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Vertical farms on Colbert Report

by Bonnie P. @ Saturday, June 14th, 2008.

Stephen Colbert had Dickson Despommier, the mastermind behind the Vertical Farm Project, on to talk about highrise farming in urban areas.

Apocalypse Cowabunga! The Simpsons on factory farming

by Bonnie P. @ Sunday, May 25th, 2008.

In the episode “Apocalypse Cow,” which you can watch for free (with commercials) on Hulu.com, Bart joins 4H and raises a steer he names Lou, who gets sent to a feedlot.

Tagging and cooking: Science in the service of sustainability

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Saturday, May 24th, 2008.

The May 20 episode of Quest, the science program on San Francisco’s public television station, had two segments that might be of interest to Ethicurean readers.

Shoots — eat and leave

by Bonnie P. @ Monday, May 19th, 2008.

The first people to eat takenoko, or young bamboo shoots, must have been really, really hungry.

PBS’s Independent Lens is broadcasting (and celebrating) “King Corn” this week

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, April 15th, 2008.

The breakout indie documentary “King Corn” is being broadcast tonight and for the rest of the week on PBS’s Independent Lens series. Even if you’ve memorized “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and think you know all there is to know about how corn has made us its slave, you’ll still be amused and informed by the film.

“You can almost taste the rose petals”

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.

Food & Water Watch did a funny little April Fool stunt for YouTube, involving some high-end "Potomac Springs" bottled water, as part of their Take Back the Tap campaign.

“Good Morning America” — you’re being cornified!

by Bonnie P. @ Thursday, March 13th, 2008.

Thanks to reader Henry for alerting us to the recent appearance of "King Corn" filmmakers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney on "Good Morning America" with Diane Sawyer. The 5-minute segment was a good summary of the movie’s major points, particularly corn’s role in American obesity, and also included some facts sure to open a few […]

“How now, pill-poppin’ cow?”

by Bonnie P. @ Tuesday, February 26th, 2008.

In the aftermath of the Hallmark/Westland slaughterhouse exposé, henceforth to be known as Downergate, there has been much outrage. Let there now be outraged laughter … assuming your sense of humor is as sick as mine.
I think this animated editorial cartoon about Doreen the Downer Cow, "The Omnivore’s Nightmare" by Mark Fiore, deserves an award. […]

“We’re never going to get anywhere if we insist on dividing this country into red fruits and blue fruits!”

by Bonnie P. @ Thursday, January 17th, 2008.

PETA’s smartest PR move ever may be hiring Free Range Studios, the geniuses behind The Meatrix, to co-produce their latest campaign, "The Road to the Greenhouse."
The go-vegetarian message is a lot more palatable when served up as a mock debate featuring the presidential candidates of both parties reimagined as vegetables  — among them Broccoli […]

Finding common grounds: a review of “Black Gold”

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Monday, January 7th, 2008.

I hadn’t given the global coffee trade a whole lot of thought before a DVD of the Oxfam America documentary “Black Gold” crossed my desk. Coffee is the second most actively traded commodity globally, and though there’s a great deal of money involved in the coffee trade, very little of that money ends up in the farmers’ pockets.

Marilyn Manson says “Buy American”

by Bonnie P. @ Friday, December 28th, 2007.

and that "growing takes proteins; meat can be a tasty treat, like fish or human beings" in this surreal video on the food pyramid from the goth rocker:

Via U.S. Food Policy

Straight-from-the-farm guerrilla dining in South Carolina

by Bonnie P. @ Thursday, December 20th, 2007.

Cool little video about an underground restaurant event in Charleston, SC, put on by Curious Fork/Furious Cork — "a place where the hungry, curious and adventurous gather to share, inspire or get inspired." And what inspires these hipster Southern chefs is just-picked produce from farmers they know. (Video is not embeddable; click screenshot to […]

“Have you ever been to the farm?” Let Sesame Street take you

by Bonnie P. @ Saturday, November 17th, 2007.

Tomorrow’s New York Times Sunday Magazine has a story about the DVD release of “Sesame Street: Old School,” and its bizarre-sounding agrarian sequences on farms.Many of them can be found on YouTube.

Missoula, MT is for the birds — and against them, too

by Bonnie P. @ Wednesday, November 14th, 2007.

Meloukhia (along with my BoingBoing-reading husband) alerts us to a fantastic multimedia story at New West about how a proposal to legalize backyard chickens in Missoula, Montana, is dividing neighbors. It’s the battle of the Locavores/Ethicureans vs. Prissy NIMBYists:

In case you’re not familiar with it, New West is a damn fine online journalism site dedicated […]

Digest - Blogsnacks: Russ Parsons says “Pay more!”, farmer reality show

by Ethicurean @ Friday, September 7th, 2007.

A roundup of current features and featured blog posts of possible interest to Ethicurean readers.

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