Sardines with your bagel? Most of the problems faced by the mighty chinook of the Pacific Northwest are man-made. [News Source]

We have lost our way with food. Most of the hysteria around GM produce is a sign of our separation from our agrarian roots. [News Source]

Cuba’s urban farming program a stunning success. For Miladis Bouza, the global food crisis arrived two decades ago. Now, her efforts to climb out of it could serve as a model for people around the world struggling to feed their families. [News Source]

“Blue zones” offer keys to long, healthy life. Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; and among the Seventh Day Adventists in Loma Linda, California, are four zones in which people live long and healthy lives. [News Source]

Diabetes picture clears up a bit. Lowering blood sugar levels to near normal through intensive treatment may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attacks for Type 2 diabetics, but only if treatment is begun relatively soon after diagnosis and if severe episodes of low blood sugar can be avoided. [News Source]

A pill to fight weight gain? Not so fast. For an activity that seems to come so naturally to so many Americans, getting fat is actually quite complicated. Not surprisingly, then, so is developing a pill that will help reverse that process. [News Source]