Squeezing More Profits from Crummy Tomatoes

Squeezing More Profits from Crummy Tomatoes

“I’m 98 percent confident we can make a tomato that tastes substantially better,” Professor Harry Klee recently exulted to The New York Times. Hmmm. Excuse me, professor, but “substantially better” than what? One of Momma Nature’s...
The 2013 Corporate Chutzpah Award

The 2013 Corporate Chutzpah Award

What’s simply delicious, even if it’s genetically engineered? Irony. For years, advocates of growing crops with genes from other species spliced into their DNA have claimed that this newfangled farming increases crop yields, reduces pesticide use, and...
Casting a Spotlight on Frankenfoods

Casting a Spotlight on Frankenfoods

Do you have a right to know how your food is produced? Look at any label on something made for human consumption. Whether it’s a bite-sized candy bar, a box of cereal, or a gallon of pickles, you’ll see lots of information: a list of ingredients, allergen...
Catching Monsanto’s Drift

Catching Monsanto’s Drift

Bob Dylan once sent a two-word lyric to Ben Harper, a talented songwriter he admired. “Well well,” was the lyric, and Dylan challenged Harper to make a song of it. He did! By adding another “well” to the title, Harper wrote “Well, well,...