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the evening news
CBS News previews its no-holds-barred report on antibiotics in livestock 2
Posted 9 Feb 2010 10:51 AM by Tom LaskawyOh, boy. This one has blockbuster written all over it. Tonight, the CBS Evening News is broadcasting the first in a two-part series on the use of antibiotics in livestock (some background here). Katie Couric previewed the report this morning -- and it looks like a doozy. Watch it here. Read More
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Pasture politics
The organic movement is a civic process, not a set of standards [corrected] 5
Posted 8 Feb 2010 12:03 PM by E. Melanie DuPuisThe organic dairy world been plunged into a scalding debate between the watchdog group Cornucopia and the respected California organic dairy Strauss. Dairy-politics scholar Melanie Dupuis weighs in with an historical perspective. Read More
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Edible schoolyards, overworked teachers
To flourish, school gardens need more than photo ops 1
Posted 8 Feb 2010 7:00 AM by Sarah BernardiMichelle Obama's high-profile advocacy has helped make school gardens popular. But for school gardens to flourish and reach their educational potential, they'll need more resources, argues a teacher whose students helped the First Lady break ground on the White House Garden. Read More
More Food
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She didn't. Or did she?
Did Michelle Obama get the president to create a national Food Policy Council?
Posted 9 Feb 2010 2:28 PM By Tom Laskawy
Michelle Obama kicked off her campaign against childhood obesity today. Among the provisions are a revamping of the school lunch program, a small boost in funding for farmers markets, a major initiative to "end" food deserts by 2017, a focus on maintaining children's exercise levels, a set of broad public-private partnerships, along with reforms to front-of-package nutrition labeling and the food pyramid. Read More
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chewing the scenery
Michael Pollan video on Democracy Now
Posted 9 Feb 2010 11:08 AM By Tom Philpott
Pollan and Amy Goodman talk Food Inc., swine flu, agribusiness backlash, and more. Read More
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Cafeteria Confidential
What’s for breakfast at school today? 13 teaspoons of sugar 2
Posted 4 Feb 2010 4:02 AM By Ed Bruske
Yesterday I stopped by the cafeteria at my daughter's school here in the District of Columbia -- H.D. Cooke Elementary -- and this is what many of the kids were having for breakfast: A package of sugar-glazed cookies called Kellogg's Crunchmania Cinnamon buns; chocolate- or strawberry-flavored milk; grape juice. Read More
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Raw Milk Battlefield Stories
Whatever happened to the government’s war on raw milk? Just a shift in tactics
Posted 5 Feb 2010 10:59 AM By David Gumpert
The fact that the heavy-handed intimidation operations against raw dairies have abated over the last couple years shouldn't be mistaken for a letup in the federal and state campaign against raw milk. Earlier assaults on owners of small farms generated enough unfavorable publicity that federal and state authorities have opted for a less distasteful approach. The emphasis now is on ever-closer regulatory oversight of raw milk sellers and distributors, as well as court actions. Read More
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designs of the times
New E.U. organic logo set for Europe’s supermarkets
Posted 8 Feb 2010 10:03 AM By Agence France-Presse
The European Union on Monday unveiled a new Green logo that will have to be shown on all pre-packaged organic products produced in Europe from July. Read More
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Two-fer
USDA makes the right call on school meat safety, animal tracking 3
Posted 5 Feb 2010 2:24 PM By Tom Laskawy
From its failure to rein in abuse of farm subsidies to its misguided efforts on international trade, the Obama USDA has disappointed many progressives. But let's take a moment to offer kudos to USDA Chief Tom Vilsack for two positive developments in one week. Read More
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Marma' mia!
How Hurricane Katrina turned me into a citrus fanatic and marmalade maker 2
Posted 5 Feb 2010 1:11 PM By April McGreger
April McGreger never really got citrus fruit. Even grapefruit seemed boring. Then she tasted heirloom varieties from an organic farm in Louisiana. Now she's fanatic about citrus--and spreads the love with a great recipe for marmalade. Read More
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Tom's Kitchen
Hello, Dal-ly: curried red lentils 3
Posted 5 Feb 2010 11:13 AM By Tom Philpott
Inspired by his hero Deborah Madison, Tom Philpott improvises a curried red lentil dish for a simple winter meal. Read More
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Ramblin' man
Me, on Edible Radio
Posted 5 Feb 2010 9:32 AM By Tom Philpott
Tom Philpott talks multi-farm CSAs and local-food economics with Edible Radio's Kate Manchester. Read More
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The N2 dilemma: Is America fertilizing disaster?
Posted 4 Feb 2010 9:00 PM
You already know that a shocking amount of the American diet comes from corn. But where does all that corn come from? The answer, in a very real sense, is synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. In this special series Fertilizing Disaster, Grist takes a hard look at synthetic N -- where it comes from, where it's taking us, and how we can avoid its unsavory consequences. Read More
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Corny joke
Watch Yes Men stick it to Archer Daniels Midland 2
Posted 4 Feb 2010 10:20 AM By Tom Philpott
Those merry pranksters the Yes Men, what will they get up to next? Read More
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Echoes of Bush
EPA capitulates on ethanol, hearts clean coal 60
Posted 4 Feb 2010 8:10 AM By Tom Philpott
The press release could have come straight out of the utterly disgraced Bush EPA--and if it had, imagine the howls of outrage it would have provoked. Its headline read as follows: "Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal." Tom Philpott does a double-take. Read More
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Small is beautiful (and radical) 10
Posted 3 Feb 2010 9:41 AM By Eliot Coleman
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Oscar smiles upon ‘Food, Inc.,’ stiffs ‘Mr. Fox’ 4
Posted 2 Feb 2010 11:40 AM By Tom Philpott
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Ask Umbra’s video advice on making your own club soda 19
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Obama’s budget proposal serves up thin gruel for school lunch reform 23
Posted 1 Feb 2010 7:14 PM By Tom Philpott
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Echoing Michelle Obama, a D.C. pol pushes ‘healthy schools’
Posted 30 Jan 2010 6:16 AM By Ed Bruske
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A teacher’s blog takes a withering look at school lunches 3
Posted 1 Feb 2010 10:08 AM By Tom Philpott
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A Seattle chef proves that traditional sushi and healthy oceans go hand-in-chopstick 7
Posted 1 Feb 2010 12:01 AM By Darby Minow Smith
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Battle for the soul of organic dairy farmers goes on behind the scenes 6
Posted 29 Jan 2010 10:50 AM By Tom Laskawy
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Michael Pollan sets Food Rules on Oprah 5
Posted 28 Jan 2010 7:08 PM By Ashley Braun
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USDA’s Deputy Secretary discusses local, organic farming
Posted 27 Jan 2010 3:07 PM By Twilight Greenaway