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Study Suggests that Your Birthday and Hometown Can Affect Your Risk of Being Celiac
A Swedish study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood found that the season during which you were born—and where your hometown falls on a map—can influence your risk of being celiac.
How Syrian Bakers Are Making Bread Against All Odds
Even in a time of war, Syrians' high standards for bread are uncompromising. Bakers have implemented unique techniques to provide the daily bread under conflict.
The Cure for Gluten Intolerance Could Live Inside These Bug-Eating Plants
These carnivorous plants melt bugs with natural enzymes that could be harnessed to break down gluten.
Nobody Knows Where This Field of Genetically Modified Wheat Came From
Genetically modified wheat, like the plants found in Washington, is not approved for “sale or consumption” in the United States, and who planted the outlaw wheat remains a total mystery.
A New Study Suggests That Your 'Gluten Sensitivity' May Be More Than a Trendy, Made-Up Illness
Gluten-free is back, baby!
Why China's Rice Farmers Are Less Confrontational Than Wheat Farmers
Thomas Talhelm, an assistant professor of behavioral science, is the author of the “rice theory,” which states that people who grow up in rice-farming areas are less individualistic than people from wheat-producing places.
Government-Subsidized Foods Are Making Us Fat and Sick, Study Says
Researchers say that the more we eat the foods that the US government pays to keep cheap—such as beef, dairy, corn, sugar, and wheat—the fatter and unhealthier we get.
Wheat As a Weapon of War in Syria
How the Syrian regime, rebels, jihadists, and NGOs are fighting for control of of the country's most powerful resource.
Wheat As a Weapon of War in Syria
How the Syrian regime, rebels, jihadists, and NGOs are fighting for control of of the country's most powerful resource.
How Wall Street Gives Us Our Daily Bread
I spoke to food writer Fred Kaufman about how the larger financial forces that control our food prices work, and why they exist.
How Wall Street Gives Us Our Daily Bread
I spoke to food writer Fred Kaufman about how the larger financial forces that control our food prices work, and why they exist.
A Fungus Is Killing Wheat in Bangladesh and It's Threatening to Spread
Scientists fear that, if left to its own devices, the pathogen known as "wheat blast" could threaten wheat production throughout Southeast Asia.