2019-02-04 02:37
One of my earliest food-book-memories is Enid Blyton’s description of the children in her book enjoying anchovies on toast. Fish on toast? I couldn’t quite understand why this w… Read More
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2019-01-02 01:53
Looking back through old posts, I found this discovery of a good luck tradition for new year’s day which has now becomes a tradition! Black eyed peas are a favorite in my home and it w… Read More
2018-03-22 22:07
Does it feel like grocery shopping takes a lot longer these days? It is not that the stores are bigger or the lines longer. It is because every product comes with so many labels that reading… Read More
2018-03-04 01:01
“Today, food policies are increasingly motivated by ideology rather than projected economic consequences. The merits of a policy are primarily judged not by whether they benefit all t… Read More
2018-02-17 02:33
Cyclone Winston hit Fiji in 2016 and the days of rain that followed led to widespread erosion and crop loss. This was not an isolated event. In fact, warmer ocean temperatures are creating… Read More
2018-01-19 22:29
(Image : By Kimberly Vardeman – Flickr: Cotton Harvest, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17157722)
Worsening conditions on the farm led an Indian farme… Read More
2017-11-25 22:52
It has been a while since I posted here. WordPress reminded me that this November was Thought+Food’s eight year anniversary. When I started out, blogs were the thing, and everyone was… Read More
2017-04-07 15:12
A great story I had to share! Research in Vietnam found alternative to burning rice straw: it can be used as a growing medium for mushrooms. Consequently, rice straw prices are high, and m… Read More
2017-01-31 03:03
The way we buy our groceries and prepare our food has evolved over time. As people started settling down and bringing produce to sell and exchange with others, markets became the central ci… Read More
2017-01-23 13:06
I’ll admit when I heard that Sonny Perdue was nominated as President Trump’s pick for the USDA Secretary I was a bit underwhelmed. Perdue’s name had been floated around for… Read More
2016-12-19 00:50
In this piece, the writer follows a farmer practicing no-till farming for a year, instead planting a cover crop of fodder radishes. No–till farming (also called zero tillage or… Read More
2016-10-24 23:58
I have been away from the blog for a while, part of that time was spent in taking a MOOC course offered by Cornell University: “The Science and Politics of the GMO”. This was a… Read More
2016-08-07 01:12
It was an unexpected delight to read this piece on the Moringa plant! Unexpected because I have grown wary of the term “superfood”, but I was curious: what is this moringa? The… Read More
2016-08-04 12:36
For three years, Alex Potter has lived in war-torn Yemen, documenting the civilian toll of a war that has brought relentless destruction. She has learned how to flee for shelter during air… Read More
2016-07-06 16:23
Everything is labeled! Is any of it based on facts…?
Food Science Institute
It finally happened. The sincere vendors of local produce at Westport Farmer’s Market have been joine… Read More
2016-07-03 14:07
Are you looking forward to some grilling this weekend? But you are worried about all those news reports on Bt corn and what’s in them? You could just buy organic, but maybe, like me… Read More
2016-07-01 19:23
Golden Rice is in the news again: this time because 107 Nobel Laureates have written to challenge the anti-science stance of Greenpeace which has opposed the adoption and testing of Golden… Read More
2016-06-19 01:48
Today was a perfect early summer day: gorgeous sunshine, with a breeze to lighten the warmth. The sort of day when, driving past a farm on a quiet road; or heaping up your baskets with berr… Read More
2016-05-16 14:41
When a prominent company like Hershey announces that it will no longer be using sugar from sugar beets, it is touted in social media as a victory for anti-biotechnology groups. But does thi… Read More
2016-04-11 11:33
A great place for answers to your farm questions!
Ask Me About Agriculture
Did you hear about the plane that didn’t crash?
No, probably not.
Because that wouldn’t make for a… Read More
2016-03-02 03:30
A Farmer’s Thoughts for Super Tuesday….
Willow Lea Stock Farm
We are deep into election season. Many of us are weary of the relentless negativity, name-calling, and stretching o… Read More
2016-02-29 19:25
India’s budget for the new financial year was announced yesterday. Earlier, the prime minister had described it as “pro-village, pro-farmer and pro-poor”. The announced ob… Read More
2016-02-28 21:02
In which a farmer from the Netherlands comes to Iowa, meets farmers from all over the world: from large farms and small, some prosperous, some struggling; and discovers that there is more t… Read More
2016-02-02 00:03
With so much political noise coming from Iowa in the last few days, one curious bit of news went almost unnoticed: a Chinese citizen pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing corn seeds on… Read More
2016-01-22 16:53
#Farming Friday 45: A peek into what a snowy day means for a farmer.
Farmer Bright
While everyone else is rejoicing the snow day that’s happening here, for us it simply means that life… Read More
2016-01-07 16:09
Yesterday I got a pleasant surprise when WordPress notified me that I had 500 posts. It seems like a long time ago that I started this blog, a journey prompted by the food safety scares of… Read More
2016-01-06 14:39
Beautiful view from the farm!
Rural Route Ramblings
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2015-12-31 17:01
On the last day of the year, some insights on the year in agriculture in the US, research on farming and rural communities, and a look at the growing place of agricultural biotechnol… Read More
2015-11-25 20:22
Our favorite way to make sweet potatoes is “baked fries: which basically means cutting them up like fries and then baking them with some salt, pepper and olive oil. That is just… Read More
2015-11-24 13:33
This is an excellent summary of the recent FDA response to a labeling petition from the Center for Food Safety.
Food Science Institute
Corn silk
Andrew Kimbrell and his Center for Food Sa… Read More
2015-11-10 23:13
Great analysis of the “Formaldehyde on GMOs” claim, also a nice perspective on how such claims should be analyzed!
Food Science Institute
Soybeans or edamame
We recently came… Read More
2015-11-09 19:01
Today’s story from Kyrgyzstan has roots that are common to many rural communities across the world: the young men of the household move to cities or even to other countries in search… Read More
2015-11-07 14:27
Source: Even kids who eat only organic can’t always escape exposure to pesticidesFiled under: Uncategorized Read More
2015-11-06 00:01
A piece from the Modern Farmer analyzes the curious contradiction: consumers strongly support humane treatment of animals (cage free eggs, grass fed beef, larger spaces for livestock) but w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A whole different look at life on a farm: a farm run solely by women who hold agricultural degrees and work on the land. And they have to follow the rules just like any other farming operati… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
So food prices are on the rise …again! And it looks like they might continue on that path given the pessimistic outlook for wheat in the US given the dry growing conditions. In… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
From Modern Farmer, a delightful story of teenagers and their care of the pigs they show in fairs.Filed under: Uncategorized Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that some 75% of the diversity of cultivated crops was lost during the… Read More
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