Coffee fiend? According to the BuzzFeed video below, you might want to consider moving to India then. You'll get way more bang for your buck, at least...
It seems an irresistibly good deal, our 99¢ soda or $1.50 loaf of bread. But these prices represent just a fraction of the true costs of getting that soda and bread into our shopping bags. We pay for the hidden costs of the corporate food supply chain in multiple ways, not all of them financially.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Six pesos a day. That's all it takes to eat in Argentina, at least according to the government. But on the streets of the ...
Our cultural attitudes about the use of our feet and our forks are ill-advised, but not crazy; they always made sense before. For most of human history, calories were relatively scarce and physical activity was unavoidable. Our prevailing inclinations are well-suited to that scenario.
In this recent HuffPost Live segment, host Mike Sacks discusses the fluctuation in food prices with Michael Yezzi, a pork farmer from upstate New York...
Being a bit frugal can help us to make more conscious choices, not just for our health, but for the health of our planet, too.
While OWS protesters may focus on Bank of America and Chase, it is the corporate giants of food and agriculture, such as Monsanto, Nestle and ADM that are the 1% in the food world.
WASHINGTON — Putting a traditional turkey dinner on the table is going to be pricier this Thanksgiving. The American Farm Bureau Federation rep...
As Michele Washington walks into a McDonald's in Harlem on a recent evening, exhausted from a two-hour commute and eager for an inexpensive meal, ...
Food banks around the country are implementing new policies to combat rising food costs and food shortages as more people are struggling to get enough...
SHANGHAI -- China's inflation rose to its highest level in nearly three years in May, thanks largely to stubbornly high food prices, adding to economi...
SHANGHAI (AP) — China's manufacturers suffered sluggish growth in orders in May as widespread power shortages and inflation-fighting curbs on credit...
We have driven costs so far out of the food system that in so doing we have not only driven down nutritional value, but driven out the notion of food being a precious resource.
In a clear sign of momentum against ethanol subsidies, a bipartisan group of more than a dozen senators has signed onto a letter urging Senate leaders...
The usual argument against sustainable food is that it costs too much; but my farm share (which I pay directly to the farmer) is a bargain.
Measuring poverty in a way that more accurately reflects today's demands on a family's budget is necessary to ensure that no family is left behind.
NEW YORK — Beef may not be what's for dinner at your favorite restaurant come 2009. Restaurants, now working to secure supply and price contrac...
Almost 70 years after Britons were urged to Dig For Victory to produce hearty home-grown food to help the war effort, domestic horticulture is coming ...
NEW YORK — Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25 re...
