archive for January 13th, 2008

Extreme “Locavore” Household Vows Not to Forage Further Than Own Refrigerator

by Guest @ Sunday, January 13th, 2008.

Only a few miles outside the town of Mount Vernon, in Washington State’s Skagit Valley, the Diaz-Elliott family recently embarked on a bold experiment in local food sourcing. In hopes of reducing their carbon footprint by minimizing the distance that food must travel to reach their dinner table, this independent-minded clan has sworn to go no farther than their own refrigerator for the ingredients of their next year’s worth of meals…. But he takes a philosophical view: “The way I figure it,” he says, “if God had meant humans to eat wheat and other cereals, He would have given us teeth that are suited to grinding, like horses have…. Not all the Diaz-Elliotts’ neighbors are impressed with the family’s crusade; some suggest that their “locavoreanism” may be going too far…. In a notable example of this green-ward drift, the Ford Motor Company announced on Monday that it will offer, as optional equipment on its 2009 Excursion and Expedition SUVs, a small built-in refrigerator, to enable environmentally conscious owners to adhere to locavore principles no matter how far from home they wander.

First major E. coli-related recall of 2008

by Bonnie P. @ Sunday, January 13th, 2008.

Well, the meat’s from 2007, but why quibble when we have this exciting new graphic to guide your decision whether or not to eat a burger of questionable provenance?
Details: Rochester Meat of Minnesota is recalling approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef products because — drumroll! —  they may be contaminated with E. coli […]

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