Tom Philpott

Tom Philpott

Food and Ag Blogger

Tom Philpott is the cofounder of Maverick Farms, a center for sustainable food education in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. He was formerly a columnist and editor for the online environmental site Grist and his work on food politics has appeared in Newsweek, Gastronomica, and the Guardian.

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For five years, Tom Philpott served as a columnist, food editor, and senior food writer for the online environmental site Grist. He's a cofounder of Maverick Farms, a center for sustainable food education in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Before moving to the farm in 2004, Philpott worked as a financial journalist in Mexico City and New York, most recently writing daily dispatches on the stock market as equity research editor for Reuters.com. His work on food politics has appeared in Newsweek, Gastronomica, and the Guardian. Maverick Farms has been featured in Gourmet and the New York Times, and in September 2008, Food & Wine named Philpott one of "ten innovators" who "will continue to shape the culinary consciousness of our country for the next 30 years." In 2011, he was a finalist for a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award—the "Oscars of the food world," as Time put it—in the "Food-Related Columns and Commentary" category.

Four Reasons for Foodies to Occupy Wall Street
Tue Oct. 18, 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Matt Yglesias Just Doesn't Get the Farm Lobby
Wed Oct. 12, 2011 4:00 PM PDT

Is China Rethinking its Embrace of US-Style Agriculture?
Sat Oct. 8, 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Book Review: Folks, This Ain't Normal
Fri Oct. 7, 2011 3:30 AM PDT

Meet The Child Workers Who Pick Your Food
Thu Oct. 6, 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Obama's Broken Promise on GMO Food Labeling
Thu Oct. 6, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Is Cooking Really Cheaper Than Fast Food?
Tue Oct. 4, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe To Eat?
Fri Sep. 30, 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Dan Rather Explores the Bee Collapse/Pesticide Connection
Wed Sep. 28, 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Even Organic Strawberries Are Grown With Toxic Fumigants
Wed Sep. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Some Sea Lice With That Farmed Salmon?
Tue Sep. 27, 2011 3:03 AM PDT

Meat Industry Still Denying Antibiotic Resistance
Wed Sep. 21, 2011 3:30 AM PDT

Walmart Drops $1 Million on Urban-Ag Pioneer Growing Power
Tue Sep. 20, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Global Economy in One Neat Chart
Fri Sep. 16, 2011 12:46 PM PDT

How Wall Street Fuels Global Hunger
Fri Sep. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

USDA Finally Bares Fangs to Meat Industry on E. Coli
Tue Sep. 13, 2011 3:00 PM PDT

For Cargill, It's Tainted Turkey Time Again
Tue Sep. 13, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

California's Fruit-and-Veg Behemoth: Too Productive for Our Own Good
Fri Sep. 9, 2011 2:13 PM PDT

Monsanto Superinsects Eating Your Corn? Diversify!
Fri Sep. 9, 2011 11:50 AM PDT

The Agrichemical Industry's Business Model in One Paragraph
Fri Sep. 9, 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Monsanto Denies Superinsect Science
Thu Sep. 8, 2011 3:25 PM PDT

Human Rights Watch Author Defends Report on South African Wine
Wed Sep. 7, 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Revolving Door: Still Swinging Between USDA and Meat Industry
Wed Sep. 7, 2011 7:05 AM PDT

"South Africa's Wine Woes," Revisited: A Rebuttal
Tue Sep. 6, 2011 9:50 AM PDT

Brazil's Soy Frontier: Next Stop, Africa
Fri Sep. 2, 2011 2:57 PM PDT

Methyl Iodide: A Nasty Pesticide Explained
Fri Sep. 2, 2011 1:56 PM PDT

South Africa's Wine Woes
Wed Aug. 31, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Attack of the Monsanto Superinsects
Tue Aug. 30, 2011 3:04 AM PDT

Superweeds: This Time, It's Serious
Wed Aug. 24, 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Another Beer: Corporate Power, Deregulation, and Why German Brew Is (On Average) Better Than American
Mon Aug. 22, 2011 6:08 AM PDT

Tom's Kitchen: Alice Waters' Flatbread With Spicy Split Peas
Sat Aug. 20, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

USDA Scientist: Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Damages Soil
Fri Aug. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Mexico Doesn't Need Monsanto's Wonder Seeds, Either
Thu Aug. 18, 2011 4:28 AM PDT

Beer Charts of the Day
Wed Aug. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Warren Buffett's Son Is Super-Wrong About Africa
Tue Aug. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Why Gaza Doesn't Need Monsanto's Wonder Seeds
Mon Aug. 15, 2011 3:07 AM PDT

Tom's Kitchen: the Simplest, and Best, Tomato Snack
Fri Aug. 12, 2011 5:37 PM PDT

How To Avoid Salmonella Superbugs
Thu Aug. 11, 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Alice Waters and Nikki Henderson: Slow Food Isn't Just for Yuppies
Thu Aug. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Deal With $8 Eggs
Tue Aug. 9, 2011 5:54 PM PDT

Syngenta Scientist: Eureka! Atrazine Doesn't Cause Cancer
Tue Aug. 9, 2011 9:23 AM PDT

Book Review: Why the "Green Revolution" Was Not So Green After All
Fri Aug. 5, 2011 9:44 AM PDT

Just How Much Turkey Did Cargill Recall?*
Thu Aug. 4, 2011 9:50 AM PDT

A Side of Salmonella Superbug With That Turkey Burger? (UPDATED)
Wed Aug. 3, 2011 1:09 PM PDT

What the USDA Doesn't Want You to Know About Antibiotics and Factory Farms
Fri Jul. 29, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Your Chicken Nuggets Are Killing Your Crab Cakes
Thu Jul. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Syngenta Makes a Killing on Pesticides While Feds Snooze
Wed Jul. 27, 2011 3:06 AM PDT

3 Ways Scientific American Got the Organic Ag Story Wrong
Mon Jul. 25, 2011 4:47 PM PDT

Monsanto's "Superweeds" Gallop Through Midwest
Tue Jul. 19, 2011 11:30 AM PDT

SEC Investigates Monsanto's Roundup Biz
Tue Jul. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PDT