Play4min 49secYour grocery list might be pressuring big food companies to take sustainability mainstreamOctober 23, 2019 5:00 PMBy Tom Crann, Megan Burks, and Nick Scheffler A Chicago data firm is tracking what goes through the checkout lines at upscale markets including Kowalski’s and Lunds & Byerlys. That data is pushing more and more food companies toward sustainable products.
Out of this world? New Cosmic Crisp apple set to debutOctober 19, 2019 2:38 PMBy The Associated PressThey call it the Cosmic Crisp. It's not a video game, a superhero or the title of a Grateful Dead song. It's a new variety of apple, coming to a grocery store near you Dec. 1.
How the trade war crushed a growing Chinese market for U.S. cranberries October 6, 2019 9:00 AMBy Adrian Ma The U.S. spent millions to get China to embrace the unknown fruit — and it did. Now, tariffs have driven China to buy its cranberries from other countries, leaving U.S. farmers in the lurch.
Food, history and rutabaga bowling: Iron Range Pasty Festival takes place SaturdayOctober 5, 2019 11:37 AMBy Emily BrightFood, mining heritage and sustainable agriculture will come together Saturday in northern Minnesota at the first Iron Range Pasty Festival.
As Castle Danger halts growlers, petition support grows onlineSeptember 30, 2019 6:10 PMBy Matt MikusThe Two Harbors, Minn., brewery surpassed the production threshold of 20,000 barrels in a year. But as the business ends selling glass growlers for customers, a petition created by a state Senate Republican is gaining support.
Grand Salami: The Twins are swinging for the fences with playoff fareSeptember 30, 2019 5:14 PMBy Tim NelsonA day after the Twins set the mark for most home runs in a season, they’re rolling out about a dozen playoff additions to the food service menu in their home stadium, starting Oct. 7.
Just a handful of nuts may help keep us from packing on the pounds as we ageSeptember 30, 2019 4:06 AMBy Patti Neighmond U.S. adults put on about a pound a year on average. But people who had a regular nut-snacking habit put on less weight and had a lower risk of becoming obese over time, a new study finds.
When we love our food so much that it goes extinctSeptember 23, 2019 6:38 PMBy Luisa Torres A new book explores how overhunting and habitat destruction have left us with only a fraction of the foods that existed a century ago, and the changes that are needed to preserve our culinary variety.
Play4min 30secAppetites: Live vicariously through this food writer's Twin Cities pizza tour September 11, 2019 5:26 PMBy Tom Crann and Kyle ShielyAbeer Syedah ate 50 slices of the Twin Cities’ most-recommended pizzas so you don’t have to (but will really want to).
Play48min 45secMinnesota's booze business is aging wellSeptember 10, 2019 2:53 PMBy Manda Lillie and Angela DavisMinnesota has always had grapes and grain. Now distilleries and wineries are putting those crops to use in interesting ways. Angela Davis led a conversation about the state’s growing wine and spirits industries.