One Food All Americans Can Agree On
The humble bean is the solution to America’s nutritional chaos.
Yasmin Tayag
Yasmin Tayag is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Before joining in 2021, she was the science editor at OneZero, Future Human, and Inverse. Her writing has been published by The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bon Appétit, and other publications. At The Atlantic, Yasmin writes about science and the future of food.
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