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Spiders in Grapes
These eight-legged creatures provide great natural pest control in vineyards—but they’re also starting to show up in the supermarket at an alarming rate.
04.01.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- fruit,
- organics market,
- ingredients,
- jessica mischner
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Yogurt without Guilt
A new initiative allows consumers to recycle yogurt containers—and is expected to keep one million pounds of trash out of landfills this year.
02.02.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Too Good for Their Own Good?
The venerable Niman Ranch ran out of cash this week, making it the second major natural-foods company to do so in 2009.
01.22.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Bitter Truths
The “Certified Organic” label for honey is virtually meaningless, schools test out grass-fed beef, and more.
01.06.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Market Forces
Whole Foods asks a small-scale competitor to divulge its trade secrets—and failure to comply could land its CEO in jail.
12.08.08
food + cooking
Koeze’s Peanut Butter Revolution
The trials of taking an industrial-scale food business back to its artisanal roots.
12.01.08
- Keywords
- rebecca marx,
- culinary culture,
- organics market,
- agriculture
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Substandard Seafood
The USDA proposes criteria for organic fish that will confuse customers and undermine a $23-billion-plus industry.
11.24.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- labeling,
- seafood
food politics
Politics of the Plate: A Dirty Trick, and the Problem with Plastic
Concentrated animal feeding lots will be free to contaminate waterways, and a compound in plastic bottles might not be safe after all.
11.04.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- beef,
- organics market
food politics
Politics of the Plate: An Organic Loophole, and an Outdated Recall
A proposed rule requires organic cows to graze outdoors, and the FDA covers up an oversight by backdating a recall on contaminated cookies.
10.27.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- beef,
- organics market
travel + culture
The Town That Food Saved
Hardwick’s economic future was dim, until a chain of events turned it into one of the most important food towns in America.
10.20.08
- Keywords
- ben hewitt,
- organics market,
- nutrition/diet,
- farms + fish,
- culinary culture