Food Movement

Drinking problems

I drink raw milk (sold illegally on the underground market) 49
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago Isn't it curious that at this juncture in our culture's evolution, we collectively believe Twinkies, Lucky Charms, and Coca-Cola are safe foods, but compost-grown tomatoes and raw milk are not? With legislation moving through Congress demanding that all agricultural practices be "science-based," Joel Salatin believes our food system is at Wounded Knee.
Half-baked

What Gourmet’s critics missed 5
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Gourmet magazine was a pioneer among its glossy peers in making space for a new and fast-growing appetite among American readers: the desire for critical perspectives on the food system.
Cooking oil

Can you taste the fuels in your food? 5
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago To see fossil fuels in action on a farm, Amanda Little paid a visit to a Kansas corn grower and hitched a ride in his high-tech tractor. This is the fourth installment in a series of exclusive excerpts from Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to the Renewable Future.
Short Answer: Yes

Quiz: Should I see the critically acclaimed documentary ‘Food, Inc.’? 5
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Food, Inc. is a riveting documentary. Fast-paced and chock full of detail, the film does not shy from shocking, rarely-seen footage. But should YOU, dear reader, go see it? Take our quiz to find out.
Leverage on a bun

What the financial collapse can teach us about the food system 18
Posted 6 months ago
During the housing boom, signs of a coming disaster were not hard to see -- if you looked. Indeed, many financial execs did foresee the current meltdown, even as they continued pocketing cash from the bubble. All of this got Tom Philpott thinking of another highly leveraged system: industrial food.
Michael Pollan defends food on Colbert Report 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Food is the new green

Earth Day reflections on food as an environmental issue 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
We need to figure out new economic models to make sustainably produced food a viable option for everyone. For food to reach its full potential as a green issue -- for our society to feed itself in a way that's not literally destroying our habitat -- that's our challenge.
Back to the future

Toward a less efficient and more robust food system 7
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
There's no way one farmer, or even a group of farmers, can make the investments we need to bolster our food economy. This is a community-scale opportunity that requires community-scale efforts.
Speak food to power

The food movement needs to hone its political skills 1
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Despite the giddiness that comes with hearing that "a prominent food industry lobbyist... said he was amazed at how many members of Congress were carrying copies of 'The Omnivore's Dilemma,'" some felt that the article, with its focus on Alice Waters -- who becomes more controversial by the day -- and Michael Pollan as food movement "leaders," was a hit piece. Personally, I think of it as a reality check.