Tracie McMillan
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Columbia Township, MI, United States
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How NAFTA Changed American (And Mexican) Food Forever
The trade agreement has helped the U.S., Mexico and Canada sell a lot more food to one another. That's meant more seasonal produce for the U.S., and more processed food and supermarkets for Mexico. → Read More
Don't Mess With The Sweet Potato Pie: A Museum Wrestles With 'Authentic' Black Menu
When the National Museum Of African American History and Culture's cafe tweaked traditional Southern black dishes, some customers weren't having it. It just shows how tricky "authentic" food can be. → Read More
Menu of the Future: Insects, Weeds, and Bleeding Veggie Burgers
Here are 5 innovative foods you'll be seeing more of soon. → Read More
How China Plans to Feed 1.4 Billion Growing Appetites
As more Chinese crave Western-style diets, the booming nation rushes to industrialize an agricultural economy long built around small farms. → Read More
How NAFTA Changed American (And Mexican) Food Forever
The trade agreement has helped the U.S., Mexico and Canada sell a lot more food to one another. That's meant more seasonal produce for the U.S., and more processed food and supermarkets for Mexico. → Read More
Pita and Hummus: The Next Great American Foods?
A Dearborn, Michigan watering hole earns a coveted place in the culinary spotlight. → Read More
How Italian Cuisine Became as American as Apple Pie
If you’re wondering about how and why food gets appropriated—i.e. when Americans consider it their own—think about this: Eating Italian food was once considered “slumming.” So what does it take for… → Read More
At Food World 'Oscars,' Category Sneakily Redefines All-American Cuisine
Most James Beard awards go to haute cuisine, but one prize recognizes classic neighborhood joints. And increasingly, the winners are immigrants whose cultures haven't yet dissolved in the melting pot. → Read More
Supermarket Beef Is Battleground for Deforestation Debate
A major Brazilian supermarket promises to cut out beef that's bad for the environment, but it won't be easy. → Read More
At Food World 'Oscars,' Category Sneakily Redefines All-American Cuisine
Most James Beard awards go to haute cuisine, but one prize recognizes classic neighborhood joints. And increasingly, the winners are immigrants whose cultures haven't yet dissolved in the melting pot. → Read More
Are Restaurants Big Food or Small Business?
The National Restaurant Association is more influential in Congress than you may think. → Read More
New Ally in the Fight Against Diabetes Wears a Cape
The WHO has chosen a superhero to get out the message to children about diabetes on World Health Day. → Read More
Can We Afford to Pay U.S. Farmworkers More?
What would happen to food prices if the millions of people picking U.S. produce made $15 an hour? Not much, as it turns out. → Read More
The Global Cooking Class That Promotes Diplomacy
Conflict Kitchen, a Pittsburg-based restaurant, features foods from countries in conflict with the U.S. A recent virtual cooking class it sponsored with an → Read More
Organic Foods Still Aren't As Mass Market As You Might Think
With Wal-Mart now selling organic food, and Whole Foods testing cheaper stores, it's easy to think organic has gone mainstream. But one study finds organics are still far more common in richer areas. → Read More
2 Breakfasts May Be Better Than None For School Kids
When it comes to school breakfasts, two is better than none, says a new report released Thursday in the journal Pediatric Obesity. Researchers tracked → Read More
Two Breakfasts May Be Better Than None For School Kids
A study looked at students who ate breakfast at school versus those who ate at home, at both places, or not at all. One of these groups had a higher risk of obesity, and it's not the one you'd think. → Read More
African Diet, Jobs Will Be Hit Hard by Climate Change
Sixty percent of Africa's bean crops could disappear by 2050. → Read More
Urban Farms Fuel Idealism. Profits? Not So Much
Pick a farm trend in the last decade and urban agriculture is likely to top the list. But for all the timely appeal of having a little house on the urban prairie, the practice often begs a simple question: Can anyone earn a living doing it? The answer: Not by much, according to a new survey of 370 urban farmers across the U.S., published this month in the British Food Journal. But researchers… → Read More
Urban Farms Fuel Idealism. Profits? Not So Much
Raising crops in the city has become trendy, yet earning a living at it is tough, a survey finds. But many urban farmers are in it for other reasons, like addressing hunger and building community. → Read More