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  Why bother?

  Isn't Lazy locavore a little to time consuming to say?  As long as we're being slackers around here, why not just shorten it to lazyvore?  Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2008?  :)

  http://jcarrot.org/has-locavore-jumped-the-sustainably-ra ...

  Leah
  The Jew & The CarrotOn The paper of record identifies -- sort of -- a new trend posted 1 year, 4 months ago 12 Responses

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  PETA gets a Piece

  I wrote a similar piece about PETA's tactics of swapping one "piece of meat" for another.  It's really rather sad.  

  http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=67On Animal rights group called out for repeatedly exploiting women posted 1 year, 4 months ago 38 Responses

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  Great news!

  I was an early supporter of The Food Network - I totally dug Two Fat Ladies and all the early stuff before Rachel Ray started being the spokesperson for Ritz and Dunkin Donuts.

  Needless to say, I've been pretty disappointed in The Food Network's programming choices lately - so hearing about Alton's new sustainability focus is thrilling!  I might just have to start watching again.

  Leah
  The Jew & The CarrotOn Food Network star Alton Brown adds a pinch of sustainability to the pot posted 1 year, 5 months ago 27 Responses

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  Chips, everywhere.

  It's so true.  I guest taught at my friend's after school program the other day.  The kids in the class were well-educated, wealthy, and no stranger to the words "free range" and "organic."  Still, their choice of after school snack was atrocious.  Cheetos, Coke, candy bars - the junk food works.  The scariest part was - I rarely eat any of those foods, but after being around so much of it, I was really tempted.

  Leah
  The Jew & The CarrotOn Coca-Cola and McD's top brands among teens, study says posted 1 year, 7 months ago 6 Responses

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  Disagreeing with your Heros

  It's hard - both in practice and emotionally - to disagree with Michael Pollan and Alice Waters, but reading the Times' article, I really did.

  I think you make some excellent points here, Tom, about Pollan and Waters' somewhat embarrassing (and a-typical) oversimplification and A+B=C reasoning.  

  I wrote a similar post for The Jew & The Carrot, which I thought might add further to the conversation:

  http://jcarrot.org/joseph-and-the-amazingly-expensive-com ...On Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters should quit celebrating food-price hikes posted 1 year, 7 months ago 27 Responses