food

Social Media Are Riled Up After Tennis Fan Dunks Chicken Tender Into Coke

1:38pm September 05, 2018

A tennis fan was caught on camera dipping a chicken tender into her Coke and then eating it. Social media has deemed this disgusting. Alexa Greenfield admits it's a weird habit.

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The Future Of Food Critics

6:17pm September 04, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

Anthony Bourdain and food critic Jonathan Gold shared a love of street food. With their deaths, and many moves in the world of food writing and criticism, the industry is at a moment where it can be reshaped.

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Researchers are using underwater microphones to help better understand the extensive array of animals living in oyster reefs.

The World Of An Oyster: Scientists Are Using Microphones To Spy On Reef Life

8:02am September 04, 2018

by James Morrison

Reefs are being rebuilt along U.S. coastlines, which is good for the oyster. But how does it affect other underwater life? Researchers are listening to find out what animals use the reefs and why.

A new report suggests that when consumers buy sustainably-certified coffee, they have little way of knowing whether or how their purchase helps growers.

Do Sustainable Certifications For Coffee Really Help Coffee Growers?

7:46am September 02, 2018

by Angus Chen

A global development research organization study suggests that there's little data showing whether growers benefit from sustainably certifying their coffee because they are difficult to monitor.

Arleene Correa Valencia works on a painting in her latest series: In Times of Crisis, En Tiempo de Crisis.

After The Wildfires: Artist Captures Plight Of Napa's Undocumented Workers

8:36am September 01, 2018

by Rachael Bongiorno

Napa Valley's wine industry relies heavily on immigrants, but the undocumented are often ineligible for services when disaster strikes. An artist depicts how the 2017 fires impacted this community.

The harvest is bad for German farmers this year as the country has experienced the hottest summer on record and months without rainfall.

German Farmers Struck By Drought Fear Further Damage From Climate Change

4:32pm August 31, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

High temperatures and a severe drought have hit food production in Germany and left many farmers there wondering what they can do to survive climate change.

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World News

Off The Coast Of Normandy, Britain And France Are At War Over Scallops

4:48pm August 29, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

The crews of French and British fishing boats are clashing over the right to harvest scallops from the English Channel.

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The Food and Drug Administration quickly identified romaine lettuce as the source of a months-long outbreak, but the foodborne illness investigation has been one of the agency's most complicated in years.

What Sparked An E. Coli Outbreak In Lettuce? Scientists Trace A Surprising Source

3:16pm August 29, 2018

by Dan Charles

Vegetable farmers in Yuma, Ariz., are asking whether they can co-exist in the same valley with a large cattle feedlot. Those cattle are blamed for contaminating Romaine with toxic E. coli bacteria.

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For as long as he can remember, Angel Benavides, 14, has missed the beginning of the school year in Texas because his parents, Juan and Aracely Benavides, work in North Dakota until the harvest is through.

In One Generation, A Farmworker Family Grows College Ambitions

12:34pm August 29, 2018

by Tennessee Watson

For as long as he can remember, Angel Benavides, 14, has moved with his parents to follow the harvest. He splits his school year between Texas and North Dakota — and keeping up hasn't been easy.

Workers in dust masks wash fresh red bell peppers in smoky conditions outside of Eltopia, Wash. Even with the masks, the smoke is still causing tight chests, itchy eyes and dry throats.

As Wildfires Rage, Smoke Chokes Out Farmworkers And Delays Some Crops

7:03am August 29, 2018

by Anna King

Smoke from wildfires is blanketing much of the West. That's ruining some crops and may be stunting others. And it's making it difficult or unsafe for laborers to pick the harvest.

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