Apples have been another recurring obsession on the blog, maybe because they make the conservation problem unusually tangible ...

After the recent worrying announcement about the USDA closing the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, there may now be some good news. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has just ...

The Quest to Save the World’s Most Coveted Chocolate is an engaging story in Smithsonian Magazine about Ecuador’s ancient, ...

Cassava has been a persistent thread through this blog since the beginning. It first appears as a staple with a dark side: ...

I've been following the vineyards of Pompeii for quite a while, it turns out. Maybe because archaeology and wine are two of ...

Jeremy's latest Eat This Newsletter tackles cassava, the chestnut, rice and pears. But his coolest find is a website called ...