The director of Food, Inc. discusses how “veggie libel laws” have silenced critics of the food industry, why travel is horrible, and more.

This summer rite may seem like an inalienable right, but for many Americans (maybe even you), outdoor grilling is illegal.

A new study concludes that reusable shopping bags can harbor bacteria and fungi. But a closer look reveals that this supposed public-health threat may be more of a scare campaign....

According to plant geneticist Wes Jackson, we could see a commercially viable variety of perennial wheat within a decade—and he has the flour from his experimental plantings to prove it....

Call them elitist if you will, but panelists at a recent sustainable-food conference make a strong case for why food should cost more.

The European Parliament’s ban on Canadian seal products smacks of hypocrisy.

She made sustainable agriculture a rallying cry, but now the activist chef is under attack from food lovers.

A White House garden will put healthy food for the First Family in the spotlight—and maybe a little healthy competition too, as Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack doubles down....

The kumbaya era is over: Organic agriculture is now large enough to face some of the same systemic problems that conventional agriculture struggles with every day.

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has shown that if she’s confirmed at a top FDA post, she’ll likely push for the interests of ordinary citizens—not Big Food....