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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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Small is beautiful (and radical) 10

  Posted 3 Feb 2010 9:41 AM By Eliot Coleman

• Oscar smiles upon ‘Food, Inc.,’ stiffs ‘Mr. Fox’ 4

  Posted 2 Feb 2010 11:40 AM By Tom Philpott

• Ask Umbra’s video advice on making your own club soda 19

  Posted 2 Feb 2010 6:00 AM

• Obama’s budget proposal serves up thin gruel for school lunch reform 23

  Posted 1 Feb 2010 7:14 PM By Tom Philpott

• Echoing Michelle Obama, a D.C. pol pushes ‘healthy schools’

  Posted 30 Jan 2010 6:16 AM By Ed Bruske

• A teacher’s blog takes a withering look at school lunches 3

  Posted 1 Feb 2010 10:08 AM By Tom Philpott

• 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

• Battle for the soul of organic dairy farmers goes on behind the scenes 6

  Posted 29 Jan 2010 10:50 AM By Tom Laskawy

• Michael Pollan sets Food Rules on Oprah 5

  Posted 28 Jan 2010 7:08 PM By Ashley Braun

• USDA’s Deputy Secretary discusses local, organic farming

  Posted 27 Jan 2010 3:07 PM By Twilight Greenaway

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