Dan Charles

As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit A Sour Patch

Mighty Farming Microbes: Companies Harness Bacteria To Give Crops A Boost

A Crime Of Passion: When The Love Of Yogurt Burned Too Bright

Buzz Kill For Bumblebees: Climate Change Is Shrinking Their Range

Our Favorite Banana May Be Doomed; Can New Varieties Replace It?

Eggs Go AWOL, And Bakers Scramble For High-Tech Substitutes

Organic Farmers Call Foul On Whole Foods' Produce Rating System

How Canada Became A Greenhouse Superpower

Hey Yogurt-Maker, Where'd You Get Those Microbes?

Cut Down On Bee-Killing Pesticides? Ontario Finds It's Easier Said Than Done

STEM To Steam: How Coffee Is Perking Up Engineering Education

Study May Ease Drinking Water Worries About Fracking

How New Jersey Tamed The Wild Blueberry For Global Production

As a GMO Pillar Wobbles, Biotech Companies Promise New Insect-Killing Genes

Here's How To End Iowa's Great Nitrate Fight

The Ancient City Where People Decided To Eat Chickens

How Big Egg Tried To Bring Down Little 'Mayo' (And Failed)

GMOs Are Safe, But Don't Always Deliver On Promises, Top Scientists Say

Carrageenan Backlash: Food Firms Are Ousting A Popular Additive

The Search For Tastier Supermarket Tomatoes: A Tale In 3 Acts

In Quest For Happier Chickens, Perdue Shifts How Birds Live And Die

Monsanto Sold Soybean Farmers A Weed-Beating Tool They Couldn't Legally Use

Beyond Almonds: A Rogue's Gallery of Guzzlers In California's Drought

EPA Decides Not To Ban A Pesticide, Despite Its Own Evidence Of Risk

In Search Of A Drought Strategy, California Looks Down Under

The Environmental Cost Of Growing Food

EPA Says It Will Allow Continued Sale Of Controversial Pesticide

Damage From Wayward Weedkiller Keeps Growing

Tyson Foods To Stop Giving Chickens Antibiotics Used By Humans

Don't Fear The Wild Animals, Researchers Tell Salad-Makers

Scientists Tap Seed Vault To Rebuild A Vital Collection Stranded By War

Why Whole Foods Wants A Slower-Growing Chicken

U.S. Pays Farmers Billions To Save The Soil. But It's Blowing Away

Chipotle Faces Another Foodborne Illness Outbreak, This Time In Boston

By Returning To Farming's Roots, He Found His American Dream

As Rains Soak California, Farmers Test How To Store Water Underground

Farmers Fight Environmental Regulations

Pesticides Are Harming Bees — But Not Everywhere, Major New Study Shows

The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen

A Grass-Roots Movement For Healthy Soil Spreads Among Farmers

Can Anyone, Even Walmart, Stem The Heat-Trapping Flood Of Nitrogen On Farms?

Why Ditching NAFTA Could Hurt America's Farmers More Than Mexico's

Redistribute California's Water? Not Without A Fight

Despite The Drought, California Farms See Record Sales In 2014

Peanut Exec Gets 28 Years In Prison For Deadly Salmonella Outbreak

Reclaiming Syria's Seeds From An Icy Arctic Vault

Genetically Modified Salmon Is Safe To Eat, FDA Says

Veggies Under Glass: Greenhouses Could Bring Us Better Winter Produce

Can Big Food Win Friends By Revealing Its Secrets?

Most U.S. Egg Producers Are Now Choosing Cage-Free Houses