Food

Nestle's CEO Paul Bulcke has said that the U.S. and EU must change their biofuel targets to prevent future food shortages.

8 | September 5, 2012 3:58am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the state of food production in 2012.

1 | December 17, 2012 12:20am | By Charlie Osborne

No wonder tensions are easing.

9 | May 7, 2013 4:38am | By Mark Halper

"Crowdshipping" is a new and less expensive way to ship goods through travelers connecting online. But if something goes wrong, who is held responsible?

25 | April 22, 2013 3:00am | By Amy Serafin

New studies show how economic pressures in modern society cause humans to throw our ecosystem's natural food cycles off kilter.

5 | April 25, 2011 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

If Mason's parody video of food commercials doesn't make you hungry, you might not be a member of the human race.

3 | November 18, 2011 6:15am | By Christopher Mims

BERLIN -- With everyone up in arms about horse meat, why is this technology so far from being readily available in the market?

3 | March 7, 2013 3:00am | By Shannon Smith

Would you feel guilty buying a red-labeled food choice?

August 7, 2012 8:04am | By Charlie Osborne

An idea from Cambridge University for replacing uranium with thorium in conventional nuclear reactors.

4 | April 18, 2013 5:07am | By Mark Halper

HONG KONG -- Chinese distrust of the safety of certain health and food products is fueling a "gray" market in Hong Kong, leaving parents there scrambling to secure one essential item: baby formula.

3 | February 14, 2013 3:00am | By Vanessa Ko

Makes horse sound delicious.

11 | May 3, 2013 6:12am | By Mark Halper

The average person drinks a mere 5 cups per YEAR there. But pushers like Nestle and Starbucks could soon turn a nation of 1.3 billion people into addicts. Mwahahahahaha!

3 | May 3, 2013 4:27am | By Mark Halper

Will the European horse meat scandal start new culinary trends in Britain?

February 12, 2013 2:07pm | By Tyler Falk

U.S. tobacco farmers are digging up their crops for chickpeas? Here's why.

3 | May 2, 2013 5:26am | By Tyler Falk

Yahoo employees might not be able to telecommute any more. But they do have access to generous new family leave benefits.

4 | May 1, 2013 12:54pm | By Kirsten Korosec

Researchers make the green case for ordering groceries from your computer.

6 | May 1, 2013 12:39pm | By Tyler Falk

Forget plants and grey -- perhaps slides and subways are the way to keep your employees interested.

1 | May 1, 2013 3:30am | By Charlie Osborne

A legendary inventor's idea to replace restroom hand dryers will soon show up at airports and fast food restaurants.

2 | February 6, 2013 4:27am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Is the chain a boon for higher quality food, or just a traitor to the local food movement?

9 | August 8, 2012 8:20am | By Audrey Quinn

Analytics at work: new online locator service pinpoints areas across the United States with limited access to healthy foods. This tool may help businesses and entrepreneurs in the food business...

4 | June 28, 2011 8:49am | By Joe McKendrick