JSTOR in a pickle with Jeremy – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/03/jsto...

ETN 299: Supply lines down, linking continues 1) Cool as a cucumber, with added nomenclature 2) Meat and mushrooms, apostasy in Texas and Iowa 3) Anchovies, the best on the internet? 4) Olive Oil Tourism, the deets buttondown.com/jeremycherfa... #food #newsletters

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New episode: the paradox of old-fashioned modern olive oil. Some olive oil millers in Provence go out of their way to develop flavours that the EU calls “defects”. These oils can't be called extra-virgin, but they sell anyway. eatthispodcast.com/old-oil #podcast #food #olives

Today, in Annals of Machine Transcription: IT Desk Podcast and Heed This Podcast. I quite like No. 2. If you want to be sure to hear the podcast, with hand-corrected transcript, head over to eatthispodcast.com/subscribe-2/ I ought to update that page, I suppose, but, you know … #podcasts #food

Here's a great letter in AJCN explaining the autocorrelation problem. Published in 2011, but nothing ever changes... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The new $200 billion request is basically equivalent to the cost for universal free school breakfasts and lunches for all students across the United States for a decade

the average eater's approach to eating - not unlike like the average voter's approach to politics - has no consistent unifying theory of why they eat what they eat or real understanding of much of anything to do with food, from political economy to nutrition.

I seem unable to say this where it ought to be, but also, Ann-Margret in Ken Russell's 1975 film of Tommy.

Brainfood: History edition Just let me have my little fun... Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog: agro.biodiver.se/2026/03/brai... #genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #seeds

I’m resurrecting my post from this day in 2021 because I think the fundamental question still requires some sort of answer. jeremycherfas.net/blog/nikolai...

Nibbles: Agricultural expansion maps, Brassica diversity, Not against the grain, South African seedbanks, Safer peanuts, Diné seedbank Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/03/nibb... #genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity

Thanks. It was indeed a hard one to pitch, especially in 300 characters or less. So many interesting nuggets of information.

Extra virgin olive oil appeared in 1960, after a decade of scandalous adulteration. Then, it denoted quality. Today, not so much. “I would argue,” says Carl Ipsen, “that a bigger problem today than fraud is transportation and storage.” eatthispodcast.com/evoo #podcast #food #OliveOil

Eat This Newsletter 297: Proudly Inefficient This time around, efficiency is a very poor metric when it comes to cooking, supply chains, microwaves and breakfast. Read it at buttondown.com/jeremycherfa... #newsletter #food

WorldVeg secures over 90% of its global vegetable collections in the Arctic - World Vegetable Center avrdc.org/worldveg-gen...

”You are more likely to find the raw ingredients for a better future for the food system at the Waffle House than you are at your local farmers’ market.” Gabriel Rosenberg and Jan Dutkiewicz talking about their new book Feed The People! eatthispodcast.com/ftp #agriculture #food #podcast

Another chance for Bambara groundnut – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/02/the-...

Is the food system broken? No, say @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and Gabriel Rosenberg. Their new book explains Why Industrial Food Is Good and How To Make It Even Better. We had a good chat, from cellular agriculture to labour in the food industry. eatthispodcast.com/ftp #agriculture #policy

It looks pretty and Prince Charles (lol) said it's sustainable is, uh, not how you adjudicate environmental impact.

New issue of Eat This Newsletter. - Botanists in the newsletter - Diversity in the field - Milk in the cupboard - Georgia in the news - Olives in the ground - Rice in the bank Read (and subscribe?) at buttondown.com/jeremycherfa... #newsletter #food

Brainfood: Diversity of Sugarcane, Rice, Lentils, Olives, Sweetpotato, Cassava, Beans, Buckwheat, Pigeon pea, Landscapes – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/02/brai... #agrobiodiversity #conservation #genebanks #biodiversity #seeds

Too gnomic? Never!

Food Notes from an American Prison Edward Hasbrouck reflects on his time in a federal penitentiary, where the kinds of cooking Italian maximum security inmates get up to would have been completely unthinkable. eatthispodcast.com/lewisburg #food #prison #podcasts

“Let the scientists and their interpreters fight it out over single nutrients. Eat food and enjoy your dinner.” Noted on this day in 2010, still noteworthy today. www.foodpolitics.com/2010/02/conf... #food #nutrition

“Boar’s Head reopens Virginia deli meat plant tied to deadly listeria outbreak” I’m sure it will be absolutely fine. apnews.com/article/boar... #food

Pecan inside – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/02/peca... #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #history #nuts

Some good news! arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

If only there was some way of preventing measles arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Eat This Newsletter 294: All wet * A water sommelier walks into a spa ... * Never mind food prices, how did water get so costly? * Arizona attempts to keep Saudi Arabia out of its aquifers. All the news that's fit to drink at buttondown.com/jeremycherfa... #newsletter #food #water

Genebank data at a crossroads – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/01/gene... #genebanks #datamanagement #conservation #biodiversity

Frozen 2: This time it’s crop diversity – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/01/froz... #conservation #biodiversity #cryopreservation #cropdiversity #genebanks

Guardian of a (nearly) forgotten staple honoured – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/01/guar... #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #seeds #conservation #breadfruit #pacific #hawaii

Everything you ever wanted to know about cruciferous vegetables but were afraid to ask

New Eat This Newsletter 293: Normal Service Parmigian-Reggiano’s Hail Mary pass Gastronationalism in Italy and the Levant Gourmet undead Read it at buttondown.com/jeremycherfa... #newsletter #food

In my latest blog, I reflect on a tumultuous 2025, leaving the chaotic U.S. for Italy. As I transition to my new role at Johns Hopkins, I will focus on sustaining hope for systemic change despite ongoing global challenges. The journey continues. shorturl.at/Ct8IE

New episode: Cooking in Maximum Security. Prisoners in Italian maximum security prisons have a right to cook in their cells. A new book shares their recipes and the tools they invent to make them. #podcast #food #Italy eatthispodcast.com/prison

Some new posts up on #theFoodArchive on the latest in food & nutrition science, politics and culture. Check it out! Happy 2026 everyone! www.thefoodarchive.com

“I made a writing garden. It's full of weeds. It's messy. Nothing is polished. It's not perfect. We have cookies.” Read this. It made me cry. Thank you Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy sightlessscribbles.com/the-coloniza...

The easiest way to be absolutely certain that the gift you give is exactly what the recipient wants. eatthispodcast.com/give-again #podcast #nutrition #poverty @give-directly.bsky.social

This is an article (Open Access - very important) that I developed from a paper I delivered at the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium held on 28–29 May 2024 at TU Dublin. It may be of interest to anyone interested in food in Ireland - enjoy!

Antibiotic use on farms rose 16% last year, after having dropped significantly from 2015-2017. This matters. Antibiotics in livestock help drive antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which are a threat to human (and animal) health. @kennytorrella.bsky.social reports. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Seems reasonable.

New month, new episode, a chat with Berliner Luisa Weiss @luisaweiss.bsky.social about how she became a food blogger, how that changed her life, and how the Berlin food scene is changing. eatthispodcast.com/berlin #podcast #food #Berlin

If this is the kind of thing you enjoy, Enjoy! www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/... #food #agriculture

ETN 288: Adverse Those Lancet UPF papers, the cost of lying about beef, and the much misunderstood tonka bean. It isn't often that the US is more cautious on food safety than the EU, but the tonka bean's coumarin is one exception. #food #nutrition #newsletter

It’s too nice an afternoon to spend indoors finishing up tomorrow’s Eat This Newsletter, but someone has to examine a case in which US food safety regulation is more stringent than the EU’s. Sign up at buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/ to get it. #newsletter #FoodSafety

Second big meat company forced to roll back 'net zero' claims www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/tyso...

Großartiges Eintauchen in eine Mini-Nische der Forschung: Haben Menschen aktiv und bewusst die wilden Getreidepflanzen zu immer wertvolleren Nahrungsquellen selektiert oder wurde durch ihr Verhalten eine eh vorhandene Tendenz der pflanzlichen Entwicklung unabsichtlich gefördert? #NerdsAtWork

A Fresh Look at Domestication According to Robert Spengler, it wasn’t human selection that turned grass into wheat, or wolves into dogs. Domestication just happened in response to changes in the environment. eatthispodcast.com/domestication #podcast #agriculture #archaeology