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Technical Difficulties May Jeopardize Food Stamps At Farmers Markets
If a popular app used by many farmers markets to process federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is no longer offered next spring, consumers' access to fresh produce may be stalled. -
Coconut Oil Is Not Poison Like The Internet Says
Food critic Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to talk about why coconut oil does not deserve the bad reputation it has recently received. -
Tuna Executives Hooked By Feds For Fishy Behavior
Executives at StarKist Co. and Bumble Bee Foods plead guilty to price fixing, federal prosecutors announced last week. -
Uber's Online-Only Restaurants: The Future, Or The End Of Dining Out?
Uber has helped create about 800 "virtual restaurants" in the U.S. — eateries that only exist online. Uber says its delivery service helps restaurants grow, but some in the industry see downsides. -
What's Cookin', Kiddo? America's Test Kitchen Unveils Book For Young Chefs
NPR's Lynn Neary drops in on a cooking session with America's Test Kitchen Kids editor in chief and an 8-year-old chef to try one of more than 100 recipes for foods that kids love to eat — and make. -
Climate Change Could Raise The Price Of Beer
Food critic Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to talk about a study that says climate change could cause the price of beer to rise. -
StarKist Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing In Alleged Collusion In Canned Tuna Industry
Three companies — StarKist, Chicken of the Sea, and Bumble Bee — are accused by the government of conspiring to keep their canned tuna prices high. -
Climate Change Could Make Beer Prices Double, Study Says
The price of a six-pack in the U.S. could rise by $1 to $8 because of drought and heat. As one of the researchers says, it's "another way climate change will suck." -
Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire
The fungus, which has no cure, is destroying harvests in Latin America. In the 1800s, it devastated Sri Lanka's powerhouse coffee industry. And scientists say it's only a question of time. -
Will Americans Embrace A Zeal For Eel? This Maine Entrepreneur Hopes So
Most catches are exported to unagi-loving Asian nations, which pay up to thousands of dollars per pound. But one woman is raising and marketing eels for U.S. buyers: "Why not keep that value at home?"
