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• The CAFO syndrome

  An interview with Mia MacDonald on China's growing appetite for U.S.-style meat production 6

  Posted 9 months, 1 week ago

  

  Mia MacDonald.

  Photo: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Old MacDonald had a farm -- one resounding with oinks and moos and squawks. By today's standards, the old man's farm would count as a model of biodiversity. Researcher Mia MacDonald points out that across the planet, old ways of farming are giving way to the environmentally devastating factory farms we've pioneered in the West -- typically housing a single species of animal, confined by the thousands in conditions that would be alien to Old MacDonald's pigs… Read More

• Who's cashing in on the high price of food?

  With food riots raging, let's open the books on the finances of Big Ag 21

  Posted 1 year, 7 months ago

  When we talk about the crisis in food prices, we should scrape below the surface to explore who's actually benefiting from the crisis.

  Unless you've had your head stuck in the freezer at Dean & Deluca, you've heard about the food crisis across the planet.

  A recent Financial Times displayed this staggering map of the globe: Black dots marked each of the countries were food riots have been sparked in outrage against the rising prices of food. Thirty dots in all. A recent CNN report noted that "Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket." These surging… Read More

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  Petrini's Words

  hey tom,
  great blog... i really appreciate your take on this. for those interested in hearing more about petrini's philosophy, read this transcript from a speech he gave at the kellogg foundation food and society conference a couple of years ago.
  the translation is excellent, but reading it on the screen doesn't really capture petrini's personality. for full effect, as you read, gesticulate wildly, smile broadly, and chuckle to yourself.  
  annaOn Ruminations on food, class, and Carlo Petrini posted 2 years, 5 months ago 17 Responses