The Ration A News21 food and health reporting project by UC Berkeley School of Journalism

A News21 food and health reporting project by UC Berkeley School of Journalism

Featured Stories

VIDEO: Lost in Sprawl

By Thomas Gorman
Featured Stories

VIDEO: Farms, Lies and Videotape

By Vanessa Carr and Carl Nasman
Nutrition

The Science of Food Addiction

By Anja Strejcek and Rebecca Wolfson

VIDEO: Lost in Sprawl

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Nutrition

Snack addiction; allergy ballads; calories you can get for a dollar; veggie Rx; and more.

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The Food Industry Tries to Redesign the Nutrition Label: Fails

INFOGRAPHIC: Calories vs. Price

Allergy Minstral: Inside the Allergic-Kid Economy

Farming

Pesticide poisoning; an open source tractor; filming big ag; hippie farmers; and more.

See all Farming stories.

VIDEO: The (Open-Source) Ecologist

How Can We Keep the People Who Harvest Our Veggies Healthy Too?

VIDEO: The Farm

Food Deserts

Are they over-hyped? A food program revamps mini-marts; Walmart; and more.

See all Food Deserts stories.

VIDEO: A Farm in New Orleans

Walmart Prepares to Storm the Desert

INFOGRAPHIC: Soundscape of a Fresno food desert

Business of Food

An aspiring superfruit; freeze-dried food for survival; fast food ads in Spanish; and more.

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The Freeze-Dried Food Craze, Seven Things You Should Know

Restaurant Gardens a Boon to New Farmers

INFOGRAPHIC: Mapping Global Food Spending