Picking the Last of the Season's Grapes, With Fire Raging Everywhere

October 18, 2017 Top Food News [Picking the Last of the Season's Grapes, With Fire Raging Everywhere]( Sonoma County-based vineyard manager Duff Bevill knows at least 20 people who have lost their homes in the wildfires that have ravaged surrounding farmland and neighborhoods. But since last Wednesday, his company is back to work, finishing out the harvest and making sure payroll goes through. “You feel a responsibility as an employer,” Bevill explains. ([Mother Jones]() Bitter resin. 75 percent of honey samples from around the world were laced with this gnarly pesticide. ([Mother Jones]() Pumpkin Spice: Deodorant edition. The year's worst autumnal offerings. ([Mother Jones]() Could tomatoes topple NAFTA? They threaten to at least derail talks over the trade agreement. ([Washington Post]() Food trucks for fire relief. A group of pop-up eateries mobilizes. ([Eater SF]() —ADVERTISEMENT— [Gundry MD]( Support hard-hitting journalism. If you value what you read from Mother Jones and want to see more of it, please make a tax-deductible [one-time]( or [monthly donation]( today and help fund our unrelenting, nonprofit journalism. This Week in Podcasts If the pumpkin spice trend is starting to make you feel nauseous, Washington Post reporter Maura Judkis, a recent guest on Bite, has some good news for you. “This year could be the beginning of the end of the pumpkin spice party,” Judkis says. You'll still have to endure some pretty outrageous products this season. Hear it on Mother Jones Bite, episode 42: "[Do Farmers Still Love Trump?](" The man who makes chefs cry. ([Bon Appetit Foodcast]() The roots of booze. The hunt for the real origin story behind your drink of choice. ([Gravy]() Exclusive to Newsletter Subscribers "In every legend of the underworld, there is the same warning: 'Don't eat the food.'" So recalls Lois, the protagonist of Robin Sloan's new novel [Sourdough](, as she weighs whether to dip into some Chernobyl honey at the Marrow Fair—a mysterious farmer's market. Read NPR writer Jason Sheehan's [review]( of the book here, or better yet, dive into the novel, a book that will make you laugh at futuristic foods as you hunger for them. In the Bay Area? Please join Bite hosts Maddie Oatman and Kiera Butler in conversation with Sourdough author Robin Sloan on Thursday, October 19 at [BookShop West Portal](, 7pm. Live far away? Stay tuned for our upcoming episode featuring our conversation with Robin at this live event. That's all, folks! We'll be back next Wednesday with more. —[Maddie]( and [Kiera]( Questions/concerns/feedback? Email [newsletters@motherjones.com](. Hungry for more food news? Follow Mother Jones Food on [Twitter]( and [Facebook](. Did someone forward this to you? [Click here]( to sign up to get more Food for Thought in your inbox! —ADVERTISEMENT— [Gundry MD]( Food for Thought comes to you from Mother Jones, an award-winning, nonprofit investigative journalism organization. [Donate]( [Mother Jones Store]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} by newsletters@motherjones.com Mother Jones | 222 Sutter Street, #600 San Francisco, CA USA 94108 [Advertise]( | [Edit Profile]( | [Email Preferences](