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  Just say no to Godzilla meat

  Test tube meat, what could possibly go wrong?

  Margarine turned out to be trans-fats.  

  High Fructose Corn Syrup was originally seen as chalk full of "fruit sugar" turned out to be as bad, possibly worse than sucrose.

  Science told us that engineering milk to have less fat was better for us, but drinking skim milk appears to correlate with greater weight gain in children than whole milk.  Removing the fat makes the fat soluble vitamins that make milk nutritious unavailable.  Butterfat in whole milk, particularly butterfat in milk from cows that graze outside on green pasture, provides unique nutrients that support thyroid function and help the body put on muscle rather than fat. And to restore the mouth feel that's lost in removing the fat, producers will add powdered milk which contains oxidized cholesterol which seems to be harder on your arteries than regular cholesterol.

  Someone give me an example of when the health outcomes for human engineered food-like substances have been better than the health outcomes for just eating food?

  "Just eat food.  Not too much.  Mostly plants."
  -Michael PollanOn Test-tube flesh, coming soon to a hot dog near you posted 11 months, 1 week ago 15 Responses

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  I could see Obama splitting his cabinet.

  If I was Obama, I would have made similar experience based choices related to the economy and foreign policy.  There just isn't any time for a learning curve.  

  But for HUD, Ag, Education, EPA, Transportation, Interior, Veteran's Affairs, etc there real room bring in real fresh blood.  Max Cleland at Vets.  Earl Blumenaur at Trans. Bonior at Labor. Dan Reicher at Energy

  The problem for Sec of Ag is that I don't see any clear choices from the organic/sustainability movement.   I see long lists of unacceptable candidates, but I don't see people on our lists that have major administrative experience or hands on political experience.   We have farmers, people running small advocacy non-profits and academics.  I just don't see a candidate to rally behind.   John Ikerd might be a good pick, no ones going to be saying "I can't believe they passed over Ikerd" when they make their pick.

  Pollan and Hightower can't be considered serious picks.  So who should it be?

  Harkin seems pretty good on the issues but I'd rather have him where he is.  Maybe Harkin's chief of staff Brian Ahlberg?  On With the food world's eyes on farm policy, is the real action at Treasury? posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 2 Responses