supermarket has opened in Denmark. The store in capital city Copenhagen called Wefood will sell produce at prices 30 to 50% cheaper than normal supermarkets by getting its produce from markets and other suppliers Read More...
Probiotics for plants could help feed the world
We know from research on the human microbiome—the trillions of microbes that live on and around us—that it affects everything from our mood to how likely we are to get cancer. Plants, it turns out, have a microbiome of their own, and just as antibiotics wreak havoc on the human microbiome, Read More...