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…
The 9 Most Mouthwatering Cookbooks of 2017
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When the going gets stressful, the stressed get cooking. That’s my motto. The Trumped-up year that’s finally ending provided me with plenty of desire to get busy in the kitchen, but not nearly enough time. For all of its faults, though, 2017 delivered an excellent…
As Diet-Related Illnesses Surge, a New Kind of Pharmacy Dispenses Fruit and Vegetables
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thomas FuchsSix years ago, James Stancil, 62, a former long-haul trucker, decided to move from Iowa back to his hometown of San Francisco to live with his aging mother. There was just one problem: His enlarged heart, high blood pressure, and diabetes made his body so…