Bob Condor

Blazing trails is second nature to Will Allen. He grew up on a family farm in Maryland, with plenty to eat but not much money in the household. He played...

Research shows about 65 percent of America's schoolchildren have televisions in their bedrooms. Even one of four toddlers has such personalized TV access. If you ask Joanne Cantor--and she is...

My high school biology teacher, Mr. Bourey, one of the great ones, is not going to like this next sentence. Sometimes science doesn't give you the whole story. Recently, the...

The local organic food movement needs support just as crops need rain. Though farmers can't control the weather, Jim Slama and a small band of "local food" activists will be...

When heart patients sit across from Dr. Stephen Devries at his University of Illinois at Chicago office, they are usually in for a surprise. "People test high for cholesterol and...

Her days of disorganization are over, but Marilyn Paul remembers them. Vividly. Some of the bad memories: Being "invited" to leave an important work project. Not asking friends to dinner...

For Bears fans, Super Bowl Sunday tends to be a day to look back. Way back, to the 1985 championship team. Fred Caito was part of that squad as the...

Like the issue of obesity itself, there is no one right answer about why the Bush administration last week stalled a World Health Organization strategic plan to reduce global obesity....

In August 2002, Roseanne Bova lost her job at a Gucci store in Boston when she asked to be exempted from a new rule that all employees work a 40-hour...

The phone lines and Internet site for the Wholesome Harvest Farmer Coalition have been morning-to-night busy during the last couple of weeks. The group bands together 41 small-farm families in...