Food

Africa's Urban Harvest

Faced with climate change and poverty, Africans are focusing on a new farming frontier: the cities.

28 November 2011 - 2:00pm

OnEarth

Coloradans are Least Obese, But Still Gaining Weight

Colorado has been heralded as the trimmest state in the country, but NPR reports that residents' weight is still on the rise.

7 October 2011 - 8:00am

NPR

Top Food Cities in the U.S.

Travel+Leisure polls its readers for the best cities for foodies, with New Orleans taking the top spot.

15 September 2011 - 9:00am

Travel+Leisure

Boosting the Local Economy Through Local Food

Cities across the country are making efforts to encourage people to buy locally and support the local economy. Food is the main target for local boosters.

25 August 2011 - 11:00am

Citiwire

The Food System's Negative Impact on Communities

In this food-focused installment of a series on "great places", Grist's Tom Philpott argues that food system as currently structured creates the opposite of great places.

4 June 2011 - 9:00am

Grist

Lisa Feldstein

A comment I hear frequently from planners is that the focus on food and planning is “trendy”. I must admit that this puzzles me quite a bit. Professional planners in rural areas have concentrated on planning for agriculture – food planning – for decades. Before we had professional planners, human populations planned their communities around food, whether they were planning how best to follow herds for hunting, structuring early agricultural societies, or developing the first cities where food proximity and trade were central considerations.

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Supermarkets Designed to Make You Fat

Access to healthy food is a major issue in public health. But just because there's a grocery store nearby doesn't mean health will improve. One entrepreneur looking at supermarket design says the way stores are laid out negatively affects health.

13 May 2011 - 5:00am

The Atlantic

From Breadbasket to Food Desert

The rural Midwest produces much of our nation's food supply, and yet small towns in the heartland and around America are increasingly and ironically becoming food deserts - places where citizens have little access to fresh, healthy foods.

25 January 2011 - 5:00am

Grist

A Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan

A new project is seeking to create the first citywide, comprehensive urban agriculture plan for New York City.

24 January 2011 - 8:00am

Urban Omnibus

Making the Desert Productive

Officials in Jordan are moving closer to creating an ambitious project aimed at producing food, fresh water and energy in the Sahara Desert.

22 January 2011 - 7:00am

Gizmag

Combatting the Food Desert of Detroit

Grist's food editor visits Detroit, where the lack of grocery stores has inspired a number of innovative, locally-grown food projects.

16 September 2010 - 6:00am

Grist

Learning From and Reshaping the Urban Food System

With her Foodprint project, Nicola Twilley wondered what one could learn about a city by looking at it through the lens of food. In this piece on Urban Omnibus she shares what she's learned.

19 August 2010 - 1:00pm

Urban Omnibus

The Past and Future of Urban Agriculture

Urban agriculture is not a new idea. Grist's Tom Philpott says the renewed interest in the idea should look for good ideas from its past.

10 August 2010 - 8:00am

Grist

The Food Element of Sustainability in Baltimore

The City of Baltimore has appointed a new "food czar" to look at food health and access issues in the city. In the broader senses, though, officials in the city look at this new position as a part of their sustainability planning.

3 July 2010 - 1:00pm

Good

Funding Neighborhood Food Security in Vancouver

The city of Vancouver has announced a plan to dedicate $100,000 to fund neighborhood-based food security projects.

25 June 2010 - 8:00am

The Vancouver Sun

Could 'Farming Pods' Be The Water Towers of the Future?

Artist Natalie Jeremijenko's farming pods could be perched atop skylines in the future as a sustainable method of rooftop farming. They will grow fruits and vegetables in hydroponic chambers, allowing sunlight through a clear plastic skin.

9 June 2010 - 11:00am

Fast Company

Building Neighborhoods Through Grocery Stores

To survive, neighborhoods need to be commercially viable. A group called the Food Trust believes grocery stores are a good starting point for creating that economic climate.

20 May 2010 - 6:00am

The Atlantic

Small Efforts in Fight Against Cincinnati Food Deserts

A major grocer in Ohio is trying to keep some of its smaller stores open in areas that would otherwise be food deserts. But profits are hard to come by, and stores continue to move out of town.

18 May 2010 - 7:00am

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Looking at America Through its Food

A new demographic tool from the USDA compiles data about food choices and characteristics, allowing the creation of detailed maps. Edible Geography wonders what using food as a metric will tell us about the U.S.

12 February 2010 - 8:00am

Edible Geography

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Policy Confusion Over Food Trucks

Food trucks are becoming an increasingly visible part of streetlife in many cities, but few have figured out how to deal with them from a policy standpoint.

7 February 2010 - 1:00pm

The City Fix

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