In its Quest to Kill Regulations, Trump’s EPA May Allow Teenagers to Handle Farm Pesticides Again
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In its ongoing zeal to nix regulations, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has yet another one in its crosshairs: a rule banning minors from applying pesticides on farms. In December, amid the frenzied debate over the GOP tax overhaul, the EPA announced in a release…
Thank Hippies for These 6 Food Trends
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Toward the end of the 1977 classic film Annie Hall, Woody Allen’s straight-laced character squints at the menu of an ultra-groovy Los Angeles restaurant before submitting his order: “I’m going to have the alfalfa sprouts and a plate of mashed yeast.” Hippie food, the rough-and-tumble cuisine…
This Weed Killer Is Wreaking Havoc on America’s Crops
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gary TaxaliWhen farmer Darvin Bentlage surveyed his southwestern Missouri soybean fields in August, he knew something was amiss in one of them. “I’ve been looking at soybeans for about 60 years, and these didn’t look right,” he says. The plants’ leaves had shriveled upward, taking the…
Trump Delivers a Hollow, Self-Congratulatory Speech to Farmers in Nashville
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump is big with the farmers. How big? Just ask him. “Oh, are you happy you voted for me,” the president cooed during his speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 99th annual convention in Nashville on Monday. “Oh, you are so lucky I…
Silicon Valley Wants You To Cash In Your 401K To Buy “Raw Water”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Silicon Valley has an apparently relentless appetite for disrupting the way we eat. Now, it’s coming after your tap water. Behold Source: a Hydropanel, a home system sold by a company called Zero Mass Water that uses condensation to trap water from the air and deliver…
Shhhh. The “Gene Silenced” Apple Is Coming.
A conventional apple vs. the Arctic Apple on the right.Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Arctic Golden apple, the first genetically modified apple available to consumers, is making its way to grocery store shelves. I’m an apple loyalist—I pack one as an after-lunch snack nearly every day…