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Looking your bacon in the eye: Notes from a slaughter class

By Guest • on September 26, 2009

By Jake Lahne I want to describe our unfamiliarity with animal slaughter as "startling," "surprising," or "shocking." After all, in the United States we consume a staggering amount of meat: more than 220 pounds

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Students mix cooking, discussion in food politics class

By Ethicurean • on September 22, 2009

Food Politics 101:  Food and Politics, a two-week short course at Stanford University taught by Rob Reich of the Political Science department, gave a dozen incoming sophomores the chance to explore food from all angles. For each session, a group of students would take responsibility for planning and

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Life Lab creates farm-to-school learning programs

By Marc R. aka Mental Masala • on September 15, 2009

Today is "Farm to Institution" day for the USDA's new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative. Obama

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Teachers learn how food can fit into their lesson plans

By Ethicurean • on August 12, 2009

Lunch inspires learning. At a continuing education program at UCLA, teachers from a variety of subjects and grade-levels learned that even if their school doesn't have a vegetable garden on site, food can play an important role in education. Food, says the organizer of the program, provides a personal

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Dispatch from Germany: An agroecology student dives deep into organic

By Guest • on June 21, 2009

By Renee Ciulla Although many days I would prefer to just pick up a shovel and start farming, I am forging ahead with a Master of Science degree in Agroecology. I am currently studying for a year in Germany, and the

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