Slate.com: As of last year, the U.S. appears to have an oversupply of meat, and a huge demand for corn and grain. Writer Daniel Gross says the latter is because protein producers are competing for corn with ethanol suppliers; Dairy Queen wonders if the drops in demand for factory meat — which are slight — might be due to an increase in sales of the organic/grassfed versions, which are by small producers and thus not reflected in public-company earnings statements.
Huffington Post: Blogger Tracie McMillan writes about the proposed federal Bodegas as Catalysts for Healthy Living Act, which aims to get more fresh food into poor neighborhoods. Casually dissing “food gurus” like Alice Waters and Michael Pollan, she says “the issue isn’t about finding a locally grown, organic apple. It’s about finding an edible apple, period.” But as the post’s first commenter points out, without work by such gurus to educate people, those apples might just rot on the ‘hood shelves.
New West: A food Co-Op manager in Bozeman, Montana, presents the Co-Op’s view on the entrance of WalMart and other large chains into the organic space.
New York Times/Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Scientists continue to research the health benefits of coffee, which is no surprise to Seattlites. Caffeine has little to do with the health benefits, and both regular and decaf contain anti-oxidants and a glucose-reducing acid.
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August 16th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Great site!
Check out the latest with GM cows:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/ca-cgs081506.php