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Nathanael Johnson

Latest articles by Nathanael Johnson

Climate
The exit interview: Ag Secretary Vilsack on Obama’s food legacyThe exit interview: Ag Secretary Vilsack on Obama’s food legacy
Climate

Even before the election, food luminaries had started brawling over Obama’s legacy.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
The case for putting people before natureThe case for putting people before nature
Climate

A look at whether it’s possible to fight poverty without wrecking the planet.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
What the New York Times missed with its big GMO storyWhat the New York Times missed with its big GMO story
Climate

Because most of us aren’t farmers, we have a hard time seeing the GMO age at all.

By Nathanael Johnson
Why Americans like genetically modified mosquitoes much more than other GMOs
Climate

This is a perfect demonstration of the way humans grapple with risk.

By Nathanael Johnson
Why the heck isn’t drought-stricken California measuring water?
Climate

If there’s any hope of preventing California from shriveling into a parched wasteland, the state will have to figure out some simple things first.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
Our bodies don’t need meat. So why can’t we give it up?Our bodies don’t need meat. So why can’t we give it up?
Climate

The most powerful ways in which meat has us hooked are not biological but social.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
Are you ready for goldfish sushi?Are you ready for goldfish sushi?
Climate

Fishermen sold more than 100,000 pounds of the species last year.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
The woman who wants to completely reinvent our lawnsThe woman who wants to completely reinvent our lawns
Climate

Landscapers often apply chemicals to lawns at more than double the concentrations used in industrial agriculture.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
These vitamin-fortified bananas might get you thinking differently about GMOsThese vitamin-fortified bananas might get you thinking differently about GMOs
Climate

More than 100,000 children around the world die every year from a lack of vitamin A.

By Nathanael Johnson
Climate
General Mills is doing GMO labeling, because it’s just easierGeneral Mills is doing GMO labeling, because it’s just easier
Climate

The move comes ahead of a Vermont law mandating GMO labels in that state.

By Nathanael Johnson