Archive for April, 2009
Retrovore shows how to start plants from seeds
Not too long ago food-politics blogging pioneer Kerry Trueman — who used to write primarily at Eating Liberally (which she cofounded) but now blogs around like a shameless agtivist hussy (and
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Aporkalypse now! Essential H1N1 “don’t call it swine flu” reading
Smithfield smeared: The Mexican government's chief epidemiologist said it's "highly improbable" that the Smithfield-operated Veracruz factory farm is responsible for the nation's swine-flu outbreak. Why? Pigs at the farm are from North America, while the genetic material in the virus is from Europe and
Cow genome mapped
Cud you believe it?: Last week's news, but we missed it this article goes more in depth than our previous links, so…scientists have mapped the genome of the cow, and they can see "signatures of the human hand" in its development. Sheep
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Inside the all-locavore fridge
Xtreme ethicureanism: A Houston, TX couple have been eating the 100-mile diet strictly for the past year, and chronicling it on their blog. This post's photo of their extremely verdant fridge impresses with its "freedom looks like… freedom from processed, canned and frozen foods. (100
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Health care for farmers
Non-GMO, pro-HMO: Do you know who grows your food? asks Ethicurean contributor Steph Larsen, moonlighting over at Change.org's Sustainable Food blog. Duh, you read the Ethicurean, of course you do. Then, she continues, ask him or her what
New TV show “Farm To Table” seeks guest stars
Real-food TV: A series in the making, "Farm to Table: The Emerging American Meal," wants Americans to write in with their stories about finding, cooking and just making sense of the sustainable movement. "Whether you are a busy mother juggling kids a tight budget or a single professional who wants to
A paean to the honeybee
Bee-yootiful: Guest-blogging chronobiologist Leon Kreitzman has a mesmerizing essay about why "honeybees really are nature’s little treasures." The have a built-in clock that allows them to know when flowers are producing nectar each day, they can work out the location of a food source from its position
Everything you need to grow your own salad
Lettuce grow now: Detailed plans for building a salad table or salad box — perfect for small spaces, and portable to allow you to move it in and out of the sun. Subsequent pages tell what soil medium to use, etc. (Grow
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A visual depiction of the US slaughterhouse industry
Extremely chilling animation depicting the rate of slaughter, in real time, of chickens, pigs, and cows last year in the USA. [Click image or
Make or buy: Pantry staples from scratch
She forgot pancakes: Jennifer Reese tests her intuition and runs a cost-benefit analysis on how much she'd save by making from scratch six everyday foods. (Slate Magazine) We're surprised the cream cheese was a failure, frankly, and must test
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Hi-Q Egg Products to Ohio EPA: F- you, dudes!
Hi-Q plays chicken with EPA: A 6 million-chicken egg farm proposed by Hi-Q Egg Products for Union County, Ohio, doesn't need to get a state water-pollution permit right away and might never need one, says the company. The EPA politely begs to disagree with Hi-Q's plan to spread 23.5 million gallons of
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St. Louis school gets SOLE
An organic apple a day: A Kansas City-based company, Bistro Kids, that puts good food in schools has opened a program at a school in St. Louis. Ethicurean team member Debra Eschmeyer is quoted! (St.
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TV chefs slammed for praising buckets o’protein
Greenberg sees red: Matthew Greenberg slams the "stomach-churning" Sandra Lee, of Food Network fame, for shilling for Kentucky Fried Chicken and takes aim at the Food Network, where "the actual act of cooking good food often seems an afterthought." Asks Greenberg, "How in Alice Waters's green earth did
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Neonatal DDT exposure linked to obesity
Silent, fat spring: Part of the mounting evidence of the chemical-obesity link, researchers find that babies exposed to DDT in the womb were more likely than their counterparts to be overweight. (Discovery)
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Dow Chemical should catch hell
Walleye from the Chemical guys: In spite of Michigan's restrictive walleye consumption advisories, Dow Chemical — the company responsible for the dioxins that contaminated the local watershed — sponsors a Walleye Festival that promotes sport fishing in the polluted waterway. Although Dow promised
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