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McDonald’s Workers Are Striking, and 2020 Candidates Are Paying Attention
Several candidates are joining picket lines, and Fight for $15 is launching a push to make unionization a 2020 presidential issue.
McDonald's workers say restaurants are a magnet for crime
Employees of the fast-food chain report gun-toting customers, assaults and other threats in urging OSHA to investigate
USDA researchers quit in droves as Trump administration plans relocation
On a single day in late April, six federal employees at an embattled research agency quit.
Thinly sliced: Feeling attacked by the Trump administration, USDA economists quit en…
The most noteworthy food stories of the moment, selected by our editors.
The aquaculture industry is trying to take fish out of fish food.…
A NASA-developed technology originally meant to sustain astronauts is changing the way farmed fish are fed—and may help aquaculture overcome a surprising environmental liability.
The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000…
The word lox was one of the clues that eventually led linguists to discover who the Proto-Indo-Europeans were, and where they lived.Photograph…
Trump administration announces $16 billion in trade aid payments
It's an increase of $4 billion. And it didn't require Congressional approval.
Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment
From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’
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Tyson lost $2.5 million because, they say, FSIS failed to properly inspect…
Dr. Yolanda Thomspon was the USDA inspector on duty for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. plant in Storm Lake,
"Breaking our back": Food banks are drowning in milk China won't buy
It's rare to see such a direct connection between purchases made to support farms and food distributed to hungry people.
From potatoes to coffee, plant breeders are changing crops to adapt to…
Crop scientists are doing all they can to breed plants that can thrive under the new environmental conditions wrought by climate change.
Vanilla fever
How did hunger for the humble vanilla pod lead to greed, crime and riches? Wendell Steavenson travels to Madagascar to meet the new spice barons
U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle
Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the tra...
Thinly sliced: Tyson sues USDA inspector for allegedly signing off on pork…
The most noteworthy food stories of the moment, selected by our editors.
Illinois may start letting some food stamps users spend SNAP money at…
The bill would expand benefits for the elderly, disabled, and homeless—but only some restaurants will participate.
A common pesticide gets bees buzzed, and very lost
A groundbreaking study published this week tells us more about the way neonicotinoids affect bee behavior. This one's a big deal.
This is our last soda tax story ever
Critics say soda taxes punish the poor, and they’re paternalistic. Despite all that, a team of economists says, they’re worth it.
Bananas are getting cheaper. That low price comes with hidden costs.
We pay less for bananas today than we did a decade ago. That low price is misleading—and makes it harder to benefit workers and the land.
Genus Shares Surge on Deal to Market Gene-Edited Pigs in China
British livestock genetics firm Genus agreed on Thursday to licence its know-how on virus-resistant pigs to Beijing Capital Agribusiness Co Ltd, which will seek regulatory approval for the pigs in the…
We asked ambassadors where they eat when they’re homesick. We did not…
Everyone handles the hunger of homesickness differently.
Company owned by Brazilian crooks received $62 million in Trump bailout cash…
The Trump administration has forked over more than $62 million — taxpayer cash that was supposed to be earmarked for struggling American farmers — to a massive meatpacking company owned by a couple of…
Whole Foods still has highest prices among grocers despite April cuts, says…
Whole Foods had an average price premium of 34% above Walmart, a percentage point higher than the previous 3-4 years.
Thinly sliced: Trump administration pays JBS over $62 million as part of…
The most noteworthy food stories of the moment, selected by our editors.