This Is How Badly Monsanto Wants Farmers to Spray Its Problematic Herbicide
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The drama (background here) surrounding Monsanto’s latest blockbuster genetically modified soybean product grinds on. The enormous seed/pesticide company announced recently that it’s offering farmers a cash reward to spray its proprietary version of an herbicide called dicamba, so long as they spray it on Monsanto’s soybeans…
Reading Between the Lines of the USDA’s Bizarre Food Stamps Memo
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration appears to be taking aim at a food aid program that helps keep one in four US children and millions of disabled people adequately fed. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, has been in President Donald…
Texas’ Trump Lovin’ Ag Honcho Faces a Primary Challenge From a Monsanto Lobbyist
Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner Sid MillerEvan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember Sid Miller, Texas’ cowboy hat wearin’, Trump-lovin’ agriculture commissioner? This time a year ago, Miller was working hard to flatter his way to the top agriculture spot in the incoming presidential administration. But after being passed over for that post,…
I Went to a Potluck That Embraced Awkward Political Conversations
Guests gathered in the Bay Area for a potluck and political conversation. J.T. Trollman It’s that time of year when we gather with family and friends to share a meal and catch up, swap stories, and perhaps, if your family is like mine, steer clear of talking about Donald Trump over our turkey dinner. …
Native American Dishes You Can Cook This Week
Courtesy The Sioux Chef Lakota Chef Sean Sherman, known as “The Sioux Chef,” is on a mission to revive the pre-Reservation cuisine of Indian tribes—food that’s largely gone missing from the American diet. Now Sherman is out with a new cookbook, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, featuring sumptuous recipes for North Woods ingredients: think griddled…
The Anti-Pumpkin Pie, and 9 Other Unique Holiday Recipes
On our food politics podcast, Bite, guests like cookbook writer Samin Nosrat, Somali refugee Halimo Isaac, and comic W. Kamau Bell tell the stories behind what ends up on your plate. And, lucky us, these guests tend to be food lovers who know some great recipes. In time for holiday feasting, here are some of some of…