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 | #2: Chicken Little at Magic Mountain | #3: Sequoia National Pork)
To counteract billions in marketing dollars, parents must start young.
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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.
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In her two years in business, Hilary Brown has gotten more publicity for her Local Burger restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas, than your average restaurateur can hope to get in twenty. But, then, Brown isn’t your average restaurateur, and Local Burger isn’t your average restaurant.
Brown is the 38-year-old dynamo behind the restaurant that serves healthy fast […]
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Digest - Commentary: Kingsolver in WashPo, Farm Bill action plans
Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.
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Digest - News & Commentary: Stress + fast food = obesity; EU to plant GMOs
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Digest: Deadly sodas, China defends catfish, HFCS + fat = bad news
Big gulp, indeed: Research from a British university suggests sodium benzoate, a common preservative found in soft drinks, has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA. The problem can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s. (The Independent) Although Coke and others recently reformulated their drinks to avoid the combination of sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) or citric acid can turn into the carcinogen benzene, this indicates it might be scary all by itself.
Protection vs. protectionism: China went on the offensive in response to rising concern about the safety of its food and drug exports, asking the U.S. to clarify its regulations on the use of antibiotics that turned up in Chinese catfish in three southern states. The Chinese regulator said the drugs are allowed in China, the EU and Japan - and said the FDA allows their use if below concentration levels of five parts per billion. (The Wichita Eagle/AP))
“Supersize” diet is deadly: A high-fat and sugar-sweetened water diet compounded by a sedentary lifestyle will have severe repercussions for your liver and other vital organs, if results from a Saint Louis University research on mice can be extrapolated. )SLU press release)
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: Tomato pickers get raise, Norman Borlaug to the rescue, Wal-Mart retreats
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Pennies add up: McDonald’s has reached agreement with a Florida farmworkers organization to pay 1 cent more per pound for the tomatoes it buys from state farms. Think that’s nothing? It’s a 75 percent pay raise for the laborers. Time for Burger King to pony […]
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