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Barack Obama on U.S. food & ag policy
Ari LeVaux sent us a link to his May 29 column for the Missoula Independent, Flash in the Pan, in which he interviewed Barack Obama over email about food and agriculture policy.
To my surprise, I support Rachael Ray, the toroid terrorist
Rachael Ray is under fire for wearing a black-and-white checkered scarf, known in some regions as a keffiyeh and in other regions as a checkered scarf.
The Cereality show, coming to a college town near you!
Recently a new “restaurant” opened up where I live. This eating establishment, called Cereality, is a franchise with five other locations. It calls itself a “Cereal Bar and Café” and its menu primarily features different kinds of cold cereal that you can mix and match along with a variety of toppings. What’s not to like?
Local meat gets star treatment at Kansas farmers market
To introduce people in the Lawrence area to local meats — including many that are not from cattle — the Downtown Lawrence Farmers Market had its third annual “Local Meat: It’s What’s for Dinner” promotion and demonstration this past weekend.
Sweet deal: High-fructose corn syrup price vs. consumption
Hansen’s Natural Soda is switching from high fructose corn syrup to sugar. That news, along with record high corn prices, has me wondering if consumption rates of HFCS are changing, and if so, how fast.
Apocalypse Cowabunga! The Simpsons on factory farming
In the episode “Apocalypse Cow,” which you can watch for free (with commercials) on Hulu.com, Bart joins 4H and raises a steer he names Lou, who gets sent to a feedlot.
Tagging and cooking: Science in the service of sustainability
The May 20 episode of Quest, the science program on San Francisco’s public television station, had two segments that might be of interest to Ethicurean readers.
Everything looks better when your head’s in the sand: The USDA stops tracking pesticide use
The USDA stops collecting data on pesticide use. Meanwhile, researchers in India link pesticides to altered DNA and the German government blames pesticides for bee colony collapse. But no worries — just don’t think about it.
Déjà chew: The food price crisis in context
A look back at past food crises can tell us a lot about the origins of today’s global riots over high food prices — and what we need to avoid them in the future. Guest post by U Tennessee ag economist Daryll Ray.
Shoots — eat and leave
The first people to eat takenoko, or young bamboo shoots, must have been really, really hungry.
Getting a handle on sustainability: It’s the ecosystem (stupid)
The word “sustainability” came up a lot at the Sustainable Food Institute portion of the Cooking for Solutions 2008 shindig held last week at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. And when I say a lot, I mean practically each minute. But thanks to six incredibly substantive panel discussions, several solo speakers, and all the informal conversations, I have a new respect for — and new ways of thinking about — what had previously seemed like a hollowed-out, meaningless abstraction.
Jumping off the deep end: An immersion in seafood
Sample some of seafood’s sticking points by reading the current Edible San Francisco, our Fish Issue.
The trouble with Teflon
A study released last week by West Virginia scientists finds that workers who make Teflon are on the front lines of the chemical-intensive food system. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration further weakens the process used by the EPA to review chemicals in consumer products.
West Michigan’s small-scale alternative food systems — and the future of such endeavors
Between them Tom Cary and Gail Philbin have built several viable small-scale good-food enterprises in West Michigan. But as the sustainable food movement heads mainstream, will such endeavors have to get big or get out?
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