You can tell a lot about a society by what its citizens compliment themselves about. You might also learn a great deal about a
Category: Food
What Donald Trump doesn’t know about the Mexican farm workers who make his 5-star dinner possible
Donald Trump’s sneers about Latino rapists, criminals, and druggies coming-to-harm-your-property-and-your-kids have real-life consequences. His all-too-familiar ethnic scapegoating intentionally obscures the truth about a community
The First Church of Cannabis, and other unintended consequences
Indianapolis hosted the 100th Anniversary Convention for Kiwanis International these past few days. As is the norm, I represented my Valley Park [Missouri] club.
Consumer Reports says, “Buy organic.”
I am a strong believer in organic foods. And not only because I think they are better for you to eat. It is just
Food stamp participation declines by almost 10% in Missouri: Not a pretty picture
In Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, having just hoisted a body from a grave says “What a filthy job.” Marty Feldman replies, “Could be worse,”
“I can buy a firearm, but I can’t get assistance to buy a sandwich”
In a move that demonstrates a small—and too rare—step toward common sense in lawmaking, Missouri has rescinded [mostly] an 18-year-old law that banned people
Vermont vs. the big bad wolf, aka Monsanto and friends
Have you heard the one about a fetching New England state and the big, bad wolf? Let me fill you in a bit. Last
The economic facts about farmers’ markets: Freshness and high quality don’t cost more
Daffodils are blooming here in the Northeast. That’s the surest sign that opening day for our local farmers’ markets is not far off. That’s
Vermont is first to go all in on GMO labeling
It looks as if the near future—in fact, as soon as July 2016 if all goes well—Vermonters are going to know a lot more
GMOs: There’s something fishy about these tomatoes
In Russia, officials are seriously considering passing a sweeping ban on all genetically modified crops. In banning GMOs, they will be joining other countries