By Brent Cunningham All six episodes of Buzzkill are out, and we hope you’re enjoying them. But at FERN we’re givers, so check out this bonus episode, recorded earlier this month in New York City at ...

By Theodore Ross FERN’s latest special series, “The Problem with Ultraprocessed Foods,” published last week in partnership with Inverse, with five stories on a food category that we assert has come ...

By Theodore Ross Today marks the release of the sixth and final installment of Buzzkill, FERN’s podcast series on the pollinator crisis. “A Post-Pollinator World,” which was reported by Buzzkill ...

T]the once common idea that the best Texas barbecue comes from long-running small-town operations is increasingly obsolete. In 2003, the Texas legislature declared Lockhart, a small town about ...

Since nutrition-facts labeling was first introduced by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, the back of the box has been a controversial space. Countless FDA rule changes, congressional ...

In “Bird Flu in Cows Is a Slow-Motion Disaster,” FERN’s latest publishing partnership with The New York Times opinion section, science journalist and FERN contributor Maryn McKenna describes the ...

If you want to see the birthplace of America’s ultraprocessed diet, take a drive through the upper Midwest in high summer. Before long, you’ll be hypnotized by the shimmering green blanket of corn and ...

On a plate in front of me are three shrimp: One is wild, one is farmed, and the last one isn’t a shrimp at all. It’s a vegan “shrimp,” one of several brands that have come to market in the last decade ...

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