Like Fruit, Vegetables, and Almonds? Scientists Have Bad News.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. So far, this winter has brought ample snows to the Sierra Nevada, the spine of mountains that runs along California’s eastern flank. That’s good news for Californians, because the range’s melted snow provides 60 percent of the state’s water supply. Anyone in the United States…
Puerto Rico May Hold the Answer to Saving the Bees
Manuel Giannoni Guzman Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The quick succession of Hurricanes Irma and Maria knocked out Puerto Rico’s electricity and displaced thousands of people from their homes. The storms also wreaked havoc on much smaller members of the island’s population: Billions of wild and domesticated bees were uprooted…
Twelve Grapes, Turkey Curry, and Sushi: How Our Readers Mix Traditions for the Holidays
A couple celebrating New Year’s in Spain.martin-dm/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Every new year, just 12 seconds before midnight, Citlali and her family enact the same tradition: For every second that ticks by, they eat a grape and make a wish. It’s an old Spanish custom that’s meant to bring in luck for the…
The Best Cookbooks (and Instant Pot Guides) of 2018
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Instant Pot has emerged in recent years as a multi-use sensation: a plug-in countertop appliance that does everything from slowly incubating yogurt to quickly turning unsoaked beans tender to scrubbing the kitchen floor. (Okay, not the latter.) After getting one a year ago and…
Factory Farms No Longer Have to Report Their Air Emissions. That’s Dangerous for Their Neighbors
Bob Nichols/USDA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rosemary Partridge has lived in Sac County, Iowa, for 40 years. She has watched the state’s agricultural landscape change, with large-scale hog farms taking over nearly all the land surrounding her home. The stink of the neighboring farms is “unbearable,” making her nauseous…
We Got a Scientist to Explain What You Knew in Your Heart of Hearts: The Five-Second Rule Is Gross.
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s the most wonderful time of the year—and also the germiest. Viruses and bacteria thrive in the winter, and festive gatherings give them plenty of opportunities to circulate. Luckily for you, this week on the Mother Jones food politics podcast, Bite, our guest has…