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Human Rights Day revelation: Global food companies suck
I have a background in human rights work, so I was especially chagrined to discover this afternoon — having spent the day skulking about my office and being generally useless — that today was International Human Rights Day. The discovery came in the form of a press release from the nonprofit International Labor
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Dispatch from NC: Notes on the food crisis
It's been a whirlwind few days on the campus of North Carolina State University, where I attended "The Politics of Food," a conference organized by the Environmental Leadership Program. There's lots to report on: Panels during the three-day event ranged in
Centralization takes center stage at the Commonwealth Club
As part of the "How We Eat" series at the Commonwealth Club this month, Slow Food Nation Policy and Communications director Naomi Starkman moderated a thoughtful panel discussion
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Report from Taste3: “Culanthropy” in New Orleans with the Culinary Corps
In mid-July, I had the pleasure of attending this year's TASTE3 conference in Napa, California. The conference, which is presented by the Robert Mondavi Winery, is a meeting of minds on the topics of food, wine, and art. Over the span of two days, a stream of chefs, artists,
Ain’t nobody here but us pigs…
At the rate food prices are increasing, maybe we don't need to worry about people overeating, but a report by Youfa
Animal behavior: Crackdowns on meatpacking workers give new meaning to ‘inhumane’
Mainstream media and many of the blogs covered the raid of the Agriprocessors, Inc. meatpacking plant in Postville, IA when it took place back in May. It was the largest immigration raid of a single site by the Immigration
Déjà chew: The food price crisis in context
We are pleased to be able to share this piece by Daryll E. Ray, who holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy at the University of Tennessee and directs UT’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). He is perhaps best known for lead-authoring “Rethinking
Rock bottom of the food chain: Children in the fields
Prepare yourself for Food and Society Conference overload — Elanor and I are here in Chandler, AZ, at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's annual food-movement meeting and thanks
Digest – Commentary: Eating local gains political clout, food prices, corn crisis
Locavore motion: "The buy local train is leaving the station, and it's time for USDA to hear the whistle and get on board," says Vermont Senator Ginny Lyons in this op-ed. (Times Argus
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Digest – Commentary/features: SOLE supply blockages, choco woes, go bananas
COMMENTARY Feeling lucky, punk?: "Diet for a Dead Planet" author Christopher D. Cook on how Downergate represents the Russian roulette we've been playing with our food safety system...and now the "deregulated chickens, cows and pigs have come home to roost." (LA
Digest – Features: Good food for the poor, Pollan ready for next topic, cloned milk no worse than regular
SOLE food for all: Despite the title, "The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic," this is not just another diatribe on class and the food movement. Mark Winne, who has a new book, "Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty," talks to low-income families
Digest – News: Farm Bill foundering, FRESH Act fails, FDA-China pact
Farm Bill deja chew all over again: Both House Ag Chair Collin Peterson and his Senate counterpart Tom Harkin agree that there will be no major changes in payment limits when the 2007 Farm Bill finally gets passed. Insightful as usual, Peterson said that most Americans just want to know that whatever
Digest – News: Farm Bill moving again, pork brain illness, WIC gets healthier
All we want for Christmas is a new Farm Bill: The Senate finally moved forward on the Farm Bill today after agreeing to limit the amendments debated to 20 each for Democrats and Republicans. But a new law could still be months away. (Brownfield
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Digest – News: Seattle market bans HFCS, fertilizing Malawi, FDA bashes self
The Ethicurean's Digestion system is still not back to normal. Tonight we accidentally marked 5,487 RSS headlines as "read" when they weren't, so despite backtracking we probably missed lots of good stuff. Feel free to add your supplemental pointers in the comments. Saying no to the devil's
Digest – Blogs: Local focal, 0157 by the numbers, courting food stamps
In local parentis: Continuing our circle of mutual linkage, we agree with Lainie that it's important to distinguish between local food and products that are made by a local people using possibly nonlocal ingredients — and support both. While her solution, LoCo foods, for made by a local company,
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