| May 15, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingThe great thing about corporate giants is that they’re such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of “wheel-spinning” innovation — i.e., trying to change a corporation’s course without actually changing anything — it’s hard to top McDonald’s. For...
| Apr 17, 2019 | Environment / Health|Food / FarmingEvery year around Earth Day, I’m reminded of papers I graded in an environmental sociology class. The assignment was to assess your values, explain how you thought you would live as an adult (about 20 years in the future), and then complete an online calculator to...
| Apr 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, I’d like to warn you about “greenwashing.” That’s the practice of corporations branding their products “eco-friendly,” even when they actually pollute, to deceive environmentally concerned customers. Even if you’ve heard nothing about greenwashing,...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAfter nearly a century of cannabis criminalization, U.S. voters — and a growing number of high-profile politicians — are demanding that marijuana policy move in a different direction. One in five Americans now live in states where the adult, recreational use of...
| Mar 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingHave you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like “frankly,” “to tell the truth,” and “believe me”? More than a verbal tic, these qualifiers subliminally admit that being frank, truthful, and believable are not normal for him....
| Mar 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingHow’re you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen… Angus? Not the cattle breed, but the 1,000-pound “farmer of the future.” Angus is a robot, toiling away on an indoor hydroponic farm that’s soilless as well as soulless. Programmed by a...
