Agriculture & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earthโs land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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MAHAโs special protein-focused formula for skin care: Beef tallow and salmon sperm. How could they be wrong?
From moisturizers made with beef tallow to salmon sperm facials, consumers have become more interested in animal-based skin care products ...
Raw milk myth wake-up call
Once again, raw milk is everywhere: in Instagram reels, wellness podcasts, farmer-to-consumer marketplaces, and even policy debates. Itโs being framed ...
Stupid study of the month: Eating fresh fruits and vegetables can lead to cancer
... With the rise of anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, federal food guidelines have centered on slabs of meat, ...
Doctors needs nutrition classes? A physician unmasks another MAHA myth
To hear RFK, Jr. talk about medical school, you may think doctors enter health care oblivious to basic facts about ...
Food labels, decoded: What they really mean
Here I am at Costco, getting far too many things for my family of four. As I try to navigate ...
Anti-biotechnology activists smear hybrid wheat breakthrough that could surge yields in poorer countries
In biology, a hybrid is when two different genotypes within the same species crossbreed, and the first generation performs significantly ...
Woo truce? The science and health establishment divided on how to deal with MAHA and RFK, Jr.
The Trump administrationโs celebration of its new meat- and milk-centric dietary guidelines was held in an auditorium decorated with colorful ...
Europe is on the cusp of approving gene editing of crops. Many other countries may follow soon.
After three decades of waging war on crop biotechnology, European politicians are about to change course. In late April or ...
Viewpoint: Why over-eating processed foods is not the main driver of obesity
Typical binge foods share a common feature: They are composed mainly of fast-digesting carbohydrates that rapidly raise blood sugar ...
U.S.-Iranian War will inflate food costs even if fighting does not resumeย
This is one of those moments where geopolitics quietly reshapes what we pay at the grocery store. The conflict in ...
ย โAppeal to natureโ and other dietary myths that seem appealing but could damage your health
... A systematic reviewย that examined 64 studies concluded that โonline nutrition-related information is often inaccurate and of low qualityโ. ...
Trump administrationโs gutting of USAID fuels a health and science crisis
In the rice-growing region of Nueva Ecija in the Philippines, smallholder farmers who supply local markets have long relied on ...
Hereโs why some foods need to be ultra-processedโand how to make better food choices
If youโve read nutrition headlines lately, youโve probably seen โultra-processed foodsโ thrown around with increasing urgency, most likely framed as ...
Viewpoint: How wrong was Paul Ehrlich about populationโs negative impact on growth? Just look at India
In 1968, a little-known ecologist named Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which aimed to bring attention to the perceived ...
Will the MAHA movement save the GOP this fall โ or help bury it? This man may be key
Tony Lyons knows how Republicans can win the midterm elections later this year. All they need to do, as he ...
Viewpoint โ Influential sports scientists: โNo evidence that organic food is healthierโ
Dr. Mike Israetel, a sports scientist and professor with a PhD in kinesiology, recently appeared on The Rubin Report to ...
Reviewing the evidence on the benefits and dangers of glyphosate
President Trump recently signed an Executive Order that expands U.S. production of glyphosate, a herbicide contained in commercial and domestic ...
What are the consequences of agriculture misinformationโand how to fight back
Is organic farming better than non-organic farming? Should farmers feed antibiotics and steroids to their animals? Such debates about food ...
A new tool can spot diet and nutrition misinformationโand measure its risk of harm
A new tool that not only identifies diet and nutrition misinformation online but also evaluates the contentโs risk for potential ...
Why the herbicide glyphosate is key to sustainable agriculture
Here are some reasons why there could not be sustainable agriculture without herbicides like those containing glyphosate. Sustainable Farming: The ...
Netflix plastic documentary is scare nonsense packaged as science
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How China engineered its agricultural revolution
Between 1959 and 1961, an estimated 30 to 45 million Chinese peopleย diedย in a famine resulting from Leader Mao Zedongโs Great ...
Viewpoint โ Dirty Dozen produce ranking flop: Environmental Working Group is at it again with its scientifically ignorant rankings
Spring has sprung. And along with the change of season comes the annual release of Environmental Working Groupโsย โShopperโs Guide to ...
Viewpoint: Cheddar cheese from unpasteurized milk? Cheese linked to e coli outbreak but Raw Farm and organic grocery stores reject recallsย
Pasteurization exists for a reason: It is a time-tested way to make sure that dairy products donโt contain bacteria that ...
Ultra-processed food:ย The term UPF is less than 20 years old. Hereโs its social justice origins
Ultra-processed foods now make up more than 50% of the American diet. They are also less expensive and better tasting ...
Viewpoint: The โlink to cancerโ mythโActivist and trial lawyers misrepresent the potential danger of glyphosate and other herbicidesย
President Trump recently signed an Executive Order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure increased domestic supplies of elemental phosphorus ...
Vitamin D alert: Cod liver oil contains environmental toxins. Is it safe to eat?
Cod liver oil comes from fish liver and therefore contains environmental toxins. Is cod liver oil or capsules with fish ...
