Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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Disruptive mayo is now a thing, and it’s spreading
A corporate giant sues a feisty startup over the right to call an egg-free product "mayo."
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For farmers, using pesticides is a lot like picking the wrong smartphone
"Path dependency" is when a choice of technologies hems in your future. Is that happening today as developing countries build out their farming systems?
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GMO labeling laws keep failing. Here’s why we can expect more
GMO-labeling initiatives have lost four times now, but proponents are tenacious. Until we actually try out the idea, we'll be stuck on infinite replay.
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Food votes: GMO labels rejected in Colorado and Oregon; Berkeley taxes soda
Here's a quick roundup of national and local races in the 2014 midterms that focused on food and farming.