Seems like every food these days has versions that are organic, small-batch, artisanal, hand-made, locally sourced, and sustainably grown... these are the new buzzwords of the food world. So it should come as no surprise that one of the latest foods to jump on this trend is popcorn. What with Europeans and healthists worrying about genetically-...

There is an interesting and unusual social trend going on, one that is compelling American retailers to raise the wages of their employees in response to social, and not economic, pressures. Income disparity is becoming one of the major political issues of the 21st century. While the pay of top CEOs continues to climb into the stratosphere, those...

We know that greater transparency is a growing trend, but is this going one step too far? Turns out that the US state of Alaska as one of the country's highest rates of fetal alcohol syndrome, a condition in a child that results from alcohol exposure during the mother's pregnancy. As a way of combatting this, the government is supporting an...