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Wanted: Young American farmers for documentary
"Vote with your fork" is a wonderfully simple mantra: we should opt for sustainable, organic, local, and ethical food whenever possible. But we're not going to be able to "chew the right thing" if there's no one growing it for us. Demand for SOLE food is way outstripping supply,
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Get this dude a recording contract!
OK, maybe not. But do check out the songs and animated videos created by Carl Winter, a food toxicologist with UC Davis's Food Science & Technology Department, who gives Weird Al Yankovic a run for his money. Winter
It’s all connected
"Fast Food Nation" the movie may have disappointed at the box office, but with the release of the DVD today, I bet that many more people are going to end up watching it. After all, it's not appropriate for a date, unless for a PETA personals setup, and it sure as hell doesn't make you want to grab a
“Eat at Bill’s” celebrates farmer-friendly Monterey Market
Large, chain supermarkets have no smell. Even in the produce aisle, where piping sprays water over cucumbers and lettuces in a vain attempt to make them look dew-kissed, the only scent you might catch is a faint chlorine tang — possibly from the floor, possible from the misters. The apples might as
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Blog snacks: Food security, nitrates explored, meat epiphany…
To explain why the personal posts have been a little sparse lately, several of the Ethicureans are on hiatus and I've been wrapped up in Operation Pork — a hog share I'll write about as soon as I've recovered from it — along with the ever-more-demanding Digest. (If only someone would pay to syndicate
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Web video snippets with an Ethicurean slant
Snowed in? Taking a break from cooking? We've run across some Web videos that Ethicurean readers might be interested in. TreehuggerTV goes supermarket
Digest: Must-watch movie, Coke’s cafe, Back-to-the-Landers II
New York Times*: Our Daily Bread, a new documentary opening today, takes viewers inside the industrial food chain with no narration or text. Writes the reviewer: "[It] can be extremely difficult to watch, but the film’s formal elegance,
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Fight the power: The Meatrix II 1/2 and “Fast Food Nation”
The fictional adaptation of Eric Schlosser's muckraking best-seller "Fast Food Nation" opens around the United States today. As I wrote last month, I caught the sneak preview and although I have
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Digest: Future food-industry scientists, stealthy Pepsi, turkey hunting in Napa
New York Times*: The youth organization once known as Future Farmers of America is thriving, having dropped any reference to actual farming from its name. The membership has changed as well: more FFA members now come from towns &
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“Ripe for Change” screening and discussion in Berkeley
The debates raging in California over issues of food, agriculture, and sustainability have profound implications for all of America. The PBS documentary "Ripe for Change" explores the intersection of food and politics in California over
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Penguin population plummets — sheepdogs to the rescue
Last Saturday, like I do on most Saturday's, I scanned the "Earthweek" feature that shares space with the San Francisco Chronicle's weather page. On the world map, my eye caught a graphic of a penguin placed on the southern coast of Australia. Intrigued, I read
“Fast Food Nation” the movie: This ain’t no happy meal
There was an advance screening of "Fast Food Nation" at UC Berkeley last week, followed by a freeform discussion with food detectives Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. Because Pollan teaches journalism at Berkeley, I got to cover the post-screening chat for work, which to me is almost as great as getting
