What we’re reading (on our lunch breaks only, natch) and think you should, too:
Bob Herbert’s column yesterday in the New York Times (subscribers only, the bastards): Bob bemoans vile and disgusting labor practices at North Carolina’s Smithfield Packing Company, which processes 32,000 hogs a day. Herbert feels sorry for the workers, which is why he titles the column “Where the Hogs Come First.” Dude, if that’s how they’re treating the humans, just imagine the pigs …
Update: Organic Consumers Association has Bob Herbert’s column here, no subscription required.–Man of La Muncha
New Statesman: New Yorker staff writer and global-warming guru Elizabeth Kolbert asks whether Gore can help Americans go green, or are we just too damn lazy to care?
Oregon Register-Guard: An editorial protesting the National Uniformity for Food Act, which has been passed by the House. It would do away with state-by-state food labeling. One thing, though the writer doesn’t talk to any farmers. I wonder what they think about all the varying regulations.
Pollan’s On the Table blog comment section (subscription required): The peanut gallery responds to Pollan’s letter back to Whole Foods. The food fight has begun, and some people are carrying more than forks.
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