Notable Mentions

Ghee for Two

As a recruiter for the software industry, Raechel Kelley thrives in an orderly corporate world of projected growth charts and market-testing reports. But as the owner of the tea company Siply, ...

Step Right Up!

Deven Penn sells a cure-all tonic in old-style apothecary bottles to large outdoor crowds. In other words, he's an old-timey tonic hawker and proud of it. “I just need a top hat and a soapbox to ...

Which came first, the chicken or the industrialized egg supply chain that hauls around weeks-old, non-organic product? To get better eggs, you’ve either got to get to the farmers market before they ...

Letter of Intent

On December 21, 2016, City of Austin Mayor Steve Adler signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, joining seven other U.S. cities—Baltimore, Chicago, Miami, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and ...

Coco-sense

Lactose intolerance be damned, Erin Asaad just couldn’t quit yogurt. Yet the dairy-free varieties she tried all came overloaded with sweetness—making them useless for the Middle Eastern food she ...

Deeper Roots

It’s good to talk about the problem of food access and race, but even better when you can do something about it, firsthand. A diverse group of 16 college students recently got the chance to do both ...

Beeing Better

For the first time in the U.S., bees made the federal list of endangered species last October. Seven species of the important pollinator, all native to Hawaii, are threatened with disappearing ...