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From tower to table: Building, growing, and tasting the future

From tower to table: Building, growing, and tasting the future

The produce that we purchase at everyday grocery stores often times seem fresh, but seldom do we question what the item may test like if it were grown from home.
Beckham Williams ’28
February 27, 2026

As part of the environmental directed study,  students have engaged in various environmental and sustainable practices across the campus. One of these activities includes hydroponic tower gardening, an...

Photo of tomatoes grown on the hydroponic towers.

The cost of high volume production in the food industry: A review of FOOD, INC

FOOD, INC is a 2008 Oscar-nominated film that exposes the industrialized food system, investigating how corporations prioritize profit over environmental health.
Addison Kim, Reporter
February 23, 2026

Food companies sell a “pastoral fantasy” and the image of agrarian America, but the reality is large-scale factory-style production. This is environmentally harmful because industrial systems depend...

Illustration by Sabrina Simek

A look into food delivery apps

Students discuss the usage of food delivery apps and leaving campus for lunch, along with their associated costs and benefits.
Alex Dinh, Assistant Features Editor
March 20, 2024

It is 10:45 a.m. Chloe Ferreira ’25 has just left her Precalculus class, and she, along with a crowd of other students, walks down the stairs in Chalmers Hall. At the bottom of the stairs, she passes...

Cucumbers sit inside of a jar, which is one step of the fermentation process. Cucumbers are one of many items that the Pickling Club ferments,

A thanks to the school Pickling Club

James Hess, Assistant Opinion Editor
March 29, 2022

If you ever make a habit of wandering through the highest parts of the upper school campus, first around the library and then up the stairs to Feldman-Horn, you may encounter a peculiar sight. Peer into...

Students grab items from the Pink Taquiza food truck organized by Prefect Council.

Prefect Council organizes taco truck

Chloe Park
March 28, 2022

Prefect Council brought a food truck from Pink Taquiza to campus for this month’s Food Truck on March 25. Pink Taquiza served chicken and beef tacos with a variety of toppings during lunch and conference...

Illustration Credit: Sydney Fener

Time to Take Out the Trash

Editorial Board
November 20, 2021

Empty plastic containers, half-empty water bottles, broken paper cups and an unidentifiable sticky residue line the tables on the quad as wasps crowd around in search of chicken scraps. Only a handful...

(Un)traditional: Spice it Up!

(Un)traditional: Spice it Up!

Ella Yadegar
November 18, 2021

When my grandparents immigrated to the United States just before the Iranian Revolution of 1979 , they had never experienced an American holiday. As a result, the food at my family’s first Thanksgiving...

(Un)traditional: A Dern Dinner

(Un)traditional: A Dern Dinner

Fallon Dern
November 18, 2021

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, as my mom and I both have birthdays that fall during the week we don’t have work or school. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean I like sharing my birthday...

(Un)traditional: Grazie-Giving

(Un)traditional: Grazie-Giving

Allegra Drago
November 18, 2021

Whoever said too many cooks in the kitchen was a bad thing has never been to my house on Thanksgiving. Coming from an Italian family, holidays that revolve around food are made better the more cooks there...

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