Locally grown food is often touted as a perk of rural living. But if Dickson Despommier has anything to say about it, city dwellers will soon have the same environmental bragging rights. Despommier wants cities to grow their own food. Not in rooftop gardens or neighborhood plots, but in light-filled buildings of glass and steel; tilapia on the first floor, tomatoes on the 12th. It’s called vertical farming, baby, and it may be coming to a skyscraper near you. The idea is bold, but Despommier makes a compelling case. Across a scattering of labs and discip... (p. 16)

On the Menu: Mini Livestock. Eating insects is a common practice in most places, at least outside of the United States and Europe.

The lesson in all of these food-poisoning outbreaks is that we must not expect a risk-free food-supply chain.

Dining on insects, usually more by choice than necessity, occurs in at least 100 countries — and may be better than chicken for both people and the environment.

With Uncle Sam pushing the production of ethanol for fuel, U.S. farmers are planting more corn than at any time since World War II, and garnering premium prices for each harvested bushel. But many livestock operations are getting hit with a double whammy: higher feeds costs and corn-derived feed that’s carrying triple the normal load of fungal poisons.

Eating less red meat and dairy may do more to reduce food-associated greenhouse gas emissions than shopping locally.

Dark chocolate can be healthful, but it isn't always so. Here's why.

Therapeutic? - Some health groups are touting the benefits of the antioxidants found in candy.

Youngsters are developing peanut allergies earlier because of exposures in babyhood.