Ever since Michael Pollan shared the nitty-gritty details of his gut bacteria, a lot of us have been not-so-secretly obsessed with microbes. Supermarket shelves are jammed with products boasting good-for-you probiotics. What if microbes can give plants…
Jane Says: Kitchen Microbes Are Mobile, Smart, Altruistic and Must Be Defeated
National outbreaks of foodborne illnesses appear in the news with depressing regularity. If you keep up with us here at TakePart or get updates from the always-unnerving Food Poison Journal, you know that most of the problem lies in food that’s already…