“Billion Dollar Bully” Yelp Keeps Pressure On Businesses
Despite bad publicity and lawsuits, Yelp continues to tank ratings in order to punish those who won’t advertise.
Category: Food
Podcast #27: Robert Lustig on Biochemistry and Health
Author and endocrinologist Robert Lustig explains the neurochemical difference between happiness and pleasure and how it’s been exploited to make so many of us fat, addicted, and depressed. Then, he reminds us how to reclaim our health.
The Problems of Industrial Meat: A Primer
Industrial meat production has extraordinary costs to animal welfare, the environment, and human health. Acknowledging the immorality of these practices gives us an opportunity to align our behavior with our more humane ideals.
Warped Incentives Cultivated by US Industrial Agriculture
Industrial agriculture has increased the food supply, but it has done so at tremendous cost to the environment, food quality, health, and family farming.
For Yelp, Extortion Has a Starring Role
Yelp uses the power of its rating system to bully small businesses into buying their expensive advertising; if they decline, so do their ratings.
How Climate Change Could Affect Culinary Culture
Climate change is already affecting agriculture. What will this mean for iconic food items that help define cultures? Can we gracefully adapt?
New Back-to-Landers Have More Information and More Obstacles
The most recent wave of back-to-landers, seeking sustainability, simplicity, and meaning, have a rich vein of resources; they also have bigger challenges.
Mark Schatzker on Flavor and Food
The Dorito Effect author Mark Schatzker describes what he learned about the relationship between flavor and nutrition, and how the food industry has been leading us astray.