Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson
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Urban farms won’t feed us, but they just might teach us
It's clear that the craze for the urban farm is no answer to feeding our teeming cities. Its value lies instead in how it can change us.
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Vermont will label genetically engineered food
The state's rule -- the first in the nation -- faces likely challenges in court, and could be overridden by a federal law.
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When your produce gets wasted, it’s really a cry for help
Reducing the astonishing amount of waste built into our food system will demand innovation, care, and maybe even higher prices.
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Now available: 29 flavors of open source seeds, sans patents
Wisconsin researchers release the first batch of seeds designed to propagate the old-fashioned notion of sharing.