Archive for December, 2010

Massive gingerbread house recall a reminder that food safety starts in the gut

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on December 28, 2010

Grist (where I am the food editor) just got a late entry to our Scariest Food of 2010 contest: Gingerbread houses. Not because you can break a tooth on some of

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Thanks, Jevons paradox! On why I won’t be replacing my spare fridge

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on December 22, 2010

A few weeks ago, my spare side-by-side fridge/freezer up and died. I was (and remain) pissed about this. It's a fancy-pants Samsung, about four years old, and the Sears repair guy said the compressor would cost $800 to fix -- 75% of what the fridge was new. "Samsung's great for TVs, crap for fridges,"

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Olney Friends School in Ohio grows food to grow enrollment

By Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen • on December 9, 2010

The farm-to-school movement has been gaining ground lately as advocates encourage administrators to bring more local food into school cafeterias. But at Olney

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Meet Roll International, the biggest dastardly agribiz mega-corps you’ve never heard of

By Ethicurean • on December 1, 2010

Pom not-so-wonderful at all: John Gibler's epic, top-notch feature on Roll International – "or, as their website proclaims: 'the largest privately held company you’ve never heard of,' owner of Paramount Farming, the largest grower and processor of almonds and pistachios in the world; Paramount Citrus;

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