Jill Richardson

When the USSR collapsed, Cuba lost most of its oil… and most of its food. Now, 20 years later, they’ve figured out how to feed themselves using minimal oil. I just returned from a trip there to see how they do it.

If the Obama Administration cares about children having healthy food, why are they letting Blanche Lincoln write the school lunch bill?

Here are the actual bills in Congress now that will reform school lunch (or not).

In her new book, Anna Lappe tells how dinner has EVERYTHING to do with climate change (both causing it and preventing it).

This past week, angry San Franciscans protested in opposition to the city’s free giveaways of “organic compost” that was actually made of sewage sludge.

As Michelle Obama talks about solving childhood obesity, I’d like to ask: How did we get here? How did we go from traditional, home-made meals to a food system based on convenience and cheap junk?

This week, Renegade Lunch Lady Ann Cooper came to San Diego to give the school lunch program a “makeover.” Here’s what happened.

As a longtime food activist, I’m no stranger to debates over patenting seeds and corporate consolidation in the seed industry. But now that I’m a gardener too, seed controversies are taking on a whole new meaning to me.

Obama’s been out there giving kickass speeches, but how good is his actual policy? When it comes to food, not very good.

At what point in history did humans decide it was a good idea to apply poison to food crops? And with all of the science we have on the toxicity of pesticides, why do we still do it?