As food writer Mark Bittman recently remarked, since food is defined as “a substance that provides nutrition and promotes growth” and poison is “a substance that promotes illness,” then “much of what is produced by industrial agriculture is, quite literally, not food but poison.” Of course, it doesn’t have to be this way. Eliminating pesticides and transitioning to organic regenerative farming can get us back on track to nutritious food, restore microbiomes and protect our health. Let’s break all this down, and then talk solutions.

Last year, Cannon Michael left over 100 acres of ripe cantaloupes unharvested. The sixth generation grower could not justify paying workers to pick them all because the cost of labor, packing, and, shipping would have been more than the price he could get for the fruit. And so, he left about 30 percent of his perfectly edible cantaloupes to decompose and get churned back into the ground.

These fried eggs are made out of plants. The cruelty-free, cholesterol-free, vegan fried eggs are made by Be Leaf Corporation.

It's all about the probiotics.

A new range of plant-based burgers are taking off among eaters and investors. In response, the meat industry is calling for censorship.

Xbox creator Seamus Blackley baked a loaf of sourdough bread using yeast extracted from ancient Egyptian pottery

Go ahead, grill a burger. Going vegetarian can help our climate a little bit, but it's an inefficient policy to try to push on people worldwide.

The world's appetite for meat hurts the climate. Here's why Australian steak isn't so bad.

Plant-based meat, not content with replacing Burger King burgers, is dreaming bigger. This week, the two biggest names in the sector made steps into new areas to try and get more consumers to ditch meat.

At this beef noodle shop in Bangkok, you can order a bowl of soup that is more than 40 years old.

More people switching to plant-based diets could help to halt climate change

Beyond Meat markets its plant-based burger as a healthier alternative to meat, which is associated with certain health risks. But some experts say the data doesn't exist yet to show that a processed plant-based patty trumps beef.

Tim Hortons is testing an eggless, vegan omelette with customers. If it's a hit, the product will join the growing number of plant-based fast food items being served up to meet a demand for less meat.

Effective August 1, Royal Caribbean now offers a vegan menu in its main dining rooms. Some of the new menu's offerings include edamame-stuffed portobello mushrooms, vegan spaghetti "bolognaise" and orzo pasta stew with green vegetables. There are also vegan dessert options, like toffee "cheesecake" with dark chocolate and a peanut butter crust.

New Zealand's dairy industry is arguing consumers are being misled if the term "milk" is used for plant-based products such as almond or coconut milk, but consumers are savvier than that.

The manager of a chain of hot spring hotels bid 1.2 million yen, or around $11,000, for 24 Ruby Roman grapes, which are prized for their juiciness, high sugar content and low acidity.

It has a plan to kill two global problems with one solar-powered stone.

In early 2017, a memo circulated inside Amazon that imagined an ambitious new grocery chain. The document was written like a news release, a common practice for ideas being weighed inside the company, with the title “Grocery Shopping for Everyone.”

A new study has shown that dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine is associated with a reduced risk of dementia. Phosphatidylcholine was also linked to enhanced cognitive performance. The main dietary sources of phosphatidylcholine were eggs and meat.

Proposed tariffs currently available for public comment and expected to take effect this fall would dramatically raise prices on European foods imported to the United States, including most foreign cheeses. Many top-selling and prized styles of cheese, including Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano and Dutch Gouda, could become twice as expensive in American stores.