<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A cornucopia of new books tells us where our food comes from]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by julieann http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/ Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:14:22 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/1 Food & Politics 2006: The China Study

I was disappointed not to see Dr. Colin Campbell's landmark 2006 work THE CHINA STUDY on this shortlist.  It is not specifically about how our food is produced, but it does strike at the core of the politics of food in America, the myriad health crises (including the cost-of-health-care crisis) directly related to the "great American diet" and ongoing corporate promotion of same, and what we can all do about it right now!

]]> Food & Politics 2006: The China Study

I was disappointed not to see Dr. Colin Campbell's landmark 2006 work THE CHINA STUDY on this shortlist.  It is not specifically about how our food is produced, but it does strike at the core of the politics of food in America, the myriad health crises (including the cost-of-health-care crisis) directly related to the "great American diet" and ongoing corporate promotion of same, and what we can all do about it right now!

]]> Comment #2 by jules http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/ Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:54:01 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/2 food books

"it's a long road to a tomato" by keith stewart is another wonderful book about being an organic farmer and trying to buck the trend. i recommend it.

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"it's a long road to a tomato" by keith stewart is another wonderful book about being an organic farmer and trying to buck the trend. i recommend it.

]]> Comment #3 by TBiscaia http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/ Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:53:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/3 Rattling the Food Chain

Until the glamor of having a useless, pristine lawn gets overtaken by genuine public interest in devoting the same dedication of time and resources resources to growing your own food instead, the industrial food conglomerate will dictate what the American masses eat.

It may take a wave of either terrorism attacks on our food supply, or a widespread disease similar to mad cow in the vegetable world, to generate this kind of movement.  

I've always enjoyed growing my own food;  I like knowing what I'm eating, and gardening is akin to religion for me.

 

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Until the glamor of having a useless, pristine lawn gets overtaken by genuine public interest in devoting the same dedication of time and resources resources to growing your own food instead, the industrial food conglomerate will dictate what the American masses eat.

It may take a wave of either terrorism attacks on our food supply, or a widespread disease similar to mad cow in the vegetable world, to generate this kind of movement.  

I've always enjoyed growing my own food;  I like knowing what I'm eating, and gardening is akin to religion for me.

 

]]> Comment #4 by rberr http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/ Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:18:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/4 idea: a wiki on eating locally grown food

Let's build on the momentum generated by these great books by creating an Eat Local Wiki, where we all research and document who is doing what to promote local food in our towns, and on our campuses. Is your school doing enough to serve locally grown food? If so, add it to the eat local wiki and tell everyone how the school does it. If not, write about that too. Do you know of restaurants that strive to serve locally grown food...list 'em! Is there a pod of "localvores" near you -- people who have challenged themselves to eat only locally grown food for a week, a month, three months, etc! List 'em!  I've got the very beginning of the wiki going at WikiForGood.org.

Rob

]]> idea: a wiki on eating locally grown food

Let's build on the momentum generated by these great books by creating an Eat Local Wiki, where we all research and document who is doing what to promote local food in our towns, and on our campuses. Is your school doing enough to serve locally grown food? If so, add it to the eat local wiki and tell everyone how the school does it. If not, write about that too. Do you know of restaurants that strive to serve locally grown food...list 'em! Is there a pod of "localvores" near you -- people who have challenged themselves to eat only locally grown food for a week, a month, three months, etc! List 'em!  I've got the very beginning of the wiki going at WikiForGood.org.

Rob

]]> Comment #5 by ffletcher http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/ Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:50:48 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/philpott/5 Tomatoes Still Great, Think About Canning

It is great to have locally produced food.  In order to take advantage of this bounty later on, when the tomatoes lose their flavor, I have canned up some tomato sauce this Labor Day weekend.  FIrst time I have done it myself.  It was with some sense of pride I added those pint jars of my own tomato sauce to a cool spot under the house.  Think I will put up another batch this next weekend as well.

I encourage others to give canning a try.

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It is great to have locally produced food.  In order to take advantage of this bounty later on, when the tomatoes lose their flavor, I have canned up some tomato sauce this Labor Day weekend.  FIrst time I have done it myself.  It was with some sense of pride I added those pint jars of my own tomato sauce to a cool spot under the house.  Think I will put up another batch this next weekend as well.

I encourage others to give canning a try.

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