Food in the News and on the ‘Net

Confused by the “new and improved” food guide pyramid? (I think the old one was much more understandable!) Help may be on the way, as the USDA considers updating the 5-year-old plan. Women are turning out to be a major force in the sustainable food movement, according to Grist.com. (And cheers for Grist.com, which now has [...]

Food in the News and on the ‘Net

Did you know that Michigan is second only to California in terms of agricultural diversity? Learn more about the opportunity for agriculture to save Michigan’s economy in Eating in Place, a new documentary that explores Michigan’s local food economy. And to add to the reading list: Animal Factory by journalist David Kirby, recently interviewed in TIME. GE crops, [...]

Is there a trend here?

Like many parents, I’m sure, we took our kids to see WALL-E last year, and frankly we were a bit disappointed. Not in the movie itself, but in the way it was marketed as a funny kids’ flick. It was way over their heads (they were 5 & 9), and they didn’t enjoy it much – [...]

The Future of Food

I finally got around to watching The Future of Food this weekend. By now this movie has become one of the cornerstones of the local/organic/sustainable movement, often quoted and referred to and listed as a resource by such writers as Michael Pollan among others. But somehow it had sat at the foot of my Netflix [...]

…and forgive us our sins?

Last week I finally watched Our Daily Bread, a documentary by Nikolaus Geyrhalter about industrialized food production in Europe. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it highly (and so did the New York Times, LA Times, and a host of other reviewers!) There are a plethora of movies and videos produced on this subject by [...]

TGIF – Movie Night!

Looking for a fun Chinese movie (or 2) for the dvd player? Check out pre-Brokeback-Mountain Ang Lee: his Eat, Drink, Man, Woman and The Wedding Banquet both explore “ethnic and sexual conflicts in a Chinese family, with meals as a centerpiece of the film.”(Janet Maslin, New York Times) You’ll see some fantastic banquet-style Chinese cooking – [...]