Copyediting at the table.

Does locavorism make economic sense? The Freakonomics blog wonders.

Two terrifying words: wheat fungus.

Scientists say that lethal low-oxygen zones are expanding in the oceans.

Gourmet profiles Howarth Bouis, who’s trying to get more vitamins into the staple crops of the world’s poor.

Apparently, lobsters like cold water, rocky shores, and late-afternoon sunlight through shallow waters.

San Francisco Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer takes GQ’s Alan Richman to task for belittling the Bay Area’s influence on America’s culinary renaissance.

With the Fourth of July fast approaching, the Village Voice pays a visit to two of New York’s finest competitive eaters.

Cuba as a global model for urban agriculture.

Chef Dan Barber on the future of small farms, and small farming.

The FDA is reportedly set to approve cloned meat and milk, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be on the shelves anytime soon—if ever.

A grass-roots movement to uproot the grass advocates growing vegetables instead.

In the wake of the E. coli spinach outbreak, some produce distributors are refusing to buy from farmers who use ecofriendly practices like composting and water reclamation.

An article in The Boston Globe holds forth on the national fruitnomenon that is the pomegranate.

Apparently, British consumers are more comfortable going “meat-free.”