Chipotle restaurant workers in Miami fill orders on April 27, the day the company said it would use only non-GMO ingredients in its food. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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Thursday
Algy Garrod's rapeseed in bloom in Norfolk, England. Anne Bramley for NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Back in 2012, Silver Diner — a fast-casual restaurant chain in Maryland and Virginia — completely overhauled its children's menu. Those changes helped dramatically improve the healthfulness of kids' meals ordered, a new study finds. Ron Cogswell/Flickr hide caption
Samantha Lee's take on The Girl With The Pearl Earring. Courtesy of Samantha Lee hide caption
Tuesday
In the Blue Zone of Okinawa, Japan, locals drink green tea with jasmine flowers and turmeric called shan-pien, which translates to "tea with a bit of scent." David McLain/Courtesy of Blue Zones hide caption
Graze the Roof is a community-produced garden that grows vegetables on the rooftop of a church in San Francisco. Sergio Ruiz/Flickr hide caption
Tyson Foods says it has already reduced its use of human-use antibiotics by 80 percent over the past four years. Here, Tyson frozen chicken on display at Piazza's market in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2010. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
Monday
Ran Duan will represent the U.S. at the Bacardi Global Legacy Cocktail Competition in Sydney on April 28. Daniel A. Gross hide caption
Chipotle's announcement that it has removed all GMOs from its menu items is part of a growing food industry trend. From left: Nestle chocolates, Chipotle tortillas, Diet Pepsi, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, a Subway sandwich. All of these companies have dropped ingredients over the past year in response to consumer demands. Meredith Rizzo/NPR; iStockphoto; PepsiCo; iStockphoto; iStockphoto hide caption
Deep-fried cheese curds. NPR hide caption
Sunday
The government of Peru is partnering with culinary stars — like celebrity chef Gaston Acurio, shown here in his restaurant Astrid & Gaston in Lima in 2014 — to promote Peruvian cuisine around the world. Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Beginning in August, a newly formulated aspartame-free Diet Pepsi will hit the shelves, the company says. PepsiCo hide caption
Choctaw boar The Livestock Conservancy hide caption