As long as humans have teeth to chew and mouths to talk, there will be food trends that come and go. Some fads take hold and become a permanent part of the collective culinary consciousness, such as sliced bread, ice cream sundaes and salt-rimmed margaritas. Other food trends are over before they began. Have you tried them? Here are the seven worst food trends of 2013.

Local eaters everywhere heaved a sigh at the beginning of this month. It's not that we don't love potatoes and crucifers, it's just that after months of patiently waiting, spring has sprung, and variety has begun to hit the stands of our favorite farmers markets. Here are three of our very favorite March ingredients as well as some great ways to use them to welcome this delicious spring produce!

If you caught "The Daily Show" the other night, you saw John Stewart visibly impressed with filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush as they discussed their articulate documentary, A Place at the Table, focused on the hunger issues here in America. Now showing in select theaters, you can also view the film online, and there's another reason to watch it, too: Plum Organics has offered to donate up to 100,000 of its "Super Smoothie" baby food meals to hungry children. On download, one movie ticket or even one companion book qualifies your purchase to be offset with a free meal.

Whether you love the term or hate it, the "foodie" movement isn't showing any signs of waning—and that's a good thing, because food manufacturers and retailers are sitting up and paying attention to foodies, offering more healthful, local, organic or natural, and exotic food items in mainstream grocery stores.

There are few things more disappointing than holidays that are now so synonymous with shopping that we have come to forget what we're really celebrating in the first place. This past Valentine's Day (and pretty much all of them…thanks, Hallmark!) was no exception. If all the pesticide-laden flowers and high fructose corn syrup-filled chocolates weren't enough, Pizza Hut tried getting in on the action…with a perfume. Yes, perfume.

The recent horsemeat scandal still galloping across Europe has left many Europeans without much of an appetite. But in France, you can actually find horsemeat for sale at some butcher shops. And around the world there are lots of different types of animals eaten that may gross out Western palates. Why is that? Why do we find some animal flesh mouthwatering and others repulsive?

Urban farm projects are popping up in different cities across the United States. The new, unique projects provide nourishment to urbanites and serve up educational opportunities for youth. While there are many great urban farm projects throughout the U.S., FoodTank recently featured eight interesting urban farm innovations. Several of them caught my eye.

Food deserts, or large urban areas without easy access to healthy foods, have long been cited as a cause of malnutrition and obesity in poor, urban populations. But plopping a grocery store down in the middle of a troubled neighborhood will no more solve the nutrition problems of the community than opening a bank would solve poverty. Food desert communities need more resources than just a produce aisle, and that's where food hubs come in.

The case of Bowman v. Monsanto, now underway in the Supreme Court, could set a precedent for the patent rights on seeds. If Bowman wins, the ruling could drastically influence the way Monsanto and other biotech firms do business, limiting their ability to claim ownership over anything that can replicate itself indefinitely. But how likely is it that Monsanto, the largest seed company in the world, will actually be defeated?

Not all culinary schools are created equal, and the Institute of Domestic Technology is living proof. It's not just about the technique or the recipes but about the food itself; director Joseph Shuldiner is perhaps at the heart of this attitude towards gastronomy and everything that surrounds it.