Health

After sinking your teeth into a juicy heirloom tomato picked at the peak of harvest season, it’s hard to go back to conventional types. Here are 7 of the most popular heirloom tomato varieties—and how best to use them in your recipes.

With 80% sales growth in 2013 alone, the GMO-free movement isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Check out this handy infographic, courtesy of Nutrition Business Journal and New Hope Natural Media.

This week, the Lexicon of Sustainability explores the term “pasture management” as part of its Food List project.

It’s been a long time coming, but in many areas of the country, healthy food is getting easier to find. Stores from 7-Eleven to Walmart now carry organic products, helping to drive prices down and convenience up. But a deeper look at the nation’s food landscape reveals a stubborn inequity.

Kudos to these natural manufacturers and retailers for participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge!

Doctors raise concerns about Apple’s new Health app, breakfast might be overrated, San Francisco offers tax incentives for urban farming, and more.

What do slam poetry, urban poverty, and healthy food have in common?

Here’s a peek behind-the-scenes of one of the largest organic tomato processing operations in the world, and a big-picture example of sustainability in action.

This week, the Lexicon of Sustainability explores the term “climate change” as part of its Food List project.