The Golden Temple Feeds 100,000 People Each Day

The Harmandir Sahib, chief place of worship for the Sikh faith, is a major place of pilgrimage. The temple’s huge kitchen feeds visitors, serving 100,000 free meals a day.

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Future crops

By 2050 there’ll be nearly 10 billion people on our planet. Agricultural demand is predicted to rise by 70 per cent. An Oxford Sparks video.

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Cabbage and the Russian Economy

Finalcial Times Moscow bureau chief Henry Foy explains the Russians’ cabbage obsession and how the staple’s price affects Russians.

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Eating healthy is expensive in America

Julia Belluz of Vox explains why eating healthy is so expensive in America.

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Sustainable Seafood

It’s not easy being pescatarian. You get some advice that’s downright, um, fishy. Eve Andrews searches  for sustainable seafood. A Grist video.

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Meat. Is it bad for you?

Eating meat has been associated with health risks like heart disease, cancer and an early death. What’s up with that? A video by Kurzgesagt (“In a Nutshell”).

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How Salmonella Gets Into Your Fridge

More than a million Americans get sick every year from salmonella-tainted food. Better federal regulation could stop outbreaks. Madeline Marshall explains. a Vox video.

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Breakfast: the most important myth of the day

Breakfast became “The Most Important Meal of the Day” when cereal companies stood to make a buck from it. A Vox video by Ranjani Chakraborty.

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Gastrodiplomacy

The Thai government has been actively promoting Thai food overseas for more than a decade. The strategy has been so successful that it inspired a new trend in foreign policy: gastrodiplomacy.

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Endangered Foods

The race to save endangered foods, a Vox video.

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