Lunch tables outside overlooking NYC

Why It Matters Where We Get Lunch

Choosing a place to eat goes beyond just food.
A couple in love at a picnic in the woods

How Americans Used to Picnic

A historic look at the picnic.
Old combat boots and military canteen

What Soldiers Ate During World War I

By World War I, writes Murlin, emerging nutritional science was becoming a priority in the Army.
A kitchen table full of chopped vegetables and spices

A Plan to Get the Poor to Eat Healthy Food—in the 1890s

Early efforts to get Americans to eat healthy food started with targeting poor citizens.
A field of wheat

GMOs, Inequality and World Hunger

In a 2008 paper for the British Journal of Criminology, Reese Walters looked at GMO crops from an entirely different perspective.
Jugs of milk

Do Adults Need to Drink Milk?

Do we really need to drink so much milk?
An open pack of graham crackers

A Hell of a Cracker

The unusual origin of the graham cracker
Cupped hands holding grain

Why Growing More Food Won’t Stop Hunger

Hunger is still a major issue. At the same time, the world produces twice as much food as it needs.
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The Many Meanings of McDonalds

McDonalds means different things in different places.