Another day, another neurosis about eating right and living a good life. Su Avasthi on why it ain't easy being green.

When old fogies complain that everything was better in the good old days, we dismiss them as crotchety crackpots. But the amateur Andy Rooneys might be right about one thing: fruits and vegetables were better for us fifty years ago than they are today. Why? Because much of the produce we buy now contains fewer nutrients than it did fifty years ago.

Scientists are sounding the alarm about what they’ve dubbed “the dilution effect;” the plummeting concentrations of some vitamins, minerals and protein in our foods. And the problem isn’t limited to produce.

We've all heard the arguments, pro and con, about genetically modified crops. But how would you feel about genetically modified livestock? Specifically, would you buy a side of bacon sliced from the carcass of the patented Enviropig, who's been genetically modified to produce a more environmentally friendly manure?

A French sheep farmer and maker of Roquefort cheese arrived in New York on Wednesday only to be detained and shipped back to the south of France and