archive for the 'Sustainability' Category

Digest - Commentary: Pollan on “sustainability,” more locavore perspectives

by Ethicurean @ Monday, December 17th, 2007.

Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.

Digest - Commentary & Blogs: NYT discovers eating local isn’t always green, Alex Avery pretends feedlot beef is

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, December 9th, 2007.

Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.

Digest - Features: The economics of cheap food, beef industry insider critics, fish farming

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, December 9th, 2007.

In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.

USDA requests comments on leafy greens rulemaking

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Friday, November 30th, 2007.

Following last fall’s crisis over E. coli contamination of spinach, the growers, distributors and retailers of salad mix started talking about improving their safety practices. A fair amount of activity in this area has been happening in California, including some bills in the legislature and voluntary standards like the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. (Be […]

Chewin’ in Charleston

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Thursday, November 29th, 2007.

Noshette and I went down south to Charleston, South Carolina, to attend a wedding of an old childhood friend of hers and we did a little bit of Ethicureanating while we were there. (once the word Ethicurean gets an entry in the dictionary, we’ll have to figure out how to conjugate it.)
A quick bit of […]

WSJ issues correction on Alice Waters and Ameya Preserve

by Bonnie P. @ Thursday, November 29th, 2007.

The Wall Street Journal has this correction today to its Nov. 16 article on "Politically Correct Developments," which had put to rest some of the speculation over why Alice Waters was involved with Montana’s Ameya Preserve:

WADE DOKKEN, a developer of the Ameya Preserve housing development in Paradise Valley, Mont., paid $100,000 to Slow Food Nation, […]

Alice Waters and Montana’s Ameya Preserve: Slow Food uber alles?

by Charlotte @ Sunday, November 18th, 2007.

Five hundred grand — that’s what Alice Waters sold us out for, reports the Journal: “Ms. Waters says she signed onto the project because Mr. Dokken agreed to pledge $500,000 to Slow Food Nation, an organization she founded: ‘I wanted the money for Slow Food.’”

Foraging in Quebec

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Wednesday, October 31st, 2007.

This week was Noshette’s birthday, and among the many things we did to celebrate was to have dinner at Les Jardins Sauvages, which in English means "the wild gardens", a woodland table restaurant in St.Roch de l’Achigan. (Since I no longer go by the name "Nosher", Noshette will now be known as "Megan".) The 30 […]

My own compost

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Wednesday, October 24th, 2007.

My gradual evolution from a junk-food eating, non-recycling, ignorant human into a pure, unadulterated 100% Ethicurean is still undergoing some serious metamorphoses. Last year I felt that I was producing more garbage than was necessary, so I started a worm compost in my storage room. I gradually decreased my meat consumption until I found a […]

Strange bedfellows: Why is Alice Waters involved with the Ameya Preserve in Montana?

by Charlotte @ Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007.

Alice Waters is everywhere right now, doing press for her new book, and the old argument over whether “Alice is an Elitist” is getting a fair amount of play – Adam at Amateur Gourmet thinks perhaps yes, while David Lebowitz (who worked at Chez Panisse for a long time) says no. Personally, I have no idea. But I do know that her name is being bandied about my Livingston, Montana, neighborhood these days in conjunction with a gated development of big, luxury second homes, and I am concerned.

Ruminating on the grass-fed label backlash

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007.

Given that the USDA’s new standards for the label “grass-fed” seem laudably straightforward and sensible to me — just an informed eater, not a farmer and certainly no expert — I was surprised to find that small farmers I admire, along with the American Grassfed Association, think they are a travesty.

Digest - Commentary: Gray Lady trusts in Bush, some advice for Iowa and Africa

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, October 21st, 2007.

Editorials and op-eds about sustainable agriculture (or its opposite) from newspapers and websites big and small.

Digest - Blogs: Foie gras formula, we all (heart) Fergus Henderson

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, October 17th, 2007.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

Call or fax your congressperson today. No, really. Do it.

by Bonnie P. @ Wednesday, October 17th, 2007.

Today is Conservation Call-In Day about the Food and Farm Bill, and we seriously need to get critical mass on at least this important point. The Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, along with American Farmland Trust and other national conservation and environment organizations, have all sent out emails asking you to call your senators today (Wednesday, Oct. 17, but hey, if you miss it, you can call up to Oct. 23).

Digest - Features: Grist goes ag-grow, excremental exhortations, and Cal Dining gets SOLE

by Ethicurean @ Wednesday, October 10th, 2007.

In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.

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