Staple foods

bread and flour

Is it time for Senegal to end its romance with the French baguette?

Food

The war in Ukraine has interrupted the delivery of wheat to Senegal, and that’s shaking up a big part of that country’s culture.

A woman in the middle of a crop field holding crops

An engineer in Bolivia is reviving an ancestral, nutritious grain for the 21st century

The Big Fix
Huseyin Kara shows off his lush green olive trees, like a proud grandfather.

Seed keepers in Turkey revive old farming methods to confront new climate threats

Climate Change
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The Brazilian Christmas dinner is incomplete without this dish

Food
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Serving Up Politics at the Holiday Dinner Table

Lifestyle & Belief
As the climate shifts, growing corn, a staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, could become increasingly difficult.

A shifting climate could mean trouble for one of Africa’s staple crops

Environment

One of the warnings from the new UN climate change report is food insecurity: It will be harder to grow many crops in parts of the world. That includes staple crops like wheat and rice. The World’s Jason Margolis looks at what it could mean in one nation: Kenya.One of the warnings from the new UN climate change report is food insecurity: It will be harder to grow many crops in parts of the world. That includes staple crops like wheat and rice. The World’s Jason Margolis looks at what it could mean in one nation: Kenya.

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Healthy cooking from the convenience store or drug store

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Researcher says rising corn prices could spark global food riots

The United States is the largest producer of one of the most world’s important crops: corn. We use it to feed people, livestock and, when it’s turned into ethanol, cars. But as the country faces the worst drought in more than 50 years, some experts say the U.S. can no longer afford to turn that food into fuel.

Peruvian researchers studying power, potential of native crops

In Peru, the ascendancy of cooking with local ingredients and flavors has fueled a resurgence in local crops. Couple that with climate change that necessitates hardier plants and all of the sudden the native tubers and grains are becoming popular not only in Peru, but around the world.

Limiting potatoes in school lunches

Health & Medicine

The federal government is singling out potatoes as culprits in the fight against childhood obesity.