Food + Tech
The JBS meat placing plant is viewed in Plainwell, Michigan on June 2, 2021.
The JBS ransomware hack was only the latest in a surge of cyberattacks on the U.S. food system

06.03.2021
by Jessica Fu + H. Claire Brown
Employees walk past the JBS plant in Marshalltown, Iowa on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
The nation’s largest meat processor has been hit with a cyberattack. What does that mean for the food supply chain?
Employees walk past the JBS plant in Marshalltown, Iowa on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
06.01.2021
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu
Open Table community dining fresh market store front with car pickup. April 2021
Food pantries are increasingly providing an Instacart-style shopping experience
Open Table community dining fresh market store front with car pickup. April 2021
04.29.2021
by Austin Bryniarski
A farmer plants soybeans in Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 2020.
GRAPHIC: Nearly all cash crops are genetically engineered now
A farmer plants soybeans in Montgomery County, Md., May 12, 2020.
04.19.2021
by Ignacio Calderon
Barrels of fish packed on ice sit on fishing boat about to be unloaded at the port in Songkhla on February 2, 2016. Around 100 people have been arrested by authorities in a recent crackdown on abuses involving Thailand's multi-billion dollar seafood industry. The deep-rooted problem caused the huge global brand, Nestle in 2015 to admit that it had discovered clear evidence of slavery at sea in parts of the Thai supply chain. Thailand is the world's third largest exporter of seafood. February 2021
How new technology is helping to identify human rights abuses in the seafood industry
Barrels of fish packed on ice sit on fishing boat about to be unloaded at the port in Songkhla on February 2, 2016. Around 100 people have been arrested by authorities in a recent crackdown on abuses involving Thailand's multi-billion dollar seafood industry. The deep-rooted problem caused the huge global brand, Nestle in 2015 to admit that it had discovered clear evidence of slavery at sea in parts of the Thai supply chain. Thailand is the world's third largest exporter of seafood. February 2021
02.25.2021
by Virginia Gewin
A pool of GM salmon at AquaBounty location. February 2021
America’s biggest retailers and foodservice companies have already agreed not to sell GMO salmon
A pool of GM salmon at AquaBounty location. February 2021
02.11.2021
by Sam Bloch
McDonalds drive thru lane in Davenport, Florida. Two lanes with cars ordering. February 2021
How Covid-19 saved the fast food drive-thru
McDonalds drive thru lane in Davenport, Florida. Two lanes with cars ordering. February 2021
02.09.2021
by Rebecca Tucker
Aanika Biosciences employees working in the company's laboratory, located in Brooklyn. January 2021
Foodborne diseases kill thousands of Americans each year. Tracing food with genetically engineered spores could help.
Aanika Biosciences employees working in the company's laboratory, located in Brooklyn. January 2021
01.19.2021
by Niko McCarty
A power line in a rural area. October 2020
FCC announces “biggest and boldest step yet” to expand rural broadband
A power line in a rural area. October 2020
10.30.2020
by Sam Bloch