archive for February, 2007

Canadians chew it better

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, February 6th, 2007.

Canada launched a new and improved edition of its food guide yesterday, our neighbor to the north’s version of the U.S. “food pyramid.” Theirs looks a bit less influenced by the meat and dairy associations than ours does. As reported in the National Post, Canadians should:
• Eat at least one dark green and one orange […]

Breastmilk battles: Pork Board down, Wal-Mart to go

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, February 6th, 2007.

Should you ever doubt the power of the blogosphere, just read this heartwarming tale of the blogger who got the National Pork Board to cry Oinkle.
Jennifer Laycock is an Ohio mom who promotes breastfeeding awareness and acceptance — or as she calls it, babies’ right to eat in public — on her blog the Lactivist. […]

Digest: Mad milk, farewell to cheap food, Monsanto files petition on soy

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, February 6th, 2007.

Department of Uh-Oh: A Swiss company has detected the presence of prion proteins in cows’ milk, raising the possibility that mad-cow disease could be transmitted via dairy products. UPI.com
Times are a-changin’: A NY Times editorial notes that while gratifying America’s two major appetites, for cheap food and cheap gas, used to be easy when both […]

Small Axe Farms nurtures New Orleans grassroots

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, February 6th, 2007.

My cousin sent me a link to a cool project that Eric Kugler, a friend of hers from AmeriCorps, is helping put together in New Orleans. I’ve mentioned before that I went to eighth grade and high school in the Crescent City; I still feel emotionally very tied to the area and probably always will. […]

Digest: GM revolt, Kurdish food security, bird flu misery

by Ethicurean @ Monday, February 5th, 2007.

GM labeling: The European Union should impose mandatory labeling of all milk, meat, and egg products derived from animals fed with genetically modified crops, demands a Greenpeace petition submitted to EU officials and signed by a million Europeans. Which would be basically everything that isn’t organic — and if the E.U. listens, is going to […]

Potatoes as far as the eye can see

by Butter Bitch @ Monday, February 5th, 2007.

First of all, let me state for the record that I love potatoes. LOVE THEM. So much so that Man of La Muncha gives me a hard time about my potato love. Baked, boiled, mashed, or fried–potatoes in all forms are typically a welcome addition to our dinner table.
However, I admit that […]

Digest: Trans-factivist, tortilla wars, Farm Bill factions

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, February 4th, 2007.

Trans-fat vigilante: Carol Ness has a great profile of Stephen Joseph, the “Don Quixote of trans fat” who sued Kraft Foods over trans fat in Oreo cookies, and also McDonald’s for not switching the oil for its french fries. Joseph was spurred to action by the death of his stepfather from heart attack. To those […]

Digest: UK turkey flu epidemic, beef checkoff revisited, food blogger feature

by Ethicurean @ Saturday, February 3rd, 2007.

Bird flu in Britain: The highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu has hit Europe’s biggest turkey producer. Some 2,500 turkeys at the Bernard Matthews farm near Lowestoft in eastern England have died; the entire population of 159,000 will be “culled.” A 2-mile protection zone has been established around the farm, and some neighboring countries […]

Digest: Bové for president, Superfoods debunked, Straus anti-cloning, Annie’s defense

by Ethicurean @ Friday, February 2nd, 2007.

Vive la revolution!: José Bové, the sheep farmer who rose to stardom in 1999 for dismantling a half-built McDonald’s in the fight against “crap food,” is running for president of France. He might be doing so from from behind bars, if he goes to prison for having sabotaged GM crops. Guardian (UK) (Thanks, Dr. V.!)
Now […]

Red bowl full of winter comfort

by Corn Maven @ Friday, February 2nd, 2007.

Winter and soup go together like cold feet and comfy, goose down slippers.
Once the weather turns cooler, I begin my seasonal longing for soup’s warmth and comfort. And when I find enough time to make a huge pot of soup for sharing with friends and family — with enough left over for another meal […]

Digest: Hog wrangling, Syngenta suing, Bush slashes subsidies for rich farmers

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, February 1st, 2007.

Breathing space: Hog producer Maple Leaf Foods is following Smithfield’s lead and phasing out farrowing crates for sows. Not because the science behind them isn’t sound, of course, but because consumers are spooked. (CattleNetwork) Other producers are sticking to their crates, according to the Fresno Bee, saying that veterinarians have determined that they cause no […]

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