Farming
Strawberries Still Green? You’re on Trend!
Chefs around the country are experimenting with the springy, tart version of this favorite berry. Try pickling them yourself
April 30, 2013 |
By Twilight Greenaway
Tip of the Iceberg: Our Love-Hate Relationship With the Nation’s Blandest Vegetable
It's never been the most nutritious green at the grocers, but the versatile lettuce has a knack for sticking around on the dinner table
March 26, 2013 |
By Twilight Greenaway
It’s Pineapple Season, But Does Your Fruit Come From Hawaii?
While Hawaii was once the big kahuna in pineapple production, it's since been overtaken by other global powers
March 20, 2013 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Meals in a Jar: From Pancakes to Baby Back Ribs, Just Add Water
Ready-made meals, good for months on a pantry shelf, work for busy nights, camping trips and power outages
February 22, 2013 |
By Marina Koren
Can Chemistry Make Healthy Foods More Appealing?
Making healthy foods like tomatoes more palatable may increase our desire to eat these foods while decreasing our gravitation towards sugary snacks
February 20, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
How Did Avocados Become the Official Super Bowl Food?
Did you know this off-season penchant for guacamole is an industry creation?
January 30, 2013 |
By Twilight Greenaway
How Hot is That Pepper? How Scientists Measure Spiciness
How does the Scoville Scale rate the relative spiciness of a chili pepper?
January 10, 2013 |
By Twilight Greenaway
Your Genetic Future: Horse-Dogs, Plantimals and Mini-Rhino Pets
A kids' magazine in the '80s hoped that by now we'd have a whole new array of pets to choose from
December 05, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Meal Come From?
Take a closer look at where the staples of the holiday dinner originate -- from farms across the country, both large and small
November 20, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
Meet the Salak, the Ubiquitous Indonesian Fruit You’ve Never Heard Of
It may not be the biggest or brightest of southeast Asian fruits, but the snakefruit is the locals snack of choice
November 09, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Five Ways to Cook With Cauliflower
Roasted, grilled or pureed, the versatile vegetable can be served many ways beyond one mother's love of deep-frying it
November 07, 2012 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Aldous Huxley’s Predictions for 2000 A.D.
The famous author envisioned a brave new world where swelling populations would put tremendous strain on the Earth's resources
November 01, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
The Halloween Tradition Best Left Dead: Kale as Matchmaker
Be happy this Scottish tradition is passé, your future marriage may have depended on it
October 30, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
Predictions From The Father of Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback's predictions give us a look at the most radical of technological utopianism from the 1920s
October 04, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
All the Insane Australian Fruit You Can Eat
What the heck are black sapotes, carambolas and pomelo fruits?
October 02, 2012 |
By Guest Blogger
Why Do Students Give Teachers Apples and More from the Fruit’s Juicy Past
The perfect back-to-school treat has a colorful past that once brought the wrath of an axe-wielding reformer
September 05, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Today Was the World’s Biggest Food Fight, Welcome to La Tomatina
What does it look like when 40,000 people start throwing 100 metric tons of tomatoes at each other?
August 29, 2012 |
By Jeanie Riess
1931′s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future
The farmer of tomorrow wears a suit to work and sits at a desk that looks oddly familiar to those of us here in the year 2012.
July 02, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
The Peas that Smelled the Leaky Pipe
In 1901, a 17-year-old Russian discovered the gas that tells fruits to ripen
June 01, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
The World’s Most Expensive Vegetable
Long before hops cones were used to make beer bitter, hops shoots were eaten as a spring green
April 23, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
