food

A program called Farm To Work is making it easy and affordable for employees in central Texas to pick up baskets of local produce at the office.

Vegetables Take On Office Doughnuts When Farms Connect With Workers

7:54pm October 22, 2015

by Sujata Gupta

Farm To Work in Texas offers a new twist on community supported agriculture: farmers deliver boxes of produce to workplaces. Similar farm-to-office programs are taking off in other states, too.

At fine-dining places, white workers overwhelmingly fill jobs with the heftiest salaries, while Latinos, blacks and other minorities have jobs with pay closer to the poverty level, a study finds.

National

The Startling Racial Divide In Pay For Restaurant Workers

4:02pm October 22, 2015

by Alastair Bland

At fine-dining places, white workers overwhelmingly fill jobs with the heftiest salaries, while Latinos, blacks and other minorities have jobs with pay closer to the poverty level, a study finds.

Arts

Grand Theft Vino: Higher Wine Prices Are Attracting More Thieves

7:05pm October 21, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Wine theft is on the upswing — particularly of very high-end, irreplaceable bottles. Some restaurants and wineries have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of wine in a single heist.

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Celia Chacon, a former host of Cooking Without Looking, in the kitchen at Lighthouse of Broward, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2008. The television cooking show features chefs and guests who are blind or visually impaired.

Cooking With Disabilities: An Exercise In Creative Problem Solving

5:45pm October 21, 2015

by Tove Danovich

In a perfect world, everyone with a physical disability would have a kitchen fully adapted to their needs. But such remodels can be pricey. In many cases, small DIY-solutions help keep people cooking.

A judge has approved the settlement terms of a lawsuit over the way Anheuser-Busch labels its U.S.-made, German-style Beck's beer.

Can Beck's Be Labeled 'German' If It's Brewed In St. Louis? No, Judge Agrees

8:28pm October 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

When is a German beer not actually German? When it's brewed in St. Louis by Anheuser-Busch. A settlement was approved Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit over Beck's packaging.

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Fresh vegetable cups prepared for the National School Lunch Program at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va.

As Schools Buy More Local Food, Kids Throw Less Food In The Trash

7:51pm October 20, 2015

by Dan Charles

Kids in America's schools are eating more local food, although it makes up only a small part of the average meal. Advocates say local food doesn't have to cost more, but buying it does take more time.

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Katrina Ceguera tends JetBlue's farm outside Terminal 5 at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

'Farm To Air'? Why JetBlue Is Farming At A New York Airport

6:03pm October 20, 2015

by Kylie Mohr

JetBlue is growing produce right outside its terminal at JFK International. It's the first airline to build an urban farm at a U.S. airport. But will passengers ever get to harvest or eat the food?

Diners wait in line at a Subway sandwich shop on September 15, 2015 in Chicago, Ill. Subway will serve antibiotic-free turkey and chicken by the end of 2016, but it may take nine years for its suppliers of beef and pork to go antibiotic-free as well.

Subway Joins The Fast-Food, Antibiotic-Free Meat Club

5:32pm October 20, 2015

by Dan Charles

The chain says it will shift to buying only meat from animals that weren't fed antibiotics. It's set to serve antibiotic-free poultry by the end of next year, but beef and pork may take until 2025.

Marquette University scientist Michael Schläppi grows rice in paddies on his lab's rooftop.

Rice Finds A Welcome Home In Wisconsin Paddies

6:27am October 20, 2015

by Susan Bence

A Marquette University scientist slogged through more than 200 rice varieties to find the most promising few; he then subjected those to real Wisconsin weather on rooftop paddies outside his lab.

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Denmark Targets Consumer Behavior In Campaign To Reduce Food Waste

6:27am October 20, 2015

by Sidsel Overgaard

In the last few years, Denmark has become the world champion in reducing the amount of food that lands in the garbage.

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