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Out of pocket

Posted in Community, In the News on July 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I am going on summer vacation! Luckily I know I’m leaving my garden in great hands. The cucumbers are still producing like mad, though they are getting yellow-tinted at an earlier stage. I’m guessing it’s a result of the onset of heat in the past few days. The okra is looking promising. Though, I’ve never [...]

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Laughable Labels

Posted in Agriculture, Big Food, In the News, Local, Media on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Some Reading

Posted in In the News, Reading and Research on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Does this mean real, clean food is mainstream? Katie Couric Oprah Monsanto mucks around with eggplant and the Indian environment minister says “no,” at least for now. The minister imposed a six-month moratorium on the launch bt brinjal, which would be the first GM vegetable. I was confused at first, but I guess technically corn [...]

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Some Reading

Posted in Blogs, In the News, Media on January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here are some food-related articles I’ve recently read. Are there some good ones I’ve missed? It takes a community to sustain a small farm “I used to think there were four distinct pieces to a local food system: production, processing, distribution, and retail. Now I realize there is a fifth: community. Without an involved community [...]

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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 [...]

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Some Reading

Posted in In the News, Reading and Research on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There really is an American cuisine: there’s even a book about it. I can’t wait to read The Food of a Younger Land, after Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal, of course. From the WTF?!? file: “Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety.” “Integrity of Federal ‘Organic’ Label is Questioned” Certified organic mock [...]

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I’m Screwed

Posted in Fat, Health, In the News on August 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I thought I was okay with having high cholesterol…until I heard this: “Midlife Cholesterol Linked to Dementia” on NPR. I’ve had high cholesterol since my early 20s. I just turned 29. I have great “good” cholesterol and blood pressure. Two to three years on a vegetarian diet did nothing to help my “bad” cholesterol. And [...]

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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 [...]

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Some Reading

Posted in Blogs, In the News, Meat, Media on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Sustainable Agriculture = Community Development Excerpt: “As currently structured, the food system is a sieve through which a substantial portion of wealth in low-income communities leaks away — with little of value to show for it.” Red Meat and Mortality Excerpt: “Eating lots of red meat increases the chances of dying prematurely of cancer and [...]

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