Check out “Keep on Shoppin’ in a Label-Free World” — a SOLE food-centric twist on the the Neil Young song that was written and performed by Dan Sullivan, a senior editor at the Rodale Institute’s NewFarm.org.
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An “Unsettling” look at industrial agriculture
The flaws of industrial agriculture and the current backlash against it came into sharp focus a couple of weeks ago, following the death of former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, well-known for his exhortations to farmers to "Get big or get out" and to plant from "fence row to fence row." Between the success […]
Digest - News: More Downergate fallout, Monsanto defeat likely in Kansas, moth myth busters
Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Digest - Commentary: Eating local gains political clout, food prices, corn crisis
Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.
Digest - Features: Raw-milk wars, young beekeeper, transgenic pigs
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: Biotech & veggie protectionism, revenge of spent cows
Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.
Digest - Announcements: Community food case studies wanted, water video contest
Grants, surveys, contest, etc.
Why does Kaiser Permanente support both farmers markets and industrial “meal replacement systems”?
Kaiser’s for-profit side, the Permanente Medical Group, has apparently not gotten the message of what edible items constitute “healthy.”
Climate change already yielding food disruptions
A recurring theme of last fall’s Kaw Valley Farm Tour was the terrible, killing freeze of the preceding spring. Now, scientists are suggesting that climate change may mean more of the same, and that’s bad news for local food in places with four seasons, a.k.a. most of the country.
The March issue of BioScience magazine includes […]
And the winner of our caption contest is…
What a rip off. The ennui I get at the grocery store only costs 25 cents a dozen.
—Jeff Donald, Exeter, NH
Congratulations to Jeff, whose entry in our first-ever caption contest was the clear winner amongst the Ethicurean judges. (We ranked our five favorites and then added up how many points each got.) Tying for […]
Thinking about carbon “foodprints”
The February 25 issue of The New Yorker has an important article by staff writer Michael Specter about some of the economic, logistical, and moral issues related to our individual contributions to the climate crisis* (our "carbon footprints"). In his exploration of the topic, he covers product labeling for food miles, carbon emissions, offset programs, […]
Digest - News: Farm Bill deals, Utah milk labeling, dairy-cow Crohn’s connection
Digest - News: Farm Bill deals, Utah milk labeling, dairy-cow Crohn’s connection
Digest: Downergate update
However, AgSec Ed Schafer said that he would not endorse an outright ban on downer cows entering the food supply or support stiffer penalties for regulatory violations ( Washington Post ). … The American Meat Institute’s president asked Congress why the USDA is sending a mixed message with the record recall of Downergate meat, even as the Fed says it poses only the remotest health risk.
Digest - Commentary: Local adversaries, calling out Monsanto, ‘toon time
Our “free market” is bullshit : An eye-opening op-ed by a Midwestern farmer about what happened when, unable to meet demand, he leased acreage on a corn farm to grow fruits and vegetables.
… It’s not for our own good : Kansas City Star columnist Mike Hendricks gets it (free registration required); Monsanto’s anti-milk-labeling law isn’t for consumers benefit.
Digest - Features: The littlest farmworkers, free-meal stigma, defending soul food
Wasn’t the Green Revolution supposed to save the children?: A comprehensive look at the problem of child labor around the world. According to the UN International Labor Organization, there are an estimated 218 million child laborers worldwide — and 7 out of 10 of them are in agriculture. Farmers in India blame Monsanto’s high prices for genetically modified, pesticide-resistant seeds create a cost squeeze that forces them to use child labor. Grab a hanky; this story is heartbreaking. Also, since when were Syngenta genetically modified seeds for such “vegetables as okra, tomatoes, chilies and eggplant” approved? (Forbes)
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