Articles by Sr. Staff Writer Nathanael Johnson

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Un till: An Iowa farmer finds that less (plow) is more (profit)

Maybe it's contradictory to mix conservation and conventional farming. Or maybe you end up with the agricultural equivalent of a Prius.

Nathanael Johnson Technology
Photo crop: Iowa high schoolers explain where your food comes from

Lexicon of Sustainability trained some teens in its image-making techniques, and they went hog wild. Check out the results.

Nathanael Johnson Food and Agriculture
Fairer fare: How to turn food system kinks into win-wins for growers and eaters

Start anywhere, follow it everywhere: That's the key to building sustainable local food systems, according to one expert veteran.

Nathanael Johnson Food and Agriculture
It’s official: People around the world really are eating more and more alike

The Western diet of wheat, corn, and soy is spreading globally -- flattening the world's menus as it rounds out our guts.

Nathanael Johnson Food and Agriculture