“Environmental scientist Lauren E. Oakes considers how learning what seeds to plant—literal and metaphorical—can help us restore both life and Earth in the wake of profound loss.”
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The Once and Future Woods
“Cathedrals, seed banks, and oaks: How to live in times of change.”
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She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.
” Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.”
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Competitive Scrabble Is A Lexical Shitshow
“JAKER entered the pantheon of Scrabble Words You’ll Never Forget Because Something Weird Happened.”
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Seattle’s Little Free Libraries Offer a Catalog of Collections and Connections
“The Little Free book idea has spread to other community-sharing opportunities, like a Little Free bakery, a crop of Little Free seed libraries, and much more.”
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Scientists Are Testing a Surprising Approach to Fighting Hunger in One of the Poorest Places on Earth
“Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.”
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My Road Trip With the Do-Gooding Cactus Smugglers
“Can poaching ever be ethical?”
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The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
“Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered a family.”
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Grate Expectations: The Troubled Quest for Tasty Vegan Cheese
“The plant-based boom failed to deliver. But there may yet be hope.”
