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Report scrutinizes ties between Big Food, health organizations
Ignore the man behind the curtain: Reporters Rick Montgomery and Alan Bavley examine the “marriages of convenience” between unhealthy food producers and organizations aimed at promoting health, such as the newly announced alliance between Coca Cola and the American Academy of Family Physicians. (Kansas
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Naked Pizza of New Orleans: Because fast food doesn’t have to suck
A pizza a day…: The New York Times Magazine's Consumed column looks at Naked Pizza (formerly World's Healthiest Pizza), a small operation in New Orleans that's poised to go national, with franchises. Naked Pizza makes crust from 12 whole grains, uses low-fat skim mozzarella, and a tomato sauce with
‘So we’re eating at Taco Bell and we’re cleaning the Earth!’
Extra Onion, please!: The Onion has the most satisfying send-up of fast-food greenwashing we've seen in a while. Love it. SHARETHIS.addEntry({
A big O no! Oprah teams up with KFC
Bucket O' misery: Oprah Winfrey has teamed up with Kentucky Fried Chicken to offer a downloadable coupon from KFC for two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides, and a biscuit. (Los Angeles Times) Ugh. America's
Mom tells school to cut out the junk-food partnerships
Nuggets of truth: A frustrated Pattie Baker blogs about how yet again, her daughter's elementary school is partnering with a fast food restaurant for a "night" (from which it gets a cut of the sales). The class with the most participation gets chicken nuggets for the upcoming field-day picnic. The "beating-a-dead-horse
Digest - News: Mega-McDonald’s, bathing moo-ties, and CA Senate embraces food
No budget, but an awesome mandate: The California state Senate reforms its agriculture committee - traditionally a buddy of the state's industrial produce contingent - to prioritize issues such as sustainable agriculture, food safety, animal welfare, and food security. Berkeley/Oakland Senator Loni Hancock
Making Thyme combines fast with food — but real food, not foodlike substances
Editor's note: Please welcome our newest addition to the Ethicurean "team," Stephanie Pierce, who's written for us quite a lot as a guest contributor. A native of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Stephanie will soon be moving from Grand Rapids, MI,
Digest - Blogs: Fast food (no)ledge, eater of the year, and a holiday book roundup
Can we still eat that burger with our heads in the sand?: Several states have passed industry-driven legislation tying the hands of local authorities to require fast food outlets to post nutrition information on restaurant menu boards. (NowPublic;
Yes, no, and “later” foods: Why Wal-Mart depresses me as a parent
We went to Wal-Mart yesterday. It was a mistake. Don’t get me wrong: I understand why people shop at Wal-Mart. I live in a rural community that is mostly poor or working class. I see hundreds of people ride the bus to Wal-Mart daily because the store is one of the few places they can afford to shop.
Twisted logic from Coke’s [dumbass] exec lets soda off the hook for obesity
Editor's note: This post contains adult language and a dangerous quantity of righteous indignation. So, earlier this week, the top honcho at Coca Cola 11 Comments • Read more »
“Eat This! Not That!” presents the solution to the wrong problem
“Get yourself a copy of ‘Eat This, Not That,’" someone told me recently. “It’s flying off the bookstore shelves.” I did pick up a copy. And I’m confused. Written by David Zinczenko, the editor-in-chief
Pollan painting #4: The golden arches
The latest in a series of interpretive paintings done by 5-year-old Frederick, inspired by his mother’s reading "The Omnivore’s Dilemma" and summarizing it for him. (See #1, Children of the corn |
Eric Schlosser would rather chew on a wooden podium than cloned meat
The 2008 Ecological Farming Conference (EcoFarm) kicked off in Pacific Grove, CA, tonight with a talk on sustainability given by Eric Schlosser. His best-seller "Fast Food Nation" was not really about food, he said, but about this country's massive experiment in disposability — sustainability's
Digest - News: New label controversy, Chipotle toots humane horn, FDA still rumored to approve cloned food
"Naturally raised," our confined ass: Both the USDA and the FDA are reviewing and soliciting public comments for a proposed new label, "naturally raised," as distinct from "natural." The former would attest that the meat came from an animal free of antibiotics and growth
Local Burger on a mission to serve up fast, healthy, local food
In her two years in business, Hilary Brown has gotten more publicity for her Local Burger restaurant in Lawrence,
