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
Nutrition

The Science of Food Addiction

By Anja Strejcek and Rebecca Wolfson
Featured Stories

VIDEO: Farms, Lies and Videotape

By Vanessa Carr and Carl Nasman

VIDEO: Lost in Sprawl

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Rethink the Food Label: A project by News21

Nutrition

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

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Food Labels: EU Sets New Mark, Help Rethink Ours

The Food Industry Tries to Redesign the Nutrition Label: Fails

INFOGRAPHIC: Where Do Americans Get Their Calories?

Farming

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

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VIDEO: Farms, Lies and Videotape

VIDEO: The Farm

VIDEO: The Disappearing Farmer

Food Deserts

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

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To Eat and Live in a New Orleans Food Desert

INFOGRAPHIC: Soundscape of a Fresno food desert

Who Moved the chips?

Business of Food

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

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A Fish Without Bones

Berried Alive: On the trail of an aspiring superfood

Organic and Gluten-Free Passover Foods On the Rise