Stories by Tom Philpott
Grist staff writer Tom Philpott farms and cooks at Maverick Farms, a sustainable-agriculture nonprofit and small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Why rising food prices may not send people rushing off to the nearest farmers market.
Posted on Apr 28, 2008, Source: Grist.org
An interview with food writer Michael Pollan about food, food politics and his latest book.
Posted on Oct 19, 2007, Source: Grist.org
Without access to exploitable labor and comically lax environmental codes, the industrial-meat complex would surely wither away. Instead it turns a huge profit.
Posted on Oct 2, 2007, Source: Grist.org
The Federal Trade Commission is taking a rare foray into enforcing antitrust law in the food industry. Will it be enough to keep Whole Foods from taking command of the health food market.
Posted on Jul 20, 2007, Source: Grist.org
If organic food is so popular, why are so few farms transitioning their land?
Posted on Mar 27, 2007, Source: Grist.org
Maverick chef Ann Cooper aims to spark a nationwide school-lunch revolution. Currently, 78 percent of schools in America do not meet USDA nutritional guidelines.
Posted on Jan 30, 2007, Source: Grist.org
Thoughts from a small farm during the midwinter lull.
Posted on Jan 29, 2007, Source: Grist.org
Tom Philpott questions biofuels skeptic extraordinaire David Pimentel about why crop-based energy won't work.
Posted on Dec 13, 2006, Source: Grist.org
