Health disparities and neighborhoods

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The Twin Cities are lot like other parts of the U.S. when it comes to health. “Health is strongly connected to race, income and the specific parts of the metro area in which people live in,” according to a report released earlier this month by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota. Continue Reading

Good meat makes good food

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As we put the summer garden to bed and our thoughts turn to winter meals of slow-cooked stews and roasts, a welcome guide to cooking and sourcing sustainable meat has arrived from Deborah Krasner. Continue Reading

Nanotech organic?

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The idea that engineered nanomaterials (involving the manipulation of materials at the molecular level) would be allowed in certified organic food production seems ludicrous on its face. Allowing nanotechnology would seemingly destroy the credibility of the organic label with consumers. Continue Reading

Rethinking the fundamentals of food security

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After a lull in public attention over the last couple of years, rising food prices are back in the spotlight. A spike in prices triggered in part by the Russian export ban, and a deadly food price riot in Mozambique have rekindled the debate on global food security. Continue Reading

So what kind of salmon does Uncle Sam want?

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It almost seems preposterous to ask this question, but what type of salmon would you prefer to see on your plate:



  1. Genetically modified Atlantic salmon, spliced with Pacific salmon growth gene and modulated by a regulator protein from an Ocean Pout; or

  2. Wild Sockeye from the pristine unpolluted waters of Bristol Bay, Alaska.

But as Continue Reading