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Snacks for the ears: Podcasts with authors Frederick Kaufman, Paul Roberts, Taras Grescoe, and more
Catching up on podcasts this weekend, I listened to several that might interest Ethicurean readers. The May 26th edition of the Patt Morrison show on KPCC, out of Pasadena, CA, included
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Getting a handle on sustainability: It’s the ecosystem (stupid)
Caption: Monterey Bay Aquarium visitors watch a small bluefin tuna (center). If world overfishing of this top predator doesn't slow soon, aquariums may be the only places to see one. The word "sustainability" came up
Jumping off the deep end: An immersion in seafood
I'm at the Sustainable Foods Institute portion of the Cooking for Solutions 2008 conference being held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Today is a nonstop schedule of panel discussions on demand for shrimp, salmon, and tuna; wine going "green";
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No-go fish: A review of “Bottomfeeder” by Taras Grescoe
Taras Grescoe says he wrote "Bottomfeeder" (Bloomsbury USA, May 2008) for a somewhat selfish reason: he wanted to taste the world's great seafood dishes — like bouillabaisse
Digest – Features: Pollan preaches it, NYT Mag’s Eat Green, Londoners growing food
In the New York Times Magazine's Green issue: Ask not what your planet can do for you: Yeah yeah, we're huge Michael Pollan fans, but this really is one of his most inspiring essays ever. Thankfully, protestations to the contrary,
Digest – Blogs: DC compost, OJ explored, Lappe tries to save the small planet
The Washington (com)post: Ed goes on the hunt for the District of Columbia's rumored compost pile, and finds it in the oddest setting. (The Slow Cook) Which OJ is more PC?: An Ethicureanish examination of the
Bay Area event: A discussion of climate-friendly eating
Tomorrow night (Monday, March 31) I'm moderating a discussion about making environmentally conscious food choices, sponsored by CUESA. It's a pretty great panel — all women, incidentally: Helene York, Director of Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation and Project Director of the company’s
Food-health-agriculture connections noted at SARE conference
There was plenty of positive energy and discussion of the food and agriculture connection yesterday at the opening of the three-day Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program’s 20th anniversary conference, held this year in Kansas City,
Smells like a free ride: EPA wants to let CAFOs off on emissions reporting
In an excellent 2000 report titled "The Price We Pay for Corporate Hogs," researcher Marlene Halverson of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy recounts the following
Digest – Commentary: Fixing the eco*nomy, the whack-a-mole Averys
Tom Philpott for President!: …cuz that's the *only* way we're ever going to see any of these far-too-sensible policies about biofuels, grain reserves, and local-food production infrastructure enacted. (Grist) Eat a Whopper, save the
Digest – News: Apple-moth exposé, payment limit moving forward, food crisis
Holy smoking spraygun, Batman!!!: The company that makes one of the apple-moth pesticides that state officials are considering spraying over the Bay Area is coincidentally owned by a wealthy California agribusinessman — one who's also coincidentally been a generous contributor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Digest – Blogs: Wal-Mart wants your input, standing up for local
Big-boxing match: Wal-Mart Senior Director of Sustainability Rand Waddroup just finished reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and wants to know what kinds of sustainable food products people would like to see on their shelves. Warning: What you say can and may be used to help the mega-store greenwash
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Digest – Features: Hairy mulch, green cafeterias, cattlemen’s predictions
Toupee-sticides?: A new product called SmartGrow uses human hair from China and India to cover plants' roots, somehow increasing crop yields and plant growth. (UPI) Tray excellent: More and more technology
Digest – Features: Why NAIS is a bad idea, BBC goes nuts for sustainable, Obama feints
Who's been naughty — NAIS: David Gumpert (reporter, raw-milk detective, and The Complete Patient blogger) co-writes the definitive look to date at what's wrong with the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and why it's sparked the "most severe political backlash rural America has
Spray it forward: Pesticide residues in U.S. food
The USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service has released its annual summary (PDF) for its Pesticide Data Program. And it scares me. In 2006, the PDP says it tested 13,658 samples of food and
