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World & Nation
In a world that lurches from crisis to crisis, it is always difficult to call attention to a catastrophe in the making.
Oct. 18, 1993
Science & Medicine
Gary Reed has been spying on his potato plants. What he sees comes as a welcome surprise.
Oct. 14, 1991
Millions of starving people in Zimbabwe have the European Union to thank for their hunger.
Aug. 18, 2002
Business
Debate rages over labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients
June 2, 2011
In another sign of the U.S. economy’s strength, the number of for-profit business incorporations increased 3% last year, Dun & Bradstreet reported.
Aug. 8, 1997
When it comes to buying soybean seed, Tracy Quinlin has connections.
Jan. 12, 2006
Food
“Challenge me,” says the character Barry Shalowitz in the movie “City Slickers.”
Aug. 20, 1997
Revelations this week that 400,000 bags of corn seed, as well as vegetarian corn dogs marketed as health foods, include a kind of genetically modified corn not approved for human consumption show it’s certainly not true that, as a leading biotech scientist said recently, “all the variables have been controlled for.”
March 9, 2001
Lifestyle
On breakfast and dinner tables across Los Angeles, the dishes that hold food are increasingly becoming as important as what they contain.
Sept. 6, 2019
California
When Ruben Rosental and his wife mark the start of Passover on Friday evening, they’ll abide by specific food restrictions.
April 22, 2016