Yet another reason to go veggie!
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By Robin Lawless
April 22, 2011
"Happy Earth Day everyone! Just in time for Earth Day comes the release of a new study that confirms what most vegetarians and vegans know already; not eating meat is not only better for the planet, it’s better for your health!..."
http://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2011/04/1526new-study-vegetarian-diet-helps.html
Friday, April 22, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Huffington Post - Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Half Your Meat? Time for Congress to Act
Author of Animal Factory reacts to the recent report about the amount of drug-resistant bacteria found in meat. Could not agree more.
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By David Kirby
April 15, 2011
"Once again, our industrial food production system has come to bite us back -- this time in the form of drug-resistant staph bacteria detected in one-half of supermarket meat samples tested in one study, with one-half of the resistant samples found with bacteria that were resistant to multiple drugs..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/drugresistant-bacteria-in_b_849928.html
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By David Kirby
April 15, 2011
"Once again, our industrial food production system has come to bite us back -- this time in the form of drug-resistant staph bacteria detected in one-half of supermarket meat samples tested in one study, with one-half of the resistant samples found with bacteria that were resistant to multiple drugs..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/drugresistant-bacteria-in_b_849928.html
LA Times - Meat contaminated with resistant bacteria
One more reason to not eat meat, or to at least pay attention to where it comes from...
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By Marissa Cevallos
April 15, 2011
"Meat in the U.S. may be widely contaminated with strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Friday. Nearly half of all meat and poultry sampled in a new study contained drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the type of bacteria that most commonly causes staph infections. Such infections can take many forms, from a minor rash to pneumonia or sepsis. But the findings are less about direct threats to humans than they are about the risks of using antibiotics in agriculture..."
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-meat-bacteria-20110415,0,7997782.story
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By Marissa Cevallos
April 15, 2011
"Meat in the U.S. may be widely contaminated with strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Friday. Nearly half of all meat and poultry sampled in a new study contained drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the type of bacteria that most commonly causes staph infections. Such infections can take many forms, from a minor rash to pneumonia or sepsis. But the findings are less about direct threats to humans than they are about the risks of using antibiotics in agriculture..."
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-meat-bacteria-20110415,0,7997782.story
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Food Politics - FDA makes recalls transparent
By Marion Nestle
April 5, 2011
"The FDA has just revised its method for listing recalls online. As explained by Food Production Daily, the FDA was required to do this by the food safety bill passed in January. The new site is nifty. It displays recalls in a neat, searchable, trackable table..."
Click here to see an example of how the table works and to link to the FDA's new recall tracking site.
April 5, 2011
"The FDA has just revised its method for listing recalls online. As explained by Food Production Daily, the FDA was required to do this by the food safety bill passed in January. The new site is nifty. It displays recalls in a neat, searchable, trackable table..."
Click here to see an example of how the table works and to link to the FDA's new recall tracking site.
Huffington Post - Let's Ask Marion Nestle: Does Factory Farming Have a Future?
By Kerry Trueman, EatingLiberally.org
April 13, 2011
"We talk a lot about the factory farms that provide most of our meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products, but most Americans have no idea what really goes on inside a CAFO, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation... Given all the problems inherent in industrial livestock production, do you see a future for factory farming?"
Click here to read Nestle's answer and to view a slideshow about factory farming.
April 13, 2011
"We talk a lot about the factory farms that provide most of our meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products, but most Americans have no idea what really goes on inside a CAFO, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation... Given all the problems inherent in industrial livestock production, do you see a future for factory farming?"
Click here to read Nestle's answer and to view a slideshow about factory farming.
This Dish Is Veg - The mock meat debate: Is it okay for vegans and vegetarians to consume?
By Jodi Truglio
April 11, 2011
"The issue of whether it is ethically correct for vegetarians and vegans to eat faux meat has long been debated and become somewhat of an enigma. As vegans we strive to live a humane lifestyle by eliminating all animal products from our diet and that sometimes comes with the price of feeling alienated at social or family gatherings. That’s where faux meat comes in, for many vegans it has served as a lifeline and a way to fit in..."
http://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2011/04/mock-meat-debate-is-it-okay-for-vegans.html
April 11, 2011
"The issue of whether it is ethically correct for vegetarians and vegans to eat faux meat has long been debated and become somewhat of an enigma. As vegans we strive to live a humane lifestyle by eliminating all animal products from our diet and that sometimes comes with the price of feeling alienated at social or family gatherings. That’s where faux meat comes in, for many vegans it has served as a lifeline and a way to fit in..."
http://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2011/04/mock-meat-debate-is-it-okay-for-vegans.html
Food Politics - How to get involved: the Farm Bill
By Marion Nestle
April 8, 2011
"When giving talks here and there, I am invariably asked how listeners can get involved in social and political action on food issues.From the standpoint of personal responsibility, it’s easy: Vote with your fork! Buy and eat according to your principles to the extent that you can. But participating in democratic processes is also part of personal responsibility, and here is where things get more complicated..."
http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/04/how-to-get-involved-the-farm-bill/
Be sure to check out Food Politics over the next week or so, because Nestle is going "to post suggestions about how to get involved in a variety of food issues, starting with work on the 2012 Farm Bill."
April 8, 2011
"When giving talks here and there, I am invariably asked how listeners can get involved in social and political action on food issues.From the standpoint of personal responsibility, it’s easy: Vote with your fork! Buy and eat according to your principles to the extent that you can. But participating in democratic processes is also part of personal responsibility, and here is where things get more complicated..."
http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/04/how-to-get-involved-the-farm-bill/
Be sure to check out Food Politics over the next week or so, because Nestle is going "to post suggestions about how to get involved in a variety of food issues, starting with work on the 2012 Farm Bill."
The Atlantic - An Inconvenient Truth? Free-Range Meat Isn't 'Natural'
By James McWilliams
April 8, 2011
"It's the strangest thing. Whenever I'm on a panel discussing meat production I seem to be strategically pitted against someone who produces meat through sustainable and more humane ('free range') methods. What's so strange is the response I get when I bring up the following conundrum: even if an animal is raised under favorable conditions, we still kill the creature for our benefit and, in so doing, confront a serious ethical dilemma nonetheless..."
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/04/an-inconvenient-truth-free-range-meat-isnt-natural/237006/
April 8, 2011
"It's the strangest thing. Whenever I'm on a panel discussing meat production I seem to be strategically pitted against someone who produces meat through sustainable and more humane ('free range') methods. What's so strange is the response I get when I bring up the following conundrum: even if an animal is raised under favorable conditions, we still kill the creature for our benefit and, in so doing, confront a serious ethical dilemma nonetheless..."
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/04/an-inconvenient-truth-free-range-meat-isnt-natural/237006/
Huffington Post - Why Is Our Food Making Us Fat?
By Nicolette Hahn Niman
April 7, 2011
"As a rancher and environmental lawyer, when I write or speak about America's food system, usually it's related to impacts on natural resources -- air, water, and soils. But these last few years I've also become increasingly interested in how what we eat, and the way we eat, affects our health. With diet related problems like obesity and type II diabetes reaching dangerous levels, public officials finally seem poised to take action on what has grown into a crisis. At the same time, thousands of diverse individuals all over the country -- from moms to school administrators to farmers -- are taking food matters into their own hands. The reality is that truly changing the way America eats and produces its food will require both public and private action..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolette-hahn-niman/why-is-our-food-making-us_b_845883.html
April 7, 2011
"As a rancher and environmental lawyer, when I write or speak about America's food system, usually it's related to impacts on natural resources -- air, water, and soils. But these last few years I've also become increasingly interested in how what we eat, and the way we eat, affects our health. With diet related problems like obesity and type II diabetes reaching dangerous levels, public officials finally seem poised to take action on what has grown into a crisis. At the same time, thousands of diverse individuals all over the country -- from moms to school administrators to farmers -- are taking food matters into their own hands. The reality is that truly changing the way America eats and produces its food will require both public and private action..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolette-hahn-niman/why-is-our-food-making-us_b_845883.html
This Dish Is Veg - Veggie newbie 101: Foods that are included & excluded in a plant based diet
By Elizah Leigh
April 7 & 8, 2011
Part Two provides a list of "exactly what foods vegetarians and vegans exclude from their diet." Please note that your options are not limited to this list, but nevertheless it is a helpful starting point. It also provides a list of alternatives to store bought dairy, meat, and egg products.
Civil Eats - Where Do Americans Get Their Calories?
By Andrea Jezovit
April 5, 2011
"In the past 20 years, obesity rates rose dramatically in the U.S. In many states nearly a third of adults are now obese. Where exactly are Americans getting the calories to grow their girths? How many more calories are being consumed than in previous decades?..."
Click here to read on, and to check out the infographic that illustrates the answers to the above questions - calories available per day per capita divided into food groups over the last 30 years. The data is fascinating, shocking, and disappointing in equal parts!
April 5, 2011
"In the past 20 years, obesity rates rose dramatically in the U.S. In many states nearly a third of adults are now obese. Where exactly are Americans getting the calories to grow their girths? How many more calories are being consumed than in previous decades?..."
Click here to read on, and to check out the infographic that illustrates the answers to the above questions - calories available per day per capita divided into food groups over the last 30 years. The data is fascinating, shocking, and disappointing in equal parts!
Food Day - October 24, 2011
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is sponsoring Food Day, what they "hope will become an annual event that is both a celebration of real, healthy food—and a powerful, grassroots movement for change."
The CSPI has identified five key priorities for Food Day:
- Reduce diet-related disease by promoting healthy foods
- Support sustainable farms & stop subsidizing agribusiness
- Expand access to food and alleviate hunger
- Protect the environment & animals by reforming factory farms
- Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids
Civil Eats - Eating Liberally & Kitchen Table Talks NYC Present: What's the Matter with Mass-Produced Meat?
What: A discussion about how meat is produced and the changing face of the industry, entitled “What’s the Matter With Mass-Produced Meat?”
Who: Co-sponsored by Kitchen Table Talks and Eating Liberally, the event will feature Daniel Imhoff, editor of CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories, Michael Moss, the New York Times investigative reporter whose exposé on E. coli-tainted industrial beef, “The Burger That Shattered Her Life,” won a Pulitzer Prize; and Marion Nestle, NYU nutrition professor who served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, and author of Food Politics and What to Eat, among other books.
Where: Fales Library at New York University, 70 Washington Square So, Third Floor
When: Thursday, April 14th from 6:30 to 8:30pm
Please RSVP to rsvp@library.nyu.edu or call 212.992.7050.
Click here for more information.
Who: Co-sponsored by Kitchen Table Talks and Eating Liberally, the event will feature Daniel Imhoff, editor of CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories, Michael Moss, the New York Times investigative reporter whose exposé on E. coli-tainted industrial beef, “The Burger That Shattered Her Life,” won a Pulitzer Prize; and Marion Nestle, NYU nutrition professor who served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, and author of Food Politics and What to Eat, among other books.
Where: Fales Library at New York University, 70 Washington Square So, Third Floor
When: Thursday, April 14th from 6:30 to 8:30pm
Please RSVP to rsvp@library.nyu.edu or call 212.992.7050.
Click here for more information.
CSPI Releases Food Additives Mobile App
April 11, 2011
"For years, the Chemical Cuisine glossary of food additives has been one of the most heavily trafficked pages on the Center for Science in the Public Interest's web site. Today the group is launching a mobile application that will bring CSPI's food additive safety ratings directly to iPhones, iPads, the iPod Touch, and Android-equipped mobile devices..."
http://cspinet.org/new/201104111.html
"For years, the Chemical Cuisine glossary of food additives has been one of the most heavily trafficked pages on the Center for Science in the Public Interest's web site. Today the group is launching a mobile application that will bring CSPI's food additive safety ratings directly to iPhones, iPads, the iPod Touch, and Android-equipped mobile devices..."http://cspinet.org/new/201104111.html
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Aims to Test Meat Prior to Selling
[Odd - and a little scary! - that this isn't done already...]
By Bill Tomson
April 5, 2011
"WASHINGTON—The Obama administration, hoping to prevent recalls, consumer illnesses and even deaths from contaminated meat, will unveil a proposal Tuesday to force companies to delay sending beef, pork and poultry to grocery stores while government inspectors complete tests..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704587004576243354235379030.html
By Bill Tomson
April 5, 2011
"WASHINGTON—The Obama administration, hoping to prevent recalls, consumer illnesses and even deaths from contaminated meat, will unveil a proposal Tuesday to force companies to delay sending beef, pork and poultry to grocery stores while government inspectors complete tests..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704587004576243354235379030.html
Huffington Post - A "Sin Tax" on Meat Would Improve Our Health and Environment
By Bruce Friedrich
April 3, 2011
"Tax Day is around the corner. While there is ample controversy over various elements of the tax code (and over taxes in general), one new tax that would make tremendous sense is an excise tax on meat, eggs, and dairy products. Americans have to pay an excise, or 'sin,' tax on cigarettes, alcohol, gasoline, and luxury vehicles in order to help offset the health and environmental costs of these items. Why shouldn't we also have to pay more to purchase foods that cause animal suffering, pollute the planet, and send our health care costs skyrocketing?..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/a-sin-tax-on-meat-would-i_b_844179.html
April 3, 2011
"Tax Day is around the corner. While there is ample controversy over various elements of the tax code (and over taxes in general), one new tax that would make tremendous sense is an excise tax on meat, eggs, and dairy products. Americans have to pay an excise, or 'sin,' tax on cigarettes, alcohol, gasoline, and luxury vehicles in order to help offset the health and environmental costs of these items. Why shouldn't we also have to pay more to purchase foods that cause animal suffering, pollute the planet, and send our health care costs skyrocketing?..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-friedrich/a-sin-tax-on-meat-would-i_b_844179.html
Epicurious Epi-Log - Backyard Chickens and Eggs
By Esther Sung
April 1, 2011
"Do a search for 'chicken recipes,' and you might be overwhelmed with the results. Search for books on raising backyard chickens and you'll have plenty to choose from, too. The trend of raising backyard chickens in (sub)urban areas continues to grow and books on the subject matter are still being published..."
Click here for recommended books on raising chickens, and for recipes from one of them.
April 1, 2011
"Do a search for 'chicken recipes,' and you might be overwhelmed with the results. Search for books on raising backyard chickens and you'll have plenty to choose from, too. The trend of raising backyard chickens in (sub)urban areas continues to grow and books on the subject matter are still being published..."
Click here for recommended books on raising chickens, and for recipes from one of them.
SF Gate - Food is cheap at market, but costs a lot elsewhere
By Marion Nestle
April 3, 2011
"Q: I pay a lot for food, and more each day, but then people like you say our food is cheap because its real costs are 'externalized.' Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"
Click here to read Nestle's answer, which covers the human, environmental, safety, and health care costs involved in food production that are separate from food's cost at the grocery store.
April 3, 2011
"Q: I pay a lot for food, and more each day, but then people like you say our food is cheap because its real costs are 'externalized.' Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"
Click here to read Nestle's answer, which covers the human, environmental, safety, and health care costs involved in food production that are separate from food's cost at the grocery store.
Grist - Reversing roles, farmers sue Monsanto over GMO seeds
By Tom Laskawy
March 31, 2011
"Genetically modified seed giant Monsanto is notorious for suing farmers [PDF] in defense of its patent claims. But now, a group of dozens of organic farmers and food activists have, with the help of the not-for-profit law center The Public Patent Foundation, sued Monsanto in a case that could forever alter the way genetically modified crops are grown in this country. But before you can understand why, it's worth reviewing an important, but underreported aspect of the fight over GMOs..."
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-03-31-reversing-roles-organic-farmers-sue-monsanto-over-gmo-seeds
March 31, 2011
"Genetically modified seed giant Monsanto is notorious for suing farmers [PDF] in defense of its patent claims. But now, a group of dozens of organic farmers and food activists have, with the help of the not-for-profit law center The Public Patent Foundation, sued Monsanto in a case that could forever alter the way genetically modified crops are grown in this country. But before you can understand why, it's worth reviewing an important, but underreported aspect of the fight over GMOs..."
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-03-31-reversing-roles-organic-farmers-sue-monsanto-over-gmo-seeds
Civil Eats - No Quick Subsidies Fix for Food System
By Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch
March 31, 2011
"Over the last decade, the sustainable food movement has brought much needed attention to U.S. agricultural policy and how it influences which foods Americans grow, buy, and consume. From chefs and policy wonks to teachers and bloggers, everyone interested in food has an opinion on subsidies and how to craft the 2012 Farm Bill. One of the most common focuses is moving subsidies away from commodities like corn and soy, which are used to make junk food and factory farmed meat, to fruit and vegetable production. This simple fix misses the bigger picture—the consolidation and the inability of diversified farms to compete in our industrialized food system..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/31/no-quick-subsidies-fix-for-food-system/
March 31, 2011
"Over the last decade, the sustainable food movement has brought much needed attention to U.S. agricultural policy and how it influences which foods Americans grow, buy, and consume. From chefs and policy wonks to teachers and bloggers, everyone interested in food has an opinion on subsidies and how to craft the 2012 Farm Bill. One of the most common focuses is moving subsidies away from commodities like corn and soy, which are used to make junk food and factory farmed meat, to fruit and vegetable production. This simple fix misses the bigger picture—the consolidation and the inability of diversified farms to compete in our industrialized food system..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/31/no-quick-subsidies-fix-for-food-system/
Grist - The omnivore's other dilemma: expanding access to non-industrial food
By Bob Comis
March 29, 2011
"...[R]eal food security is not only about developing infrastructures to make it possible to get local meat into supermarkets like Price Chopper. There is cultural work to do as well, including changing the "race to the bottom" supermarket mentality. Supermarket executives and managers need to be convinced of the value of supporting farmers by paying decent prices for non-industrial meat, and in turn, taking less of a profit margin to keep the prices down to help provide real food security. That is asking a lot of large corporations acting in competitive markets..."
http://www.grist.org/locavore/2011-03-29-access-farmers-market-pastured-pork
March 29, 2011
"...[R]eal food security is not only about developing infrastructures to make it possible to get local meat into supermarkets like Price Chopper. There is cultural work to do as well, including changing the "race to the bottom" supermarket mentality. Supermarket executives and managers need to be convinced of the value of supporting farmers by paying decent prices for non-industrial meat, and in turn, taking less of a profit margin to keep the prices down to help provide real food security. That is asking a lot of large corporations acting in competitive markets..."
http://www.grist.org/locavore/2011-03-29-access-farmers-market-pastured-pork
CNN - The grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef debate
By Kim Cross, Cooking Light
March 29, 2011
"A large herd's worth of beef cattle has passed through the Cooking Light Test Kitchen over the past 24 years, almost all of it standard-issue, grain-fed supermarket meat. But with beef, as with everything in the American diet, change is afoot. Shoppers are seeing more and more grass-fed beef in regular grocery stores, along with meat from breeds marketed as special (like Angus), and meat from organically raised animals. The local/sustainable movement has been singing the praises of the grass-fed cow, while the grain-fed industry has been under attack by food activists..."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/29/grass.grain.beef.cookinglight/index.html
March 29, 2011
"A large herd's worth of beef cattle has passed through the Cooking Light Test Kitchen over the past 24 years, almost all of it standard-issue, grain-fed supermarket meat. But with beef, as with everything in the American diet, change is afoot. Shoppers are seeing more and more grass-fed beef in regular grocery stores, along with meat from breeds marketed as special (like Angus), and meat from organically raised animals. The local/sustainable movement has been singing the praises of the grass-fed cow, while the grain-fed industry has been under attack by food activists..."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/29/grass.grain.beef.cookinglight/index.html
NY Times - F.D.A. Panel to Consider Warnings for Artificial Food Colorings
By Gardiner Harris
March 29, 2011
"WASHINGTON — After staunchly defending the safety of artificial food colorings, the federal government is for the first time publicly reassessing whether foods like Jell-O, Lucky Charms cereal and Minute Maid Lemonade should carry warnings that the bright artificial colorings in them worsen behavior problems like hyperactivity in some children..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/health/policy/30fda.html?src=me&ref=general
March 29, 2011
"WASHINGTON — After staunchly defending the safety of artificial food colorings, the federal government is for the first time publicly reassessing whether foods like Jell-O, Lucky Charms cereal and Minute Maid Lemonade should carry warnings that the bright artificial colorings in them worsen behavior problems like hyperactivity in some children..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/health/policy/30fda.html?src=me&ref=general
NY Times Recipes - A Versatile Vegetable for a Chilly Spring
By Martha Rose Shulman
March 28, 2011
"Spring vegetables aren’t here quiet yet — and if the weather doesn’t improve soon, they may not arrive for a while. Until then, there’s a fine alternative: Swiss chard..."
Click here to read full article and to check out the following Swiss chard recipes, including nutritional information:
March 28, 2011
"Spring vegetables aren’t here quiet yet — and if the weather doesn’t improve soon, they may not arrive for a while. Until then, there’s a fine alternative: Swiss chard..."
Click here to read full article and to check out the following Swiss chard recipes, including nutritional information:
- Orecchiette With Swiss Chard, Red Peppers and Goat Cheese
- Onion Pizza With Ricotta and Chard
- Bruschetta With Swiss Chard and Smoked Trout
- Swiss Chard and Chickpea Minestrone
- Stir-Fried Swiss Chard and Red Peppers
New Book - Good Meat by Deborah Krasner
Click here to read full interview with Deborah Krasner, in which she discusses the many - and even affordable! - ways and places consumers can find non-factory farm meat.
This book is the perfect solution for those who are seeking to make more informed and conscious eating decisions, but who are not necessarily prepared to not eat meat.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
CNN - Can you get hooked on diet soda?
By Denise Mann
March 2, 2011
"First thing every morning, Ellen Talles starts her day by draining a supersize Styrofoam cup filled with Diet Coke and crushed ice. The 61-year-old from Boca Raton, Fla., drinks another Diet Coke in the car on the way to work and keeps a glass nearby 'at all times' at her job as a salesclerk. By the end of the day she has put away about 2 liters. 'I just love it,' she says. 'I crave it, need it. My food tastes better with it.' Talles sounds a lot like an addict..."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/01/diet.soda.health/index.html
March 2, 2011
"First thing every morning, Ellen Talles starts her day by draining a supersize Styrofoam cup filled with Diet Coke and crushed ice. The 61-year-old from Boca Raton, Fla., drinks another Diet Coke in the car on the way to work and keeps a glass nearby 'at all times' at her job as a salesclerk. By the end of the day she has put away about 2 liters. 'I just love it,' she says. 'I crave it, need it. My food tastes better with it.' Talles sounds a lot like an addict..."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/01/diet.soda.health/index.html
Grist - Poultry industry smothers immigrant farmers and abuses antibiotics
By Tom Philpott
March 15, 2011
"The U.S. meat industry offers some of the biggest bargains you can find: stuff like 'boneless skinless chicken breasts' for just two bucks a pound; or a 'Crispy Chicken Sandwich' for a dollar. But when you dig beneath the marketing jargon and the coupon fliers, you start to see that all that cheap bird flesh has a much heftier price tag than meets the naked eye. In all my writing about the meat industry, the main theme is the destructive power of consolidation in a market geared to cheapness. If you have three or four big players competing not to see who can deliver the highest-quality product, but rather the cheapest product, you're inviting all manner of abuses..."
http://www.grist.org/factory-farms/2011-03-15-poultry-industry-smothers-immigrant-farmers-abuses-antibiotics
March 15, 2011
"The U.S. meat industry offers some of the biggest bargains you can find: stuff like 'boneless skinless chicken breasts' for just two bucks a pound; or a 'Crispy Chicken Sandwich' for a dollar. But when you dig beneath the marketing jargon and the coupon fliers, you start to see that all that cheap bird flesh has a much heftier price tag than meets the naked eye. In all my writing about the meat industry, the main theme is the destructive power of consolidation in a market geared to cheapness. If you have three or four big players competing not to see who can deliver the highest-quality product, but rather the cheapest product, you're inviting all manner of abuses..."
http://www.grist.org/factory-farms/2011-03-15-poultry-industry-smothers-immigrant-farmers-abuses-antibiotics
Food Safety News - Gearing Up for the 2012 Farm Bill Debate
By Claire Mitchell
March 14, 2011
"Daniel Imhoff, a researcher, farmer, author of numerous articles and books, independent publisher, and speaker, recently gave a presentation at the University of Washington about the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill. The March 1 event, sponsored by Northwest Farm Bill Action Group and the University of Washington's Department of Urban Planning and Design in the College of Built Environments, drew a large crowd of students, faculty, and advocates working to reform the U.S. food system..."
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/03/dan-imhoff-discusses-the-2012-farm-bill/
March 14, 2011
"Daniel Imhoff, a researcher, farmer, author of numerous articles and books, independent publisher, and speaker, recently gave a presentation at the University of Washington about the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill. The March 1 event, sponsored by Northwest Farm Bill Action Group and the University of Washington's Department of Urban Planning and Design in the College of Built Environments, drew a large crowd of students, faculty, and advocates working to reform the U.S. food system..."
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/03/dan-imhoff-discusses-the-2012-farm-bill/
TakePart - "Food, Inc" Coming to 3,000 Schools Across America
By Max Follmer
March 9, 2011
"TakePart HQ is big on spreading the gospel of good eating, especially when it comes to young kids. We're thrilled to pass along word that our parent company and partners in goodness—Participant Media—announced Wednesday that it's partnering with the Center for Ecoliteracy to bring the movie Food, Inc. to 3,000 schools across America..."
http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/03/09/food-inc-coming-to-3000-schools-across-america
March 9, 2011
"TakePart HQ is big on spreading the gospel of good eating, especially when it comes to young kids. We're thrilled to pass along word that our parent company and partners in goodness—Participant Media—announced Wednesday that it's partnering with the Center for Ecoliteracy to bring the movie Food, Inc. to 3,000 schools across America..."
http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/03/09/food-inc-coming-to-3000-schools-across-america
Civil Eats - More Meatless Mondays
By Chris Elam, Program Director of Meatless Monday
March 7, 2011
"Meatless Monday has been getting an awful lot of attention lately, with Oprah’s vocal support and the food services giant Sodexo’s rollout only the most recent examples. But what is Meatless Monday, really? Is it a rallying cry for health, a food marketing ploy, a blogger-led viral movement, a student activist cabal, a celebrity-driven bandwagon, an environmentalist’s dream, or a meat packer’s nightmare? I’d say it’s a little bit of all of these things and perhaps that’s its appeal..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/07/more-meatless-mondays/
March 7, 2011
"Meatless Monday has been getting an awful lot of attention lately, with Oprah’s vocal support and the food services giant Sodexo’s rollout only the most recent examples. But what is Meatless Monday, really? Is it a rallying cry for health, a food marketing ploy, a blogger-led viral movement, a student activist cabal, a celebrity-driven bandwagon, an environmentalist’s dream, or a meat packer’s nightmare? I’d say it’s a little bit of all of these things and perhaps that’s its appeal..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/07/more-meatless-mondays/
Huffington Post - Wait, What's So Great About Quinoa Anyway?
By Penelope Wall, EatingWell
March 21, 2011
"My parents were back-to-the-land kind of folks, so I grew up eating all sorts of interesting whole grains. But it wasn’t until a few years ago that I actually heard of quinoa (pronounced “KEEN-wah”). And it wasn’t until the last several months that I’ve noticed a growing buzz around this quite petite, mild-flavored grain. Quinoa is everywhere. Some would say it is, in effect, one of the “hot” foods you should be eating this year. (See more trendy foods to watch for here.) But quinoa isn’t exactly new. It was, in fact, a staple in the ancient Incas’ diet. So why has this very old grain been given a new second life in 2011? Why quinoa and why now?..."
Click here to read more about the merits of quinoa, nutritional and otherwise, and to see a list of 10 flavor stir-ins to try with quinoa.
March 21, 2011
"My parents were back-to-the-land kind of folks, so I grew up eating all sorts of interesting whole grains. But it wasn’t until a few years ago that I actually heard of quinoa (pronounced “KEEN-wah”). And it wasn’t until the last several months that I’ve noticed a growing buzz around this quite petite, mild-flavored grain. Quinoa is everywhere. Some would say it is, in effect, one of the “hot” foods you should be eating this year. (See more trendy foods to watch for here.) But quinoa isn’t exactly new. It was, in fact, a staple in the ancient Incas’ diet. So why has this very old grain been given a new second life in 2011? Why quinoa and why now?..."
Click here to read more about the merits of quinoa, nutritional and otherwise, and to see a list of 10 flavor stir-ins to try with quinoa.
Huffington Post - Pollan on Pollen
By Annie Spiegelman, author of Talking Dirt: The Dirt Diva's Down to Earth Guide to Organic Gardening
March 22, 2011
"For the past twenty-five years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where nature and culture intersect: on our plates, in our farms and gardens, and in the human-developed environment. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual; In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto; The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World. He's on tour now speaking about The Sun Food Agenda, an inspiring multimedia presentation, connecting the dots between food and health (personal as well as environmental), and introducing some of the visionaries who are "resolarizing" the food system.
Click here to read full interview with Pollan, in which he discusses "why he's got his knickers in a twist about the high rates of the so-called Western diseases: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, and why he says we shouldn't eat 'food' from gas stations."
March 22, 2011
"For the past twenty-five years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where nature and culture intersect: on our plates, in our farms and gardens, and in the human-developed environment. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual; In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto; The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World. He's on tour now speaking about The Sun Food Agenda, an inspiring multimedia presentation, connecting the dots between food and health (personal as well as environmental), and introducing some of the visionaries who are "resolarizing" the food system.
Click here to read full interview with Pollan, in which he discusses "why he's got his knickers in a twist about the high rates of the so-called Western diseases: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, and why he says we shouldn't eat 'food' from gas stations."
Civil Eats - Lights, Camera, Cover Up
By Wayne Pacelle
March 23, 2011
"What do Florida and Iowa have in common when it comes to animal agriculture? They’ve both been hot spots, past and present, for the movement to combat some of the worst abuses in industrial agribusiness. And now the factory farming industry is fighting back in both states—and their latest methods represent their biggest overreach yet..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/23/lights-camera-cover-up/
March 23, 2011
"What do Florida and Iowa have in common when it comes to animal agriculture? They’ve both been hot spots, past and present, for the movement to combat some of the worst abuses in industrial agribusiness. And now the factory farming industry is fighting back in both states—and their latest methods represent their biggest overreach yet..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/23/lights-camera-cover-up/
Civil Eats - Farmer Apprenticeship Program Seeds Next Generation Small-Scale Farmers
By Stacey Slate
March 23, 2011
"It’s not the first farmer apprenticeship program of its kind, but the University of Vermont’s upcoming curriculum aims to be just as revolutionary as its university counterparts. Farming apprenticeships at Michigan State and UC Santa Cruz, have already proven that college graduates are not only ready for intensive, professional training in sustainable agriculture, but are capable of turning their experiential education into sustainable jobs..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/23/farmer-apprenticeship-program-seeds-next-generation-small-scale-farmers/
And for more information about UVM's 5-month Farmer Apprentice Program, click here.
March 23, 2011
"It’s not the first farmer apprenticeship program of its kind, but the University of Vermont’s upcoming curriculum aims to be just as revolutionary as its university counterparts. Farming apprenticeships at Michigan State and UC Santa Cruz, have already proven that college graduates are not only ready for intensive, professional training in sustainable agriculture, but are capable of turning their experiential education into sustainable jobs..."
http://civileats.com/2011/03/23/farmer-apprenticeship-program-seeds-next-generation-small-scale-farmers/
And for more information about UVM's 5-month Farmer Apprentice Program, click here.
Huffington Post - Are Regulations for Sustainable Fish Farming Just a Red Herring?
By Regina Weiss
March 23, 2011
"Last month the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued draft guidelines for deep water ocean fish farming with the stated goal of supporting sustainable practices. However, the primary purpose appears to be creating a regulatory structure to encourage rapid expansion of ocean fish farming. According to the agencies' joint press release, the new policy, which they plan to finalize by the end of this year, will 'increase the U.S. supply of healthy seafood, create jobs in coastal and other communities [and] spur innovation in technology.'..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-weiss/are-regulations-for-susta_b_836947.html
March 23, 2011
"Last month the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued draft guidelines for deep water ocean fish farming with the stated goal of supporting sustainable practices. However, the primary purpose appears to be creating a regulatory structure to encourage rapid expansion of ocean fish farming. According to the agencies' joint press release, the new policy, which they plan to finalize by the end of this year, will 'increase the U.S. supply of healthy seafood, create jobs in coastal and other communities [and] spur innovation in technology.'..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-weiss/are-regulations-for-susta_b_836947.html
Grist - Introducing... the Vegan/Omnivore Alliance against Animal Factories
By Tom Philpott
March 23, 2011
"Every day, Americans eat more than a half pound of meat per capita -- one of the highest rates on the planet. The vast majority of it is produced with methods that abuse the environment, animals, workers, and public health as a matter of course. The handful of companies that dominate U.S. meat production suck in more than 40 percent of the corn grown by our farmers -- that's more than 15 percent of the corn grown worldwide. Industrial corn, of course, is our most ecologically destructive crop. In our society, I can think of two broadly defined groups that abhor our animal-agriculture regime: 1) conscientious omnivores, inspired by the work of figures like Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, and Eric Schlosser, who think that animals have a place in our farming and our diets, but in a much different way than the prevailing manner; and 2) vegans, who wish to remove animals from our farms and tables altogether..."
http://www.grist.org/factory-farms/2011-03-23-introducing-the-vegan-omnivore-alliance-against-animal-factories
March 23, 2011
"Every day, Americans eat more than a half pound of meat per capita -- one of the highest rates on the planet. The vast majority of it is produced with methods that abuse the environment, animals, workers, and public health as a matter of course. The handful of companies that dominate U.S. meat production suck in more than 40 percent of the corn grown by our farmers -- that's more than 15 percent of the corn grown worldwide. Industrial corn, of course, is our most ecologically destructive crop. In our society, I can think of two broadly defined groups that abhor our animal-agriculture regime: 1) conscientious omnivores, inspired by the work of figures like Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, and Eric Schlosser, who think that animals have a place in our farming and our diets, but in a much different way than the prevailing manner; and 2) vegans, who wish to remove animals from our farms and tables altogether..."
http://www.grist.org/factory-farms/2011-03-23-introducing-the-vegan-omnivore-alliance-against-animal-factories
TakePart - 100+ Books on the Food Industry: If You Eat Food, Read Some
By Megan Bedard
March 24, 2011
"TakePart asked its Food, Inc community to share some of its favorite books about the food industry. With more than 850 replies, the response was overwhelming—and exciting. We've compiled the whole list and broken it into four sections: the most mentioned books, the runner-ups, books related to diet, and cook books. Michael Pollan placed three books in the 10 most-mentioned. But plenty of other great voices are in the mix, speaking on industrial agriculture, the obesity crisis, migrant farmworkers, pesticides, urban farming, and more..."
Click here to read descriptions of the most mentioned books and to see the complete list of food books (many of which I'll be adding to my to-read list!).
March 24, 2011
"TakePart asked its Food, Inc community to share some of its favorite books about the food industry. With more than 850 replies, the response was overwhelming—and exciting. We've compiled the whole list and broken it into four sections: the most mentioned books, the runner-ups, books related to diet, and cook books. Michael Pollan placed three books in the 10 most-mentioned. But plenty of other great voices are in the mix, speaking on industrial agriculture, the obesity crisis, migrant farmworkers, pesticides, urban farming, and more..."
Click here to read descriptions of the most mentioned books and to see the complete list of food books (many of which I'll be adding to my to-read list!).
TakePart - Green Hogs: The U.S.'s First Zero-Waste Pork Processing Plant Coming Soon
By Fast Company Staff
March 25, 2011
"Vegetarians generally have a smaller food-related environmental impact than meat-eaters, but that doesn't mean environmentalists should give up on meat-processing operations. Witness Russ Kremer, a Missouri-based hog farmer and leader of a group of 51 family farmers that sell meat under the brand Heritage Acre Foods. Kremer is in the midst of installing the country's first 100% biodiesel-powered, zero-waste pork processing plant..."
http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/03/25/green-hogs-the-uss-first-zero-waste-pork-processing-plant-coming-soon
March 25, 2011
"Vegetarians generally have a smaller food-related environmental impact than meat-eaters, but that doesn't mean environmentalists should give up on meat-processing operations. Witness Russ Kremer, a Missouri-based hog farmer and leader of a group of 51 family farmers that sell meat under the brand Heritage Acre Foods. Kremer is in the midst of installing the country's first 100% biodiesel-powered, zero-waste pork processing plant..."
http://www.takepart.com/news/2011/03/25/green-hogs-the-uss-first-zero-waste-pork-processing-plant-coming-soon
NY Times Opinionator - Food: Six Things to Feel Good About
By Mark Bittman
March 22, 2011
"The great American writer, thinker and farmer Wendell Berry recently said, 'You can’t be a critic by simply being a griper . . . One has also to . . . search out the examples of good work.' I’ve griped for weeks, and no doubt I’ll get back to it, but there are bright spots on our food landscape, hopeful trends, even movements, of which we can be proud..."
Click here to read six examples of current "bright spots" in food that Bittman has identified.
March 22, 2011
"The great American writer, thinker and farmer Wendell Berry recently said, 'You can’t be a critic by simply being a griper . . . One has also to . . . search out the examples of good work.' I’ve griped for weeks, and no doubt I’ll get back to it, but there are bright spots on our food landscape, hopeful trends, even movements, of which we can be proud..."
Click here to read six examples of current "bright spots" in food that Bittman has identified.
NY Times - Masters of Disguise Among Meatless Burgers
By Jeff Gordinier
March 22, 2011
"They were the four syllables that had the power to make both carnivores and vegetarians cringe: veggie burger. For meat-lovers, the veggie burger was long seen as a sad stand-in that tried to copy the contours and textures of a classic beef patty while falling pathetically short of the pleasure. And for meat-refusers, the veggie burger served as a kind of penitential wafer: You ate this bland, freeze-dried nutrient disc because you had to eat it (your duty as someone who had forsaken the flesh) and because at many a restaurant or backyard barbecue, it was the only option available..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/dining/23meatless.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&emc=eta1
March 22, 2011
"They were the four syllables that had the power to make both carnivores and vegetarians cringe: veggie burger. For meat-lovers, the veggie burger was long seen as a sad stand-in that tried to copy the contours and textures of a classic beef patty while falling pathetically short of the pleasure. And for meat-refusers, the veggie burger served as a kind of penitential wafer: You ate this bland, freeze-dried nutrient disc because you had to eat it (your duty as someone who had forsaken the flesh) and because at many a restaurant or backyard barbecue, it was the only option available..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/dining/23meatless.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&emc=eta1
The Globe and Mail - Author Michael Pollan explains the war on food movement
By Ian Brown
March 18, 2011
"Ian Brown sits down with Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and god of the food movement."
Click here to read full interview.
March 18, 2011
"Ian Brown sits down with Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and god of the food movement."
Click here to read full interview.
NY Times Recipes - A Better Way to Serve Eggs
By Martha Rose Shulman
March 21, 2011
Click here to read article about the versatility of eggs, and to check out the following frittata recipes, including their nutritional information:
March 21, 2011
Click here to read article about the versatility of eggs, and to check out the following frittata recipes, including their nutritional information:
- Onion and Thyme Frittata
- Frittata with Grated Zucchini, Goat Cheese and Dill
- Ricotta and Spinach Frittata with Mint
- Carrot and Leek Frittata with Tarragon
- Spinach and Red Pepper Frittata
NY Times - Quinoa's Global Success Creates Quandary at Home
By Simon Romero
March 19, 2011
"LA PAZ, Bolivia — When NASA scientists were searching decades ago for an ideal food for long-term human space missions, they came across an Andean plant called quinoa. With an exceptional balance of amino acids, quinoa, they declared, is virtually unrivaled in the plant or animal kingdom for its life-sustaining nutrients. But while Bolivians have lived off it for centuries, quinoa remained little more than a curiosity outside the Andes for years, found in health food shops and studied by researchers — until recently..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/americas/20bolivia.html
March 19, 2011
"LA PAZ, Bolivia — When NASA scientists were searching decades ago for an ideal food for long-term human space missions, they came across an Andean plant called quinoa. With an exceptional balance of amino acids, quinoa, they declared, is virtually unrivaled in the plant or animal kingdom for its life-sustaining nutrients. But while Bolivians have lived off it for centuries, quinoa remained little more than a curiosity outside the Andes for years, found in health food shops and studied by researchers — until recently..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/americas/20bolivia.html
NY Times Opinionator - Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others
By Mark Bittman
March 15, 2011
"It’s time to take a look at the line between 'pet' and 'animal.' When the ASPCA sends an agent to the home of a Brooklyn family to arrest one of its members for allegedly killing a hamster, something is wrong. That 'something' is this: we protect 'companion animals' like hamsters while largely ignoring what amounts to the torture of chickens and cows and pigs..."
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/
March 15, 2011
"It’s time to take a look at the line between 'pet' and 'animal.' When the ASPCA sends an agent to the home of a Brooklyn family to arrest one of its members for allegedly killing a hamster, something is wrong. That 'something' is this: we protect 'companion animals' like hamsters while largely ignoring what amounts to the torture of chickens and cows and pigs..."
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/
NY Times - No Face, but Plants Like Life Too
By Carol Kaesuk Yoon
March 14, 2011
"Several years ago, after having to drive for too long behind a truck full of stinking, squealing pigs being delivered for slaughter, I gave up eating meat. I’d been harboring a growing distaste for the ugliness that can be industrial agriculture, but the real issue was a long-suppressed sympathy for its — or really, my — victims. Even screaming, reeking pigs, or maybe especially screaming, reeking pigs, can evoke stark pity as they tumble along in a truck to their deaths..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/science/15food.html
March 14, 2011
"Several years ago, after having to drive for too long behind a truck full of stinking, squealing pigs being delivered for slaughter, I gave up eating meat. I’d been harboring a growing distaste for the ugliness that can be industrial agriculture, but the real issue was a long-suppressed sympathy for its — or really, my — victims. Even screaming, reeking pigs, or maybe especially screaming, reeking pigs, can evoke stark pity as they tumble along in a truck to their deaths..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/science/15food.html
NY Times Recipes - Fast Food for Harried Days
By Martha Rose Shulman
March 14, 2011
Click here to read about the nutrition and convenience benefits of quesadillas as a quick meal, and to check out the following recipes, including their nutritional information:
March 14, 2011
Click here to read about the nutrition and convenience benefits of quesadillas as a quick meal, and to check out the following recipes, including their nutritional information:
- Baked Bean and Cheese Quesadillas
- Broccoli and Red Onion Quesadillas
- Black Bean and Goat Cheese Quesadillas
- Mushroom Quesadillas
- Spinach and Goat Cheese Quesadillas
NY Times - In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges
By Isolde Raftery
March 5, 2011
"Corvallis, Ore. -- For years, Tyler Jones, a livestock farmer here, avoided telling his grandfather how disillusioned he had become with industrial farming. After all, his grandfather had worked closely with Earl L. Butz, the former federal secretary of agriculture who was known for saying, 'Get big or get out.' But several weeks before his grandfather died, Mr. Jones broached the subject. His grandfather surprised him. 'You have to fix what Earl and I messed up,' Mr. Jones said his grandfather told him. Now, Mr. Jones, 30, and his wife, Alicia, 27, are among an emerging group of people in their 20s and 30s who have chosen farming as a career..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/us/06farmers.html?src=me&ref=homepage
March 5, 2011
"Corvallis, Ore. -- For years, Tyler Jones, a livestock farmer here, avoided telling his grandfather how disillusioned he had become with industrial farming. After all, his grandfather had worked closely with Earl L. Butz, the former federal secretary of agriculture who was known for saying, 'Get big or get out.' But several weeks before his grandfather died, Mr. Jones broached the subject. His grandfather surprised him. 'You have to fix what Earl and I messed up,' Mr. Jones said his grandfather told him. Now, Mr. Jones, 30, and his wife, Alicia, 27, are among an emerging group of people in their 20s and 30s who have chosen farming as a career..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/us/06farmers.html?src=me&ref=homepage
NY Times Recipes - Whole Grain Goodness, Straight from the Oven
By Martha Rose Shulman
February 28, 2011
"The muffins available in most coffee shops and cafes are like oversize, unfrosted cupcakes: too sweet and too big. But muffins don’t have to be cloying — a bit of natural sweetener is all that’s required to make them taste like a treat. And they don’t have to be calorie-laden confections..."
Click here to read rest of article, and to check out the following muffin recipes, including their nutritional information:
February 28, 2011
"The muffins available in most coffee shops and cafes are like oversize, unfrosted cupcakes: too sweet and too big. But muffins don’t have to be cloying — a bit of natural sweetener is all that’s required to make them taste like a treat. And they don’t have to be calorie-laden confections..."
Click here to read rest of article, and to check out the following muffin recipes, including their nutritional information:
- Buckwheat and Amaranth Muffins
- Steel-Cut Oatmeal and Blueberry Muffins
- Carrot Cake Muffins
- Savory Cornbread Muffins with Jalapenos and Corn
- Rye and Cornmeal Muffins with Caraway
Grist - Costco agrees to stop ravaging the oceans
February 25, 2011
By Jess Zimmerman
"It only took eight months for pressure from Greenpeace to make food-hoard purveyor Costco stop selling threatened fish. Twelve species that appear on Greenpeace's 'red list' were also appearing on Costco's shelves..."
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-02-25-costco-agrees-to-stop-ravaging-the-oceans
By Jess Zimmerman
"It only took eight months for pressure from Greenpeace to make food-hoard purveyor Costco stop selling threatened fish. Twelve species that appear on Greenpeace's 'red list' were also appearing on Costco's shelves..."
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-02-25-costco-agrees-to-stop-ravaging-the-oceans
This Dish Is Veg - Two major universities select "Eating Animals" for summer reading program
February 25, 2011
"Two major research universities have selected Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals for their summer reading programs for incoming freshmen. A joint committee of faculty, staff, and students from both Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill selected the book from a list of 393 nominated books as a way of strengthening the connection between the two universities, which are less than twenty miles apart..."
"Two major research universities have selected Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals for their summer reading programs for incoming freshmen. A joint committee of faculty, staff, and students from both Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill selected the book from a list of 393 nominated books as a way of strengthening the connection between the two universities, which are less than twenty miles apart..."
Wired - Google Recipe Search Cooks Up Next Gen of Search
By Ryan Singel
February 24, 2011
"Stepping into the kitchen now, Google introduced a recipe search engine Thursday that serves up dishes based not only on the ingredients you may have on hand, but the calories you want to consume and even how much time you have to cook..."
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/google-recipe-semantic/
February 24, 2011
"Stepping into the kitchen now, Google introduced a recipe search engine Thursday that serves up dishes based not only on the ingredients you may have on hand, but the calories you want to consume and even how much time you have to cook..."
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/google-recipe-semantic/
Food Safety News - Most U.S. Antibiotics Go to Animal Agriculture
By Helena Bottemiller
February 24, 2011
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed numbers this week that indicate animal agriculture consumes 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States, more than previously estimated..."
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/02/fda-confirms-80-percent-of-antibiotics-used-in-animal-ag/
February 24, 2011
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed numbers this week that indicate animal agriculture consumes 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States, more than previously estimated..."
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/02/fda-confirms-80-percent-of-antibiotics-used-in-animal-ag/
Epicurious Epi-Log - Kale Chips
By Sara Bonisteel
February 24, 2011
"Kale chips, where have you been all my life? We first met last month at a book-club meeting, where you sat unloved next to the potato chips. Nobody touched you because everyone was wondering why there was salad on the snack table (without forks, no less). The hostess made the introduction and within 30 minutes, you were gone. Now that I know what you are, I'm seeing you everywhere, from recent foodie converts to cooking shows. This weekend I finally decided to conjure you myself..."
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2011/02/kale-chips.html
I too recently discovered and fell in love with kale chips and have been wanting to make them myself!
February 24, 2011
"Kale chips, where have you been all my life? We first met last month at a book-club meeting, where you sat unloved next to the potato chips. Nobody touched you because everyone was wondering why there was salad on the snack table (without forks, no less). The hostess made the introduction and within 30 minutes, you were gone. Now that I know what you are, I'm seeing you everywhere, from recent foodie converts to cooking shows. This weekend I finally decided to conjure you myself..."
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2011/02/kale-chips.html
I too recently discovered and fell in love with kale chips and have been wanting to make them myself!
New Website - Foodzie
According to its website, Foodzie is "an online marketplace where you can discover and buy food directly from small passionate food producers and growers."
Check out TakePart's post about this new foodie resource by clicking here, and sign up at Foodzie.com to receive their weekly newsletter that includes new food discoveries, deals, and stories about producers.
Huffington Post - Honoring the Food Animals on Your Plate
February 21, 2011
By Dan Imhoff, author of CAFO
"From the cream in our Monday morning coffee to the roast chicken at Sunday night dinner, we accrue an incalculable debt to food animals. We depend on them for nourishment. We gather festively around the cooking of a turkey or ham during holidays. Yet many people do not realize that most of the animals that grace our tables are the victims of harsh suffering long before slaughter..."
Click the link below to read the rest of Imhoff's piece, and to see photos from his book, CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-imhoff/honoring-food-animals-cafos_b_826016.html#243731
By Dan Imhoff, author of CAFO
"From the cream in our Monday morning coffee to the roast chicken at Sunday night dinner, we accrue an incalculable debt to food animals. We depend on them for nourishment. We gather festively around the cooking of a turkey or ham during holidays. Yet many people do not realize that most of the animals that grace our tables are the victims of harsh suffering long before slaughter..."
Click the link below to read the rest of Imhoff's piece, and to see photos from his book, CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-imhoff/honoring-food-animals-cafos_b_826016.html#243731
New Book - "The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love" by Kristin Kimball
The Dirty Life chronicles the author's transition from her urban, single life as a journalist to her life on Essex Farm, started and run by Kristin and the man she fell in love with and whose lifestyle lured her away from the city. The book was recently reviewed on The Ethicurean, and the reviewer calls it "a sensual and captivating read, full of rich imagery of both beauty and disaster. It’s much more than a book about a farm; it's a fascinating and unflinching peek into two imperfect, yet determined people’s lives."
Click here to read the rest of the review.
New Website - Foodily
As stated on its website, Foodily is "the world's largest recipes network, bringing together recipes from across the web so you can compare any recipe and find the ones your friends like."
A recipe search engine with a social media component, Foodily offers a creative and intuitive way to find new recipes and share them with your friends. The home page has a simple search box, like Google, and once you've entered a recipe search term you view the recipe results (all of which have full color images, ingredients, instructions, and recipe source) and and browse them side-by-side, like flipping a magazine. Using Facebook Connect, Foodily allows users to see what recipes their Facebook friends have "liked" and commented on.
Click here to check out Foodily.
Organic Egg Scorecard
The Cornucopia Institute has produced an Organic Egg Scorecard for conscientious consumers seeking to know more about an egg company's practices beyond its certification as organic. The scorecard rates organic egg companies on factors such as hens' outdoors access and farm size and gives them a score ranging from one egg to five eggs.
Check out the scorecard here, and read more about its criteria here.
Check out the scorecard here, and read more about its criteria here.
TakePart - Tech vs. Teach: iPhone App Helps You Dodge Engineered Food
By Megan Bedard
February 14, 2011
"True Food, Center for Food Safety's grassroots action network, has launched a free app that will help consumers avoid genetically modified foods by recognizing the brands most often using them and finding alternatives."
Click here to download the app, and if you don't have an iPhone, you can download a printable PDF here.
Grist - Turning cows into steaks: inside a mid-scale slaughterhouse
By Daniel Klein
February 11, 2011
"There are many levels of animal eaters, farmers, and processors in this country. Even among the green-minded, we have passionate vegans and rampant paleo-style carnivores. There are those who support large farms for their efficiency, and those who want every farm to have only an acre of produce, a cow, and five chickens. As for meat processing, nearly everyone is freaked out for one reason or another. Most of us hate industrial meat processing; others fret that small-scale operations are dying out..."
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-farming/2011-02-11-turning-cows-into-steaks-inside-a-mid-scale-slaughterhouse-video
Check out the video below featuring Lorentz Meats, a mid-scale meat processing plant in Minnesota. According to Klein, "the small-is-beautiful types think Lorentz is getting too big, but the company is touted as one of the most efficient, clean, and successful processing plants here in Minnesota -- widely used by small farms." This facility is a good example of finding a middle ground between unrealistically small operations and those that are factory-sized and therefore more difficult to monitor and maintain standards of quality and health.
The Perennial Plate Episode 14: Meat from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.
February 11, 2011
"There are many levels of animal eaters, farmers, and processors in this country. Even among the green-minded, we have passionate vegans and rampant paleo-style carnivores. There are those who support large farms for their efficiency, and those who want every farm to have only an acre of produce, a cow, and five chickens. As for meat processing, nearly everyone is freaked out for one reason or another. Most of us hate industrial meat processing; others fret that small-scale operations are dying out..."
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-farming/2011-02-11-turning-cows-into-steaks-inside-a-mid-scale-slaughterhouse-video
Check out the video below featuring Lorentz Meats, a mid-scale meat processing plant in Minnesota. According to Klein, "the small-is-beautiful types think Lorentz is getting too big, but the company is touted as one of the most efficient, clean, and successful processing plants here in Minnesota -- widely used by small farms." This facility is a good example of finding a middle ground between unrealistically small operations and those that are factory-sized and therefore more difficult to monitor and maintain standards of quality and health.
The Perennial Plate Episode 14: Meat from Daniel Klein on Vimeo.
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