archive for August, 2007

Digest - Blogsnacks: Buying the farm, Nestle on pet food

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 23rd, 2007.

A roundup of featured blog posts of possible interest to Ethicurean readers.

Digest - Slightly moldy: Eat-local-backlash scrutinized, buffalo roaming again

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, August 23rd, 2007.

A roundup of current news and commentary about everything from Farm Bill updates to backyard chickens, transgenic foods, E. coli recalls, and sustainable fish.

Catching up: Washington State locavoreanism

by JC Costello aka Man of La Muncha @ Tuesday, August 21st, 2007.

The Butter Bitch and I have been on hiatus for the past few months, due to our day jobs and ongoing projects. The Seattle Times’ Pacific Northwest Sunday Magazine devotes most of this week’s issue to an overview of Washington’s locavorean movement and the promotion of sustainability in the wine.
The Bounty Around Us looks at […]

“Los Angeles” brand carrots from Mexico sold in Quebec make me sick

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Saturday, August 18th, 2007.

I subscribe to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency food warning, recall, and allergy email notification service. This means that I receive an email every time any food produced, processed, or sold in Canada gets flagged as a possible danger and requires a warning. I receive warnings every single day, which is sort of scary.
The […]

Not so NAIS: Animal-tracking program is solution to wrong problem

by Elanor @ Thursday, August 16th, 2007.

Thanks to Marc R. for calling my attention to the Government Accountability Office’s recent report on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). NAIS, which first saw the light of corner offices at the USDA in 2002, flaunts a meaty goal: to identify and track the movement of all livestock animals and poultry in the United […]

Cooking off the grid, part 1: Building a solar cooker

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Tuesday, August 14th, 2007.

A little while ago, I was inspired to reduce my energy consumption in the kitchen by Ed Begley, Jr. Mr. Begley is a well-known environmentalist, the frequent butt of jokes, and an actor who played a supporting role (Stan Sitwell) in Arrested Development, one of the funniest sitcoms in TV history, in my opinion. […]

Digest taking some time off

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, August 14th, 2007.

Sorry, news junkies, but the Digest will probably not appear until next week sometime.

Vermont Diary - Part I

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Monday, August 13th, 2007.

I just came back from 2 amazing days in Northern Vermont.

You see, I was hired to be a chauffeur to an evil capitalist management consultant who was going to a small Vermont town - with or without me - to convince a nice small-town Vermont construction company owner to diversify and morph into […]

Guest post from Ohio: Seeing red

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Sunday, August 12th, 2007.

Come August, I’m usually knee deep in tomatoes, and there’s no escape but to fire up the stove and start canning… again and again.

Digest: NYT eggstrapolation, WA oyster problem, ADM bashing

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, August 12th, 2007.

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

Bees and a berry farm

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Saturday, August 11th, 2007.

Helping native bees
Like many other science-related programs, KQED TV’s Quest has done a segment on bees this year. Quest’s segment focuses on the work of two University of California researchers, one who is trying improve honeybee genetics through selective breeding and another who specializes in California’s native bees. You can watch the 10-minute segment […]

File under “We should have thought of this!!”

by Bonnie P. @ Friday, August 10th, 2007.

Artifacts from the Future, the back page of Wired’s July issue:

(Click image for a larger version.)
While all the wacky fruits and veggies seem plausible, I wonder at the inflationary prices. Peak oil, anyone?
Kudos to creator Patrick di Justo. I’m as green with envy as those Cinna-dels, the "only GM apple that expresses both cinnamon and […]

Digest - News & Commentary: Outbreak continues, black pols and farmers mad, new milk marketing

by Ethicurean @ Friday, August 10th, 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 & Blogsnacks: Joel Salatin offers seminars, Johanns talks

by Ethicurean @ Friday, August 10th, 2007.

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

Guest post: Michael Shuman parries the latest local-versus-global lunge

by Bonnie P. @ Friday, August 10th, 2007.

Michael Shuman, author of “The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition,” dissects the latest local-versus-global study cited in the recent New York Times op-ed by James E. McWilliams.

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