The Conservation Reserve Program pays farmers who own environmentally important areas to leave them idle. But in recent years, the demand for crops such as corn has...

The price of corn is at an all-time high, but farmers in Iowa are having trouble growing it. Officials say flood-related crop losses could total $4 billion. Armed with a...

The price of corn is at an all-time high, but farmers in Iowa are having trouble growing it. Officials say flood-related crop losses could total $4 billion. Armed with a...

On this evening's bike ride I saw corn growing on a corner in East Harlem.  No ears yet and the stalks weren't nearly as high as an elephant's eye.  When I...

Seems the fear-mongering around ethanol and food prices is serving to kickstart the move toward commercial cellulosic ethanol production, which could prove a good thing....

My Clean Break column this week wonders whether the Ontario government really means to backtrack on its ethanol strategy, or simply wants to tweak it so that the jump...

Just a year ago, ethanol was the renewable fuel of the moment. Derived mostly from corn grown in America's heartland, it was promoted as a home-grown ticket to energy...

After successful runs last year at the DeYoung Museum and Galleria de la Raza, The Great Tortilla Conspiracy returns for another fantastic show at SomArts Cultural...

It seems like V8 vegetable juice has been around forever, but it’s actually only been since 1933. The origin of the name is the 8 different vegetables used to make...

I've been watching 30 Days this morning about a pro-gun-control person living with avid gun owners. This episode has been particularly enlightening for me. I've...

John McCain as quoted in The New York Times: "It would be hard to find any single bill that better sums up why so many Americans in both parties are so disappointed...

In the post Obama and the Internet, I discussed the power of Obama's brand. Via techPresident, an essay by academic and critic Douglas Rushkoff exploring participatory...