Posh Spice puts her hubby on a “daughter diet,” which does not—as I originally thought—have anything to do with eating actual daughters.

Small farmers screwed by the E. coli scare, sez Mike Pollan. He makes a case for buying local and against torturous federal regulations in The New York Times.

This just in: Fruits and vegetables are more healthy when grown with pesticides.

Slate writes about the inevitable co-opting of the word “local” by giant international companies.

Why dump our food waste into the ground when we could turn it into electricity and compost?

It’s easy: Just add water!

That dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico? It’s now the size of New Jersey.

Organic farming: now fixing climate change, too!

Trick out your backyard garden with aquaponics, and add some homegrown protein to your diet.

Yes, Virginia, there is organic food from China.

The nose-to-tail eating revolution continues apace with The New York Times heralding embryonic eggs as the Next Big Thing.

Salon asks: As foodservice giants jump on the eat-local bandwagon, will they dilute the movement’s potential benefits to the environment, family farmers, and food lovers?

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The number of people who eschew wheat continues to grow, and now Gourmet is questioning whether there should even be an annual wheat harvest in this country.

This (mostly) odor-free device provides one more way to green your kitchen.