Food

November 16, 2018

Breast cancer rates were 35 percent less in older women and lymphomas were 70 percent less among high consumers of organic food, a major study has found.

Environment

After Maria, Puerto Rican women farmers work together to build resilience

PRI's The World

November 15, 2018

Hurricane Maria decimated many of Puerto Rico's small farms. But soon afterward, a group of mostly women farmers came together to start helping each other learn how to farm more sustainably.

Food

Filipino fast-food Jollibee creates a buzz with its first store in Manhattan

PRI's The World

November 06, 2018

Jollibee trades in Pinoy pride and nostalgia. Can it also capture the curiosity — and taste buds — of non-Filipino Americans?

Food

Women are making Bolivia a destination for foodies

PRI's The World

October 17, 2018

Women dominate the food business in Bolivia. From farmers to market sellers, chefs to restaurant owners, women are transforming Bolivia's capital, La Paz, into a food destination.

Food

Online map helps city dwellers find wild produce growing in their neighborhoods

Living on Earth

October 16, 2018

For anyone who wants to skip the farm and go apple picking in their neighborhood this fall, there’s the Falling Fruit app, an online map that uses imported datasets to guide foragers to the locations of public fruit trees, edible plants and mushrooms.

Food

Olympia Auset is tackling systemic racism, one vegetable at a time

Civil Eats

October 16, 2018

“Food is a tool that can be used either for oppression or liberation,” says Auset. SÜPRMARKT, a pop-up grocery store, offers low-cost organic foods in South Los Angeles, an underserved community where food access is deeply tied to structural racism.

Food

Hardliners force meat sellers to close during Hindu festival

Reuters

October 12, 2018

The drive against the mostly Muslim shopkeepers in Gurgaon during the Navaratri festival is the highest-profile campaign since Hindu vigilantes targeted people engaged in the slaughter of cows, considered sacred to Hindus.

Food

One winner from the Inter-Korean summits? Cold noodle soup.

PRI's The World

September 25, 2018

North and South Korean leaders dined on a bowl of buckwheat noodles submerged in a chilly, savory broth during their meeting in Pyongyang. Korean restaurant owners say there's been a resurgence of interest in the soup.

Business

Coke eyes cannabis-infused drink market

Reuters

September 17, 2018

Big corporate names have inched into the marijuana industry since Canada approved recreational use, seeing the country as a production base and testing ground until US Federal Law changes.

Food

Australia's drought could produce a corker vintage

Reuters

September 08, 2018

If Australia's big dry has a silver lining, it'll be worth cellaring, according to vintners, who are scrambling to irrigate vines while preparing for a smaller but sweeter vintage.

A new study strongly suggests eating a diet of organic foods can lower cancer rates

After Maria, Puerto Rican women farmers work together to build resilience

Filipino fast-food Jollibee creates a buzz with its first store in Manhattan

Women are making Bolivia a destination for foodies

Online map helps city dwellers find wild produce growing in their neighborhoods

Olympia Auset is tackling systemic racism, one vegetable at a time

Hardliners force meat sellers to close during Hindu festival

One winner from the Inter-Korean summits? Cold noodle soup.

Coke eyes cannabis-infused drink market

Australia's drought could produce a corker vintage

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