Who's inventing your food? Probably a corporate chef
Unless you’re grinding peanuts into butter and emulsifying egg yolks into mayonnaise at home, Einav Gefen has probably touched your food in some way. Since 2008, 39-year-old Gefen has acted as...
View ArticleHow far does your food travel?
Click to watch video Live from the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen - You say "tomato," we say "where'd it come from?" Managing editor Kat Kinsman explains why community gardens, farmers markets and...
View ArticleGoing to the ends of the earth to save food from extinction
As long as Eatocracy has been around, we've been evangelizing for heirloom vegetables. It's not just that they're generally bred for exquisite flavor and variety, rather than durability and uniformity;...
View Article5@5 - How animals are raised for food
5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe. As long as Eatocracy has been around, we've...
View ArticleThe bitter truth behind the chocolate in your Easter basket
Chocolate is one of life's greatest pleasures, but for the children working in slavery conditions in cacao fields across West Africa's Ivory Coast, the reality behind it is anything but sweet. Some 70...
View ArticleNo bull - what a farmer wants you to know about how beef gets to your plate
Ryan Goodman is a generational rancher from Arkansas with a degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University in Animal Science, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of...
View Article5@5 - Why hunting your own dinner is an ethical way to eat
5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe. Editor's Note: Lily Raff McCaulou is an...
View ArticleNo bull - start a conversation with a farmer
Ryan Goodman is a generational rancher from Arkansas with a degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University in Animal Science, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the University of...
View ArticleTo save this endangered breed, eat it
Ask Joe Henderson any question and odds are he’ll give you a very thorough answer. But ask him how to save one of the most endangered breeds in the world, the Randall Lineback, he’ll give you a very...
View ArticleNationwide study casts a wide net over seafood fraud
Mislabeled fish is flooding the marketplace and Americans may be swallowing it hook, line and sinker, according to a new study by an environmental activist group. A look at seafood sales across the...
View ArticleDespite last year's drought, corn production is popping
Editor's Note: Brian Scott farms with his father and grandfather on 2,300 acres of land in northwest Indiana. They grow corn, soybeans, popcorn and wheat. He blogs about it at The Farmer's Life. The...
View ArticleCorn crops - what a difference a year makes
Editor's Note: Brian Scott farms with his father and grandfather on 2,300 acres of land in northwest Indiana. They grow corn, soybeans, popcorn and wheat. He blogs about it at The Farmer's Life. If I'd...
View ArticleWhey-ing Greek yogurt's environmental impact
The Greek yogurt industry recently made headlines after a Modern Farmer article claiming companies are “scrambling” for a solution to the “dark secret,” of a byproduct's potentially toxic effects on...
View ArticleSweet success for syrup-making retirees
Berryville, Virginia (CNN) - Travis and Joyce Miller might have the most fragrant garage in the Shenandoah Valley. The heady scent of hickory wood wafts from their rural home on Virginia's busy Route...
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