Stories
Robyn Metcalfe Featured on NPR’s This Green Earth Podcast
This Green Earth is a weekly, hour-long program that focuses on the environment and environmentalism. Co-hosts Christopher Cherniak and Nell Larson explore the science, politics, economics and ethics behind the environment, natural resources and sustainability. The...
That time I had dinner with FBI agents and Soviet defectors
During the ‘80s, I continued to accompany my husband to tech conferences and continued to always see a row of Soviet “scientists” furiously taking notes in the back. To satisfy my curiosity, I began to learn about how the Soviets developed their own technology and how...
What’s Earth Day Got To Do With Anything?
Photo by: University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability The problem with old people is that they act as if they’ve seen it all. I see that, too. Earth Day is upon us and social media fills our screens with calls to action against all sorts of...
Humans in Our Food Book Press Release
“Robyn Metcalfe—one of the world’s leading experts on food supply chains—shines a bright light on the humanity that is often invisible in our food system. As delicious as it is detailed, Humans in Our Food is a must-read for anyone who cares about the past, present,...
How Brexit May Change What People Eat
While politicians argue over Brexit, regular people living in Britain wonder what foods they’ll have access to after the dust settles. Depending upon how long it takes to implement a plan for feeding Britain post-Brexit, the ingredients that become available will...
Our Food Supply Chain Has Been Tested Before. We Adapted.
By mid-February, we watched our food supply become headline news. Worries about toilet paper shortages quickly shifted to whether we’d ever enjoy pasta again, not to mention whether we’d enjoy that meal in the presence of our loved ones. Just a few months before, we...