Hybrids in Paris, one year later Culture Hybrids in Paris, one year later

This is how a quiet revolution ends.

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Jun 15 · Subscribers only

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Culture
Culture A better grape stuck in Purgatory

The loop hybrids find tough to break

Chase Purdy · 8 min read
Culture Meet Europe's bread belts

What 671 jars of starter teach us about the EU

Chase Purdy · 6 min read
Culture One chart, five countries. The PIWI landscape in Europe

A chart says 1,000 words

Chase Purdy · 6 min read
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Politics
Politics An early look at a Congressional food fight

What the Senate's new Farm Bill draft keeps, kills, and quietly ignores

Chase Purdy · 5 min read
Politics Are we on the cusp of the first $1 trillion Farm Bill?

A trillion dollars, mostly groceries

Chase Purdy · 7 min read
Politics The $4.99 bird for everyone

Let them eat Costco

Chase Purdy · 10 min read
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Land
Land El Niño is coming. The system underneath is the problem.

Climatic chaos with a chance of hope

Chase Purdy · 11 min read
Land The pest that never left

The fix that saved wine is showing cracks

Chase Purdy · 5 min read
Land Even if hybrids win the vineyard, how do they win the cellar?

Breaking sustainable grapes into the premium market

Chase Purdy · 9 min read · Subscribers only
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