Conscious Consumption

Farm-to-table may be trendy elsewhere, but at the state fair, it’s strictly about the fried, fatty, and fanciful.

A mother works to get fresh food in poor neighborhood.

Heartbreaking tales of life for refugee farmworkers.

The ins and outs of eating and cooking roadkill — legally.

We said it’s cool to sample pretty much anything at a farmers market. We talked to a farmer who says different.

A doctor’s stomach flu turns out to be a warning about a food-borne illness carried by the world’s warming ocean waters.

Two retiring farmers talk about the past, present and future of farming.

The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: canning tomatoes.

DO Do: Take as many free samples as you damn want. "Sampling is a big part of our business,” says Miller. "It gives us an opportunity to make better choices about what [customers...