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Delights from the Forest

Enjoy recipes and stories on persimmon and pawpaw plus a visit with a chef exploring Indigenous cuisines. Read More »

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Thanksgiving recipes keep families connected

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Learn about three unexpected holiday dishes that mean the world to the families who make them.

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Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

baked pastry with sesame seeds and poppy seeds on top, opened up on a plate with a cheese filling inside

Listen this week to stories of nighttime communal baking and the family lore behind a teapot.

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A conversation with sociologist Krishnendu Ray about taste and terroir in India.

Sherri Dugger in knit cap, squatting down petting goats, smiling at camera with greenish blue barn in the background next to a portrait of Craig Watts, seated in a blue hoodie and cap, looking slightly over his shoulder

A conversation about the The Smell of Money–a documentary film about environmental justice in rural communities

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A conversation with geographer Pablo Bose about New Farms for New Americans. A program that allows refugees to grow familiar foods from their homelands and share them with their new communities.

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It tastes like chicken, but 'cultivated' meat sees growing opposition from U.S. lawmakers

hands holding a white plate with synthetic chicken slices atop

Cultivated meat — meat grown from animal cells — is touted as a way to meet growing global demand with far fewer climate impacts. Yet two states banned the sale of cultivated meat earlier this year, and there are proposals in several Midwestern states to do the same.

A salad comprised of sliced cucumbers, carrots, and shrimp on a white plate

It’s nearing Labor Day — the unofficial end of summer — which means cucumber season is coming to a close. And, if you’re trying to get a few more summer salads in before then, you’re not alone.

Jose Andres holding white plastic bags full of food

The aid group World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that it is pausing its efforts to feed Palestinians in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed by an Israeli strike.