Food in the News and on the ‘Net

A great piece by Al Jazeera on America’s food crisis and about some of the people fighting back: And an interview with one of the mothers of the sustainable food movement: The (not so) New Agtivist.

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

Depressing news on Americans’ consumption of vegetables: Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries. Are we seriously so twisted that putting baby carrots in junk food machines and creating an app that requires a crunch of a carrot to make it work are the only ways we’ll eat vegetables??? Somehow it reminds me of [...]

Food in the News and on the ‘Net

Disturbing news on the scary food front: Marion Nestle blogs on the egg recall: ”Take home lesson: If you just have a few chickens, waste is not a problem. If you have millions of chickens in one place, you have a disaster in waiting.” One more reason to love your local pastured egg provider! And here’s [...]

Will the real free-range egg (yolk) please stand up?

I’m a firm believer in buying farm fresh local eggs (and other ingredients): true pastured eggs – from chickens who eat what what they can find while out scratching around in a pasture – come from happy hens, are likely to be better for us, for the environment, and for the local food economy, and [...]

Food Wars

It seems like food and food systems are quickly becoming the battle ground for a new war in America and beyond – even more so when the very language used to describe news in this field comes from the military world! However, this video is still worth a serious viewing: The Battle for the World [...]

Video Recommendations

I’ve been exploring the TED website, the self-styled “clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers”  and have found a lot of thought-provoking talks – here are a few of my favorites on food, where it comes from (and where it should come from), and what it means (or should mean) [...]

Food in the News and on the ‘Net

Happy to see the White House working on some very important issues close to home and close to my heart: Presidential Memorandum – Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity Let’s Move Fun updates on the Obamas and food issues at Obamafoodarama. And who knows – maybe Oprah can do the same for the “real [...]

List of Links

We’re moving into week #2 of the piglet flu at our house, so I feel the need to start off with some fun: For all you punsters and word wizards out there, a fun piece by John Hershey on RakishWit: “What the garden gives us.” And who can resist the gang at Sesame Street? First [...]

Recommended viewing

Thoroughly enjoyed A Passion for Sustainability on DVD this weekend – not exactly food related, but a very inspirational documentary for anyone in business and much to think about in terms of the food systems we choose to support. This 2007 film follows 14 Portland, Oregon businesses who have become more (or completely) sustainable via a program [...]