The Burren is one of the most recent projects of the Irish Pub Company, a Dublin-based design group that has created upwards of 2,000 pubs in more than 100 countries on every continent ...

By Theodore Ross Yesterday marked another first in FERN’s ongoing project to adapt to newer forms of media. We published the pilot episode of Forked, a new interview podcast series. I’m the co-host ...

A novel solution to give Americans better access to fresh food is picking up steam across the country: government-owned, government-operated grocery stores. Such stores are touted by proponents as ...

By Theodore Ross Yesterday was an important day for FERN, and if you connect with us on a regular basis on social media or our website, I hope you noticed. We published “Immigrants on the ...

Since nutrition-facts labeling was first introduced by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, the back of the box has been a controversial space. Countless FDA rule changes, congressional ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, ...

Today marks the release of the sixth and final installment of Buzzkill, FERN’s podcast series on the pollinator crisis. “A Post-Pollinator World,” which was reported by Buzzkill host and FERN staffer ...

FERN’s latest special series, “The Problem with Ultraprocessed Foods,” published last week in partnership with Inverse, with five stories on a food category that we assert has come to “dominate the ...

The Food & Environment Reporting Network is the first independent, non-profit news organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, ...

If you want to see the birthplace of America’s ultraprocessed diet, take a drive through the upper Midwest in high summer. Before long, you’ll be hypnotized by the shimmering green blanket of corn and ...