See below for an article on the extreme refrigeration of apples
This post is a commentary on a format of food articles that’s popped up lately – the single ingredient feature. Unlike the regular articles on food programs, health news, and exposes into Monsanto-type companies, these articles focus on only one food, peering out at our gigantic mess of food problems from one single perspective.
In a lot of ways, these remind me of the ‘interdisciplinary’ (yes, I know, caché) work at colleges and universities in that they choose one issue and explore its different complications. Here are a few that I’ve read lately, some fitting this description more than others. Don’t expect to get bored… (But if you don’t fall for single-ingredient stories, keep reading.)
Oyster farming gets longform treatment in To Live, the Oyster Must Die. I love the format, too.
There are constantly articles about sugar intake, production, and its effect on personal and public health, but National Geographic has a knack for doing everything better than everyone else, doesn’t it?
Maybe this is so interesting to me because I’m an anthropology major, but I’ve also wondered about how milk was first consumed. They found the answer. (Also, a funny clip on a similar issue.)
I wrote a post about this quinoa feature in the Washington Post.
And some other links just because they’re fascinating:
Modern Farmer: A CSA for Seafood
Modern Farmer: The Science of Cold Apple Storage
Kickstarter: Primal Pasture’s ‘Let’s Start a Farm Together’
NPR’s The Salt: Why Urban Beekeeping Can Be Bad for Bees
Mind Over Menu 