Tag: Food

What’s the future of education? The guru of education gives us a big hint.

I am with my friend Jeff as we drive to the airport to pick up Sugata. I only know him from his TED video, which has been watched a gazillion times and forwarded to me by various friends throughout the years. I have little expectation as I’ve become accustomed to meeting people and finding them far different than their online personas. Almost as if...

A single litter of pups could mark the beginning of a red wolf resurgence

Conservationists are hoping a new litter of red wolf pups will spark new life for the species.
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What You Should Know About Livestock Antibiotics and Our Health

By now, many of us know about the disgusting conditions on factory farms. Animals are kept in tiny cages, and are selectively bred to...

This Little Robot Might Solve the World’s Big Pesticide Problem

Most commercial farmers spray their entire fields with pesticides, and count on their genetically modified crops to withstand the herbicide while harmful weeds do...

This Ball of Butter is 2,000 Years Old – and it’s Still Edible

Forget about those "I can't believe it's not butter" commercials. How about "I can't believe it's 2,000-year-old butter"? A farmer in Ireland uncovered a...

10 Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science

There is a fair number of circulating misconceptions out there about proper nutrition; some based on misinformation, and others on outdated research. Here are...

For Years, We’ve Been Told Milk is “Essential.” It’s not.

If you want to grow up to be strong, you have to drink your milk. That’s what we learned growing up, and our parents...

Eat Them While You Can: 10 Foods on the Verge of Extinction

As climate change wreaks havoc on the environment, food production is suffering, and farming is becoming more difficult. These 10 foods could soon disappear...

15 Ugly Facts the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

A quick look at how much meat we're consuming and what it's doing to our planet shows that the meat industry as we know...

This Pesticide is Likely Causing Cancer, and the EPA Thinks it’s Fine?

A herbicide and the active ingredient in most weed-killers (including Monsanto's Roundup), glyphosate is used in vast quantities on both a commercial and domestic...

Holy Guacamole! These Intricate Food Carvings are Out of This World

26-year-old Daniele Barresi is an Italian carving designer who turns fruits and vegetables into incredible works of art. For years, Daniele has been using...

America’s Lunch Shaming Issue is Disgusting and Easy to Fix. So Why Aren’t we?

20 million kids in America receive free school lunches, but many others struggle to pay the $2.35 fee. For those who can’t pay, “lunch...

VR Now Lets You Eat Your Favorite Food Without Gaining a Pound

You’ve probably got some sort of eating habit that you wish you could break—we all do. Whether it’s an insatiable love for sweets or...

One of the Keys to Human Survival Lies in This Arctic Food Vault

Should an apocalyptic event ever threaten to wipe out the human race, mankind has a secret emergency kit that few people know about. Located...