Food and Ag

Best. Diet. Study. Ever.

Skip dessert—but go to town on nuts, olive oil, and even wine, says a pair of new studies.

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| Sat Mar. 2, 2013 4:00 AM PST

More (Stronger) Evidence Linking Sugar to Diabetes

A large new study bolsters an association the sugar industry has tried to play down for decades.

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| Thu Feb. 28, 2013 11:16 AM PST

9 Surprising Facts About Junk Food

New York Times reporter Michael Moss trains a light into the murky corners of food industry marketing.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 4:00 AM PST

CHARTS: World's GMO Crop Fields Could Cover the US 1.5 Times Over

Despite superweeds and contamination concerns, genetically modified crops are at an all-time high, says a new industry report.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:00 AM PST

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Why Calorie Labels Are Wrong

Studies suggest that calorie counts are inaccurate, especially for raw and unprocessed foods.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Organic Tomatoes Are Better for You

A study finds organic tomatoes have lots more vitamin C and cancer-fighting phenols than their conventional counterparts.

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| Sat Feb. 23, 2013 4:00 AM PST

9 out of 10 French Wines Contain Pesticides

Covering just 3 percent of French farmland, vineyards consume 80 percent of fungicides there.

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| Fri Feb. 22, 2013 4:00 AM PST

87 Percent of Snapper Is Mislabeled, Study Says

The seafood special you ordered might actually be a fishy imposter.

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 11:31 AM PST

Can Sustainable Food Feed the Whole US?

Top food journalists tease out the promises and challenges of environmentally sound agriculture in 2013.

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 12:20 PM PST

Monsanto: All Your Seeds Are Belong to Us

The agribiz giant's latest patent dispute heads to the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 4:00 AM PST

King Corn Mowed Down 2 Million Acres of Grassland in 5 Years Flat

The rate of grass-to-corn conversion in the United States is comparable to rainforest destruction in the Amazon and Asia, a new report finds.

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Do GMO Crops Really Have Higher Yields?

A new paper by University of Wisconsin researchers suggests they don't.

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| Wed Feb. 13, 2013 4:00 AM PST

The Meat Industry Now Consumes Four-Fifths of All Antibiotics

FDA dithers on regulation, releases new numbers on the industry's showing nearly half of retail chicken carries antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter.

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| Fri Feb. 8, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Is Wheat Gluten Really Bad for Everyone?

Like most dietary fads, the gluten-free craze may be more about marketing than health.

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| Thu Feb. 7, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds

Roundup-resistant weeds colonized 60 million US acres in 2012—up 50 percent from the year before.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:00 AM PST

How Industrial Pot Growers Ravage the Land: A Google Earth Tour

When you get high enough, the "green rush" doesn't look so green.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:00 AM PST

CHARTS: The Top 5 Land-Grabbing Countries

British, American, and Chinese investors are racing to snag prime agricultural land in war-torn, malnourished countries.

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| Wed Feb. 6, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Study: Common Pesticides Kill Frogs on Contact

Here's what happens when frogs get directly sprayed with farm pesticides.

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| Sat Feb. 2, 2013 5:00 AM PST

DOJ to Big Beer: We're Cutting You Off

The Department of Justice sues to halt Anheuser-Busch InBev's takeover of Corona maker Modelo

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| Fri Feb. 1, 2013 4:00 PM PST

The Surprising Connection Between Food and Fracking

Synthetic fertilizer operations have a huge appetite for fracked natural gas.

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| Wed Jan. 30, 2013 4:00 AM PST