Is this the co-opting of “local” or just a really broad interpretation? My recent encounter in Oklahoma City with this “locally grown” jar of roasted bell peppers from Napa Valley caused me to revisit this fantastic article from last May, which explores the angles and issues with the “local” label. Mezzetta, Frito Lay, and others [...]
Archive for the ‘Big Food’ Category
Laughable Labels
Posted in Agriculture, Big Food, In the News, Local, Media on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Slant and Sausage
Posted in Big Food, Blogs, In the News, Meat, Media, Reading and Research, Status Quo on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Do you subscribe to Meatingplace headlines and blog updates? I can’t remember how I came across the site, but I continue to read and get pissed; read, get pissed. It’s my education on inserting bias and “fast, flexible, fully automated sausage production.” The industry blogs are even more fun, where bloggers like Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton [...]
Food, Inc. Buzz
Posted in Big Food, Media on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Industry web sites have been created to respond to Food, Inc. Monsanto Animal agriculture industry groups National Chicken Council
Some Reading
Posted in Agriculture, Big Food, Farming/Ranching, In the News on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When “Local” Makes It Big Frito-Lay rationalizes their new “locavore” marketing scheme. Excerpt: “You know the locavore phenomenon is having an impact when the corporations begin co-opting it,” Ms. Prentice said. “Everyone should know where things are processed. The ‘where’ question is really important.” U.S. Hog Giant Transforms Eastern Europe Read the story while considering [...]
Some Reading
Posted in Agriculture, Big Food, In the News, Reading and Research, Tomatoes on February 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A diverse sampling of food-related reading: “Pig brain mist” mystery concludes The Price of Tomatoes Related photos here. As a relatively petty aside, notice the color of the tomatoes. Nice essay on organic food. Clean food should not be a luxury item. An amazing 2002 article by Michael Pollan on industrial livestock: from artificial insemination [...]
Census of Agriculture
Posted in Agriculture, Big Food, In the News, Reading and Research on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Census of Agriculture is conducted every five years by the USDA. Numbers were released yesterday. Some especially exciting data is that of direct farm sales (which includes farmers’ markets and roadside stands). In the U.S., the value of direct farm sales between 2002 and 2007 increased 30% (adjusted for inflation; at current dollars it’s [...]
Mercury in HFCS
Posted in Big Food, Reading and Research on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Read Tom Philpott’s article on news that high fructose corn syrup has tested positive for mercury. And the FDA knew about it since 2005… GRRR! The Corn Refiners Association says the study is based on old data. How’s that for a sweet surprise?
Scientific Evidence of What We Already Knew
Posted in Big Food, Eating Out, Meat, Media, Status Quo on November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Authors of a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences tested for carbon and nitrogen isotopes in 480 servings of beef, chicken, and french fries. From these tests, the authors could tell that the animals were kept in confinement, ate a mostly-corn diet, and maybe even ate their own poo. Very [...]
Fast Food Nation
Posted in Big Food, Eating Out, Meat, Media, Status Quo on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Several weeks have passed since I watched Fast Food Nation, and I still can’t get it out of my head. The movie weaves fact—from the nonfiction book of the same name—into a fabricated plot. It’s an odd format, but the message is the same: fast food drives the demand for massive amounts of cheap meat, [...]
Corn: feed, food, fuel
Posted in Big Food, Random on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Corn: feed, food, fuel. But, in which order? About a year ago I was unpacking some porcelain dolls I inherited from my grandma. It was neat to look at the newspaper from when they were packed up 16 years ago. I thought this children’s section was pretty interesting, given all the discussion about the role [...]
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