November 13: Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week - Modern Farmer

November 13: Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week

Animals and hemp are flying in the sky, and your future doctor might get all up in yo' diet.

cooking class
A cooking class like this may soon be in the curriculum of a university near you.
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In ten years, your mom might not be the only person suggesting chicken soup and fresh OJ when you’re feeling under the weather. Quartz told us about how Tulane University’s medical school began integrating food and cooking classes into the curriculum three years ago. Sixteen med schools and two non-med schools around the US have adopted Tulane’s food-as-medicine curriculum, teaching students to use food as both preventative and prescribable medicine.

For folks who live by numbers, The New York Times ran a piece about the drastic changes in how people eat and what the big dogs of the food industry need to do to stay afloat. With a reported 42 percent of millennials not trusting Big Food, guess we’ll have to see what they come up with. Meanwhile, we’ll keep eating local produce.

Speaking of produce, have you guys ever eaten corn? Obviously you have eaten corn. And so has much of our livestock. In fact, twenty-six percent of the world’s corn crops up in the United States, and National Geographic‘s cool food site The Plate explored what’s projected to happen to our biggest crop as a result of climate change. Production might dip 24 percent by 2050, which would be alright if no one consumed the stuff. But, consumption is expected to double.

Allow us to extend huge shout-out to all the veterans who have honored Old Glory by serving our country. This Veteran’s Day, a flag similar to Betsy Ross’s original flew over the Capitol. Sure, it had a few extra stars, but like Ross’s, it was made of homegrown hemp. Mike Lewis, the hemp advocate and farmer who grew it (and flew it!) also happens to be a veteran.

Lastly, we want to remind farm animal lovers out there to wave at the planes that pass, since there’s a good chance the passengers are four-legged, says Atlas Obscura. Except for the pilots. That would be weird.

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