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DO NOT READ THIS WHILE EATING

What is it? A moldy burger? We hear you think, why the hell would you advertise food that looks like it will literally kill you. Yes, we all prefer a fresh good-looking…

VIRTUAL TOUR WITH REMOTE-CONTROLLED GUIDE

What is it? The Faroe Islands, a Denmark territory, have come up with a way to allow people around the world to go on a self-guided tour of the archipelago. Camera-wearing…

DENVER’S GREEN REVOLUTION

What is it? When we think about traveling food and beverage tours, many of us imagine driving along massive grapevine fields in Burgundy, or gawking at the seafood in the Mercat…

THE COOLEST SEEDS BANK

What is it? Life on Earth is under siege and a worldwide apocalypse could be near because of multiple nuclear disasters. This scenario is the foundation for many stories like ‘The…

FARMER TO PLATER: GOING BEYOND THE FARM TO TABLE TREND

What is it? Chances are you’ve never bought food directly from a farmer. Ok fine, maybe once, on a little trip to the countryside, perhaps you had some delightful little blueberries…

THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT

Recently I read an article from Alain de Botton on why we travel. In the Middle Ages, it wasn’t about the white sandy beaches and crystal blue waters; it was…

THE TOLL OF DEATH

You’re probably too busy living to think about your funeral. It’s not an entertaining topic of conversation during a (socially distanced) get together, and if you don’t have to think about it,…

WHAT THE PLANT?!

Imagine you are standing in a coffee bar and you have more choice of which milk you want to have in your cappuccino, than the actual menu. Why is normal…

REVEALING THE MIND WITH PSYCHEDELICS

The overstaying stigma Speaking of psychedelics, LSD, or “magic mushroom”, one usually immediately associates them with the 1960s American youth culture — political activism, pacifism, hippie culture, the Beat generation, sexual revolution,…