Emma Penrod

Emma Penrod is an award-winning investigative science and business journalist based in Utah. She focuses on agriculture, environmental health, corporate accountability, and government policy. She is also a published historian and the author of two books. In her spare time, she enjoys raising guinea pigs, organic gardening, and cooking vegetarian food.

corn rot,The fungi A. flavus and A. parasiticus producer of mycotoxin in corn used for food and animal feed in storage. November 2020
Climate change is bringing back long-lost forms of food poisoning
Environment
by Emma Penrod
11.19.2020
Environment
Room full of pigs eating from animal feeder. (May 2020)
Fast-growing animals make the meat industry billions. But as slaughter plants close, scientists seek new ways to put livestock on a diet.
Business
by Emma Penrod
05.20.2020
Business