In a country with one of Southeast Asia’s worst infant mortality rates, one clinic is striving to bring improved birthing assistance to local women.

Food rations sustain refugees, but what’s missing is fulfillment and a sense of home.

We battle over the pros and cons of genetically modified organisms. In the midst of this heated debate, important voices have been lost.

For Hmong farmers in Wisconsin, a garden isn’t just a patch of dirt where we plant vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

A bomb clearance team in Laos eagerly buys bush meat from local hunters. Then they realize they're eating threatened and endangered species.

Workers in southern Laos search out the bombs that never exploded. Here is the food they eat. 

Research exploring Borneo’s past and present illuminates the tangled relationship that has existed between humans and the rainforest for millennia.

Coffee is a cultural drink, prepared different ways in different places—which can be a hassle for travelers seeking their regular cuppa Joe. Here’s one solution.

If ever a single ingredient epitomized human nature, it must be chocolate. Can you think of another flavor that has seduced so many cultures?

How a meeting with the 96-year-old ruler of a small Indonesian kingdom gave a blogger a new lens to perceive processed food's effect on culture.

Meat is a divisive issue. But as humans, our diets are cultural, as is nutrition. Healthy advice for one society might not work in another.

When I traveled to Rwanda last year, I found a hospital treating malnutrition with compost and garden hoes.

How does anthropology help us understand the relationship between food and health around the world, and help us lead healthier lives?