This unassuming diet book is actually a hard-core vegan text.

In recent months, Colony Collapse Disorder has been big news. But the true “honeybee apocalypse” is already over, according to Slate.

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The scare over tainted food products from China keeps getting, um, scarier. Is small-scale production the problem?

The pet-food scare has been depressing, but it’s shed light on that industry. The recent news that people may have eaten melamine-laced food, though, is just plain freaky.

Here in the States, the recent foodie infighting over the relative benefits of organic and local agriculture has died down a bit. Now the UK is having its own row over organics—and this one, involving a government official,...

I’ve noticed in the last year that red seedless grapes often have a white residue on them. I rinse the grapes and the residue appears to be gone. When the grapes are dry again, the residue appears. what is this? Hopefully,...

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the comparative health risks of organic and synthetic pesticides — organics can be more harmful, etc. I’m looking for sites and/or books and/or journals where I can read up...

Does anyone know how pesticide-y cranberries are? I totally forgot to rinse the berries before putting them in the bread. Thanks.

that is locally grown. Added points if most of the farmers bring organic or pesticide-free produce.

Britain considers banning the import of organic food from far away. Do “air miles” cancel out the benefits of pesticide free?

Hi All, To avoid irradiation, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. I like to dry my own peppers. Now, I want to make certain Korean foods that call for Korean Red Pepper, but I can’t seem to find out what variety of pepper this is....

With a knife I scrape the ginger, frozen, to get the peel off. Unless the ginger is organic, the peel does matter, as it probably has pesticides on it.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had blackberries in any quantity. I bought some at the farmer’s market this morning and tried one. I detect a faintly sweetish sort of chemical taste that I associate with...