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Eric Schlosser would rather chew on a wooden podium than cloned meat
The 2008 Ecological Farming Conference kicked off near Monterey, CA, tonight with a talk on sustainability given by Eric Schlosser, whose best-seller “Fast Food Nation” was not really about food, he said, but about this country and its untenable, massive experiment in disposability — not of the obvious packaging, but of its raw materials (living animals) and workers.
Digest - Clones as Food special edition
This is a special edition of the Digest devoted to reactions to the Food and Drug Administration’s determination that clones and their milk are safe for consumption.
Rick Weiss reports on the USDA’s request for a "voluntary moratorium" on selling clones to allow consumers to adjust to the idea (i.e., let them forget about this week’s […]
FDA approves food from cloned animals
Agency scientists decided to use the same simple but effective standard used by farmers since the dawn of agriculture: If a farm animal appears in all respects to be healthy, then presume that food from that animal is safe to eat
Digest - Features: Good food for the poor, Pollan ready for next topic, cloned milk no worse than regular
In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.
Digest - News: New label controversy, Chipotle toots humane horn, FDA still rumored to approve cloned food
Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Digest - News: WSJ says FDA about to approve cloned food
Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Digest - News: Chickens hatching drug-resistant E. coli, clone-tracking proposal, food shortages
Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Glass gets a little fuller: Farm Bill reins in FDA on cloned food
An amendment passed in the Farm Bill stops the FDA from approving food from cloned animals until more studies have been done and consumer acceptance has been examined.
Hacking meat: Cloning animals for art, profit, and food
There is no pressing need for cloned meat and dairy; its approval will benefit only a few, while putting the entire population at risk.
Digest - News: GM corn could harm river ecosystems, microwaveable food safety, conservation coalition
Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.
Digest - News: Cloned-food label bill, China rejects U.S. pork, squirmy fishy bait
A round-up of the most important news & commentary regarding SOLE- and anti-SOLE food issues, farming, policy, etc. that we think Ethicurean readers will want to know about.
Digest: Farmed fish eating melamine, too, clone wars getting uglier, fruits & veggies may get Farm Bill love
Digest: Farmed fish eating melamine, too, clone wars getting uglier, fruits & veggies may get Farm Bill love
Digest: Non-U.S. organic growers catch a break, Chinese catfish banned, Monsanto spanked, pro-food Farm Bill proposal
Digest: Non-U.S. organic growers catch a break, Chinese catfish banned, Monsanto spanked, pro-food Farm Bill proposal
Digest: Cloning comments extended, EPA spanked, E. coli in action
OK, we’ll take more feedback: Under pressure from organizations that want more time to consider the issue of cloned food, the FDA is expected to extend the period for public comment by 30 days. BusinessWeek
Miracles do happen: The Supreme Court narrowly ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide […]
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