Food

World Chef: My grandmother was right, food is medicine food

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Hippocrates has good advice for getting through a cold, wet Midwestern winter. In 400 BC, this father of modern medicine is reported to have said, “Let food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.” It took us more than 2,000 years to begin to follow his advice. says Neil Barnard, MD, co-chair of … Read more

As the planet warms, agricultural scientists are focusing on the root of the problem

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Lisa m. Krieger Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. — To feed a hotter, drier planet, Stanford scientists are building a smarter factory. The team genetically reprogrammed plants, nurtured in a lab room, to grow long or short, branching or thin roots — traits that alter the ability to gather nutrients or water. Controlling root growth … Read more