archive for October, 2007

Foraging in Quebec

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Wednesday, October 31st, 2007.

This week was Noshette’s birthday, and among the many things we did to celebrate was to have dinner at Les Jardins Sauvages, which in English means "the wild gardens", a woodland table restaurant in St.Roch de l’Achigan. (Since I no longer go by the name "Nosher", Noshette will now be known as "Megan".) The 30 […]

American Meat Institute’s new video: “That does sound like good news for consumers!”

by Bonnie P. @ Wednesday, October 31st, 2007.

Today the American Meat Institute unveiled a 6-minute-long, “consumer-friendly video” on YouTube, just like all the cool-kid companies are doing.

The plot quickens: The Children’s Studio School Garden in DC

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Sunday, October 28th, 2007.

How do you get kids interested in local food? School gardens provide one route to a child’s stomach, and a visit with Ed Bruske at the Children’s Studio School garden in DC offers more information on how gardening can fit into the school curriculum and community.

Digest - Food and Farm Bill special

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, October 28th, 2007.

For some pre-Halloween thrills and chills, this digest is all about that zombie-, vampire- and Frankenstein-filled piece of legislation called the Food and Farm Bill.
Late last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee completed its work on the bill and sent it to the full Senate, where it will be debated in a few weeks. The debate […]

Bay Area events: “King Corn” filmmakers to chat with Michael Pollan, audiences

by Bonnie P. @ Saturday, October 27th, 2007.

Like the maize from which it takes its name, the documentary “King Corn” is conquering America.

Sugar policy makes my head buzz

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Friday, October 26th, 2007.

Not the sugar buzz I was hoping for
Sometimes the twists and turns of farm and trade policy makes me dizzy. Today’s example: sugar.
To explain this properly, I’d probably need the creators of the Meatrix to make a short animation, but I’ll give it a try, with my information coming from a New York […]

Hey Californians — like your raw milk? Drink fast.

by Amanda Rose @ Thursday, October 25th, 2007.

On October 8, 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger approved AB 1735. It will cripple the raw dairy industry in California.

Digest - News: Two meat-industry reforms may survive Farm Bill grinder, broccoli as sunblock

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, October 25th, 2007.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - Commentary: Corn regicide, Farm Bill op-eds preaching to deaf ears

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, October 25th, 2007.

Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.

Digest - Features: Harkin in harness, bittersweet symphonies, kid-food no-no’s

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, October 25th, 2007.

In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.

Digest - Blogs: Personal fish tale, NYT’s lame list, Portland pro-locavore clip

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, October 25th, 2007.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

My own compost

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Wednesday, October 24th, 2007.

My gradual evolution from a junk-food eating, non-recycling, ignorant human into a pure, unadulterated 100% Ethicurean is still undergoing some serious metamorphoses. Last year I felt that I was producing more garbage than was necessary, so I started a worm compost in my storage room. I gradually decreased my meat consumption until I found a […]

Strange bedfellows: Why is Alice Waters involved with the Ameya Preserve in Montana?

by Charlotte @ Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007.

Alice Waters is everywhere right now, doing press for her new book, and the old argument over whether “Alice is an Elitist” is getting a fair amount of play – Adam at Amateur Gourmet thinks perhaps yes, while David Lebowitz (who worked at Chez Panisse for a long time) says no. Personally, I have no idea. But I do know that her name is being bandied about my Livingston, Montana, neighborhood these days in conjunction with a gated development of big, luxury second homes, and I am concerned.

Ruminating on the grass-fed label backlash

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007.

Given that the USDA’s new standards for the label “grass-fed” seem laudably straightforward and sensible to me — just an informed eater, not a farmer and certainly no expert — I was surprised to find that small farmers I admire, along with the American Grassfed Association, think they are a travesty.

The Age, and the age of Ethicureanism

by Bonnie P. @ Monday, October 22nd, 2007.

Updated Oct. 24: The Age has added a link to this website to the lede.
Looks like "Ethicureanism" has joined Xerox, Kleenex, and other words whose meaning has become generic, sundered from their creators.
In my RSS feeds I noticed that The Age, the newspaper for Melbourne, Australia, has an article about ethical eating dated Oct. […]

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