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Digest: Times et al on food movement’s “arrival,” dairy drama, Murphy profiled

By Ethicurean • on March 26, 2009

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This is what democracy looks like

By Steph L. • on February 23, 2009

Today is a big day for all of us who believe not only in sustainable food and agriculture systems, but also in the democratic process. The months since the election brought an outpouring of engagement from citizens urging the Obama Administration to appoint change-makers to lead our country. And it paid

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Digest – Features: Urban farmer, Brody on HFCS, swill shill

By Ethicurean • on February 12, 2009

"If your goat is giving birth, it’s not like you can go to work": Friend o'Ethicurean Twilight Greenaway interviews Novella Carpenter, Oakland's most fearless backyard farmer and soon-to-be-author. (Culinate.com) E

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Buzzkill: Can native bees do the job?

By Marc R. aka Mental Masala • on February 9, 2009

With the health of honey bee colonies in dramatic decline, can farmers rely on native bees to pollinate their crops? On the right kind of farm — one with nearby natural habitat and organic management

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Digest – News: Vilsack updates, Clif Bars recalled, OJ CO2

By Ethicurean • on January 22, 2009

Tractor tire hits the dirt: After clearing the Senate confirmation process, new USDA chief Tom Vilsack gets to work. (Des Moines Register) Meanwhile, speculation abounds on who may join him at the agency

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Mark Bittman on Cooking Up a Story

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on January 19, 2009

Mark Bittman, whose "How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food" is the best present you can give a young wannabe cook —

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Rumors flying about the U.S. Department of Agribusiness as Usual

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on January 17, 2009

In the mad scramble preceding Tuesday's droolingly anticipated handover of executive power, there are a lot of politics happening at light speed. And some of them, apparently, are bad news — especially if you're someone who eats food. Yes, that would be you, me, and everyone we know. The rumor mill

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Show Senator Pat Roberts that small farmers aren’t little GQ-reading dilettantes

By Ethicurean • on January 14, 2009

Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack went before the Senate Agriculture Committee today to be confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture. Brownfield has a short recap of the run-of-the-mill comments, the

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SupportVilsack.com: Wethinks they doth profess too much

By Ethicurean • on January 8, 2009

A very odd site mysteriously popped up last week, with a banner headlined "Support Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture" and featuring both smiley and serious-but-loving

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Local food safety cop?: In which Bill Marler is compared to John Travolta, Ally McBeal, Julia Roberts, and 80s pop star Tiffany, all in one place

By Ali • on January 3, 2009

Earlier this week, Bill Marler, the attorney who’s earned oodles suing food companies for selling products contaminated with E. coli and other pathogens (his wife's car even

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Gary Nabhan: Those who forget history are doomed to re-eat it

By Marc R. aka Mental Masala • on December 19, 2008

Above the din of the enthusiastic multitude of Green Festival attendees in San Francisco, renowned author, ethnobotanist, food preservationist, and historian

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AgSuck: Looks like Tom Vilsack to head USDA

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on December 16, 2008

The New York Times' Caucus blog is reporting that President-Elect Obama has settled on former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his Secretary of Agriculture. While just a few weeks

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Ag sec revisited

By Guest • on December 12, 2008

by Steph Larsen In the five weeks since the election and almost a month since my first post about the Secretary of Agriculture, a lot has changed. But one thing

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Sign this Ag Sec petition: It’s worth a shot

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on December 7, 2008

Updated Dec. 12: Nicholas Kristof mentioned this in his NY Times column yesterday, and the number of signers is now over 36,000! If we can get it

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How to change the USDA: Look beyond the Secretary of Agriculture

By Guest • on November 24, 2008

By Steph Larsen In my last post for the Ethicurean, I discussed likely candidates for Secretary of Agriculture in the Obama Administration and encouraged you to voice your support or dislike of the names being floated to Obama’s transition

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