Food Safety News - Ag Subsidies Fund Junk Food, Report Says

A new report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group reveals that since 1995, approximately $16.9 billion of American tax money has fed into farm subsidies, not for fruits and vegetables, but rather, for four core ingredients of junk food: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and soy oils.
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September 22, 2011
By Gretchen Goetz

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/09/ag-subsidies-fund-junk-food-report-says/

Mother Jones - Meat Industry Still Denying Antibiotic Resistance

Tom Philpott discusses the meat industry's new denial tactic in regard to the adverse effects of feeding antibiotics to farm animals: the industry blames bad science.

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September 21, 2011
By Tom Philpott

http://motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/09/meat-industry-antibiotic-resistance

The Atlantic - Bringing America to the Table: How to Get People Interested in Food

Author Helene York bemoans the recent flood of books about the food industry, calling them overly dire and negative, and claiming that they are "preaching to the choir" of food journalists, activists, and conscious consumers. She insists that "for the food system to change meaningfully, Mr. and Mrs. Average American have to tune in eventually." And the solution to getting through to them is not requiring them to read "ominous tomes." Instead, York suggests three alternate angles that will get the American masses to care about their food: gardening, health, humor.

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September 22, 2011
By Helene York

http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/bringing-america-to-the-table-how-to-get-people-interested-in-food/245442/

Food Safety News - Media Influence on Food Safety Practices

A new study reveals the positive impact of food safety issues being reported by the media. Both the public and the industry benefit from awareness about food safety (including food handling outbreak prevention), and that awareness is at least partially due to the media's coverage of those issues.

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September 26, 2011
By Mary Rothschild

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/09/media-coverage-influences-food-safety-practices/

The Atlantic - Antibiotic Resistance and the Case for Organic Poultry and Meat

A recent study from the Maryland School of Public Health found that livestock who were not fed antibiotics showed an immediate and dramatic decline in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Neil Wagner discusses the issues surrounding the study and how they affect human health. He ends the article encouraging readers to buy organic meat and poultry, thereby making a statement to the industry about the unnecessary and harmful use of antibiotics in the meat industry.

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September 14, 2011
By Neil Wagner

http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/antibiotic-resistance-and-the-case-for-organic-poultry-and-meat/245067/1/

The Nation - What's Next for the Global Food Movement?

The October 3rd issue of The Nation features a central piece by Frances Moore Lappe, titled "The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities," along with a series of response pieces by authors such as Raj Patel, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, and others.

Lappe's article and the brief replies survey a range of issues related to the global food industry, such as environmentalism, diet, workers' rights, food deserts, politics, land use, GMOs, world hunger, and more.

The Nation's focus of an entire issue on the food movement reiterates its increasingly prominent position in the media and among consumers, and yet the pieces remind the reader that the food movement has a long history, both within the U.S. and globally, and has produced both good and bad results. The hope of these essays' authors and their audience is that the movement continues to gain traction and make progress towards a more productive while also more sustainable global food system.

• The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities by Frances Moore Lappe
• Why Hunger Is Still With Us by Raj Patel
• Resisting the Corporate Theft of Seeds by Vandana Shiva
• It's Not Just About Food by Eric Schlosser
• How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System by Michael Pollan
• The Production Conundrum by Samuel Fromartz
• Walmart's Fresh Food Makeover by Bridget Huber
• Farm Bill 101 by Daniel Imhoff
• Who Says Food Is a Human Right by Anna Lappe
• Venezuela's Radical Food Experiment by Paula Crossfield

New Film - American Meat

American Meat is a new documentary that surveys the current state of America's meat industry. The film features a number of farmers who take varying approaches to raising animals for meat. Some of these farmers reveal to the audience the longstanding industrial system, while others - like the infamous Joel Salatin - introduce us to the growing grass-based farming revolution. Through tracing the history and the current state of meat production in our country, the film encourages a more promising future for animal husbandry by presenting every day solutions for improving the system.

Watch the trailer below and check out the film's website or follow it on Twitter or Facebook to find out when a screening is near you.


AMERICAN MEAT TRAILER from Leave It Better on Vimeo.

Real Simple Recipe - Ratatouille

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/ratatouille-10000000524327/index.html?xid=dailyrecnews-09-06-2011