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Celebrating Food Activism
On the latest episode of 'The VICE Guide to Right Now Podcast,' we discuss how food can be political, and revisit a handful of people who cooked, farmed, and baked for good in 2017.
This Biologist Wants to Grow Vegetables on Mars
His work could help astronauts grow tomatoes on the Red Planet one day.
This Is What Deer Stalkers Eat for Breakfast
“It was a male muntjac weighing about eight kilos. Here’s his liver and his kidneys.”
UK Pushes Pesticide Ban to Protect Bees
The push comes amid experts warning that pesticides "can have an unacceptable effect on honeybee health.”
Cocaine Farmers Are Hunting for an Alternative
Colombian communities that have long depended on coca plants for income are on their own in the era of peace between the government and Marxist guerrillas.
Illegal Weed Can Be Worse for Forests than Logging
Though logging has a greater overall impact, growing pot can be even more destructive on a per-unit-area basis, according to a recent study.
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Grow Rice
Malaysian farmers are watching changing weather patterns threaten their staple crops, and switching to other crops might be the only answer.
This Farm Has No Farmers
The 'Hands Free Hectare' gives us a peek at the future of automated agriculture.
Out for a Rip in a DIY Monster Truck Made of Spare Tractor Parts
“I’ve got some looks from cops but they just kind of nod at me.”