The Food Issue. Or, the Issue of Food

Scientific American devoted their latest issue to the topic of food. Naturally, I read it cover to cover. Some of it was simply interesting, such as the article on how taste works or how calorie counting will never be an exact science. Yes, those official-looking numbers on the back of your Cheerios box are just estimates. Always will be.

The bits that really got my attention had to do with our current food system. Now, Scientific American is not a science journal, but the articles are about r...