The harvest is bad for German farmers this year as the country has experienced the hottest summer on record and months without rainfall. Christian Ender/Getty Images hide caption
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Friday
Chef Val James inspired her daughter to create a documentary about the challenges female chefs face, including access to capital, sexual harassment, and family time off. Robert Featherstone/A Fine Line hide caption
Wednesday
For as long as he can remember, Angel Benavides, 14, has missed the beginning of the school year in Texas because his parents, Juan and Aracely Benavides, work in North Dakota until the harvest is through. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Workers in dust masks wash fresh red bell peppers in smoky conditions outside of Eltopia, Wash. Even with the masks, the smoke is still causing tight chests, itchy eyes and dry throats. Anna King/Northwest News Network hide caption
As Wildfires Rage, Smoke Chokes Out Farmworkers And Delays Some Crops
The Food and Drug Administration quickly identified romaine lettuce as the source of a months-long outbreak, but the foodborne illness investigation has been one of the agency's most complicated in years. Westend61/Getty Images hide caption
What Sparked An E. Coli Outbreak In Lettuce? Scientists Trace A Surprising Source
A flotilla of more than a hundred trawlers in the Bay of Seine in November of last year. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters hide caption
Tuesday
The new Chick-fil-A meal kits, featuring chicken-based dishes, will be available for pick up at some Atlanta-area restaurants starting this week. Chick-fil-A hide caption
Assistant chef Michael Monteleone puts a finishing touch on cannabis-infused vegetable tarts. As more states legalize the use of recreational marijuana, the California chef is aiming to elevate haute cuisine to a new level. Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Haute Pot: How High-End California Chefs Are Cashing In On Marijuana
Monday
Chef David George Gordon shows biologist and host Haley Chamberlain Nelson how to prepare a tarantula meal on Bug Bites. The new five-part cooking show from Smithsonian Channel makes insects the star ingredient. Smithsonian Networks hide caption
Friday
A new global study published in The Lancet says that no amount of alcohol is good for your overall health. Peter Forest/Getty Images for Starz hide caption
A Creator Burger fresh out of the robot that toasted the buns, sliced the produce, shredded the cheese, and cooked the beef. Saroyan Humphrey hide caption
Thursday
San Diego high school students await a bus ride to Blythe, Calif., to go pick cantaloupes in the summer of 1965. They were recruited as part of the A-TEAM, a government program to replace migrant farm workers with high school students. Courtesy of the San Diego Union-Tribune hide caption
Tuesday
The new design shows the animals standing shoulder to shoulder, proudly walking in the wild. "NEW LOOK, Same Great Taste!" the package says. Mondelez International hide caption
Jamila Aamer is the head chef at the Amal Women's Training Center. To date, she's trained more than 100 students. Rebecca Rosman/for NPR hide caption
By Becoming Chefs, Stigmatized Women In Morocco Find Hope And Freedom
The vines at Pheasant Ridge Winery near Lubbock, Texas, were devastated by drift from the herbicide 2,4-D in 2016. Merrit Kennedy/NPR hide caption