archive for July, 2007

Digest - Blogsnacks: Mulch on fire, trust, giving organics some green

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, July 19th, 2007.

In response to the hearings in the House Agriculture Committee, Mulch and the Center for Rural Affairs have been posting frequently.  If you are following the Food and Farm Bill debate, be sure an check out the last few days of the blogs. And while you’re at the Center for Rural Affairs, send a […]

Digest - Features: toxic gardens, green restaurants, stylish shopping bags

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, July 18th, 2007.

A side of sustainability: Solar water-heated dishwashers, biodiesel delivery trucks, local produce are all part of the burgeoning trend of "green" restaurants in Los Angeles. Russ Parsons tries to make sense of the claims, shows what restaurateurs are doing (and are not doing, like totally giving up bottled water, a significant revenue stream). (Los Angeles […]

Digest - News and Commentary: not marketing to kids, Farm Bill, Mackey mea culpa

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, July 17th, 2007.

Tricks are for marketers: Eleven big food and beverage companies will no longer advertise certain foods to kids under the age of 12 (almost one billion dollars are spent each year advertising to children under 12). But look for the loopholes. A big one: ads will be allowed on "family" television programs like American […]

Food and Farm Bill: The “F-word” and activism

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Monday, July 16th, 2007.

The "F-word"

Starting on Tuesday and going for three days, the House Agriculture Committee will be finalizing the Food and Farm Bill for submission to the full House for debate, amendment, and votes. The legislative material they are starting with is on the committee’s Farm Bill page. For true Farm Bill junkies, the hearing will be […]

You can take the Ethicurean out of Berkeley…

by Bonnie P. @ Monday, July 16th, 2007.

…but that doesn’t mean she won’t still be fixated on the same things.

Digest - features: People’s Grocery, gassy worms, pushing city water

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, July 15th, 2007.

Produce to the people!: The Oakland, California-based People’s Grocery is trying to make the "food desert" of West Oakland bloom with gardens, informed consumers, fresh produce, and skilled cooks. For a few years, they had a mobile market that sold healthy foods in the area. Then they opened several community gardens. Next up: a […]

Digest - news and commentary: People’s Grocery, Wendy’s plans, Alice speaks

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, July 15th, 2007.

Feeling a little bit unethical?: The Wendy’s fast food chain is improving its animal welfare practices by setting up a preferential buying program that rewards pork producers that don’t use gestation crates (cages so small that a pregnant or nursing sow can’t turn around) and chicken producers using a less inhumane killing technique. It’s […]

Announcing the netroots ad campaign for Real Food

by Bonnie P. @ Saturday, July 14th, 2007.

Are you up for some true grassroots marketing? Let’s claim Real Food for reality-based food communities everywhere.

Digest - Features: CAFOs on the march, cooking with the sun, bioplastics

by Ethicurean @ Friday, July 13th, 2007.

Hog CAFOs marching north: After fouling parts of Iowa with the spoils of hog farming (stench, contaminated water), the hog industry is looking north to Wisconsin. Proximity to packing plants is one reason; a Wisconsin law that permits CAFOs of up to 2,499 animals with almost no state monitoring is another. The main […]

Digest - News & Commentary: plants take antibiotics, USDA plans GMO overhaul

by Ethicurean @ Friday, July 13th, 2007.

Unintentional "pharming" : University of Minnesota researchers have found that food crops grown in soil nourished with antibiotic-laced animal manure (such as waste from a hog CAFO) will store the antibiotics throughout the plant. Ironically, organic farmers are most dependent on animal manure as a source of crop nutrition. (Science Daily)
123 not for me: OCA […]

Digest: audio-visual edition

by Ethicurean @ Friday, July 13th, 2007.

Something a little different today: a short collection of recent audio-visual items for streaming or download. There is too much material below to be listened to before the next digest, so fill up your MP3 player for your commute, dish washing sessions, a summer road trip, or a long delay in a thunderstorm-impacted air […]

We’re out of food

by Bonnie P. @ Thursday, July 12th, 2007.

What’s with the empty fridge? Well, the Potato Non Grata and I are going on a much-anticipated vacation, first to Holland (to visit family) and then to Tunisia (to visit one of my best friends). I hope to post a few things from the road, but it will be sporadic.

The return of Omniwhore

by Bonnie P. @ Thursday, July 12th, 2007.

Ethicurean cofounder Omniwhore, also known as my cousin-in-law Erika — who currently has an Ethicurean bun baking in her Austin oven — has made an appearance over at Culinate.com.

Digest - News & Commentary: Organic farming beats conventional, Mackey masquerade, more

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, July 11th, 2007.

A round-up of the most important news & commentary regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.

Digest - Features: Wendell Berry Q&A, Farm Bill front-pager, more

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, July 11th, 2007.

A round-up of insightful and informative features & blog posts we think Ethicurean readers will enjoy.

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