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Out of Harm's Safeway Safeway agrees to animal-welfare standards for some products		12 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 7:02 AM on 12 Feb 2008 One of the largest grocery store chains in the United States, Safeway, has agreed to increase animal-welfare standards for some of the animal-derived products sold at its stores. Chickens and pigs were the focus of the most recent efforts pressuring the chain to adopt humane standards. Safeway has pledged to purchase more pork from suppliers that have started phasing out the most ...
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, business, food, news (all these topics)

Meat Wagon: Poultry-worker blues OSHA looks the other way while poultry giants abuse workers	Tom Philpott	11 Feb 2008	Gristmill
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat industry. In an excellent muckraking report which underlines the importance of metropolitan newspapers, The Charlotte Observer has shined a bright light into one of the murkiest corners of our food system: poultry-packing factories. The report focuses on North Carolina-based House of Raeford, the nation's seventh-largest poultry packer. According to an industry trade journal, Raeford churns out 20 milli ...
Topics: agriculture, animal welfare, food, industrial ag (all these topics)

Lenten up already! A Christian quest to cut carbon	Ashley Braun	07 Feb 2008	Gristmill
With the start of Lent, Christians the world-over are praying, fasting, and giving alms in preparation for Easter. This often means also making some kind of sacrifice in the name of solidarity with the poor and the Church ... you know, getting guilted into giving up your most savory sins: gorging yourself on Moose Tracks ice cream or ogling Al Gore. Going without. For forty days. In a row. It's often perceived as a chore akin to New Year's Resolutions -- and adhered to ...
Topics: food, green living, religion and spirituality, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Edible media: Hole in the middle New NYT pundit bravely defends GMOs, cloning	Tom Philpott	06 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Edible Media takes an occasional look at interesting or deplorable food journalism on the web. The New York Times op-ed page appears to be grooming James E. McWilliams, a professor of history at Texas State University, as a rising pundit on food-politics issues. In August, The Times ran a McWilliams piece worrying that growing consumer desire for local food might be harming the environment. And yesterday, they had McWilliams wringing his hands about whether clone ...
Topics: agriculture, food, GMOs (all these topics)

Call it The quest for the Perfect Late-Evening Repast is over; I win	David Roberts	02 Feb 2008	Gristmill
You only have so many peak experiences in one lifetime, so it seems worth sharing the good news that I have found the perfect late evening repast. As with all the best snacks, this one begins at Trader Joe's. In the North Seattle branch, they are featuring, and I quote, "dark chocolate almonds, made with Belgian chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt and turbinado sugar." OMFG. I've been eating these things like crack-coated Scooby Snacks for weeks now. I j ...
Topics: food, organic food (all these topics)

Now Eat Your Organic Brussels Sprouts Organic produce reduces kids' exposure to pesticides, says study		01 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 2:58 PM on 01 Feb 2008 Pesticide-free produce leads to pesticide-free kids, says a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Young research subjects who ate conventional produce were found to have organophosphate residue in their bodily fluids, while kids who ate organic produce did not. Will wonders never cease. source:� Seattle Post-Intelligencer see also, in Gristm ...
Topics: food, news, organic food, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Mad Flavor in the Bay Area: Coffee fetish Blue Bottle generates more than just a caffeine buzz, but what does it mean?	Tom Philpott	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In 'Mad Flavor,' I describe exceptional culinary experiences from small artisan producers. Mad Flavor is currently reporting from the San Francisco Bay Area. Now these guys obsess over coffee. I say that with affection. For years, I home-roasted my own green beans. I once owned a vacuum pot, and used it lovingly until it shattered. A famous Roman espresso bar once moved me to tears of joy. But I've never dropped 20 grand on a fancy brewing contraption. Oakland ...
Topics: agriculture, food (all these topics)

On Pigskins and Vegans A noncarnivorous path to Super Bowl-snack nirvana	Roz Cummins	31 Jan 2008	'Tis the Season
Three cheers for vegan snacks! Photo: iStockphoto I have tried and tried to learn about football. Many people have taken the time to sit patiently by my side while a game is on and gently whisper explanations like, "OK, see, there are a series of things called downs ..." Right away, my mind trails off. Despite my total lack of comprehension of anything that happens on the field, I enjoy ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, sports, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Pesticide-free produce, pesticide-free kids Organic food reduces organophosphate exposure in children	Clark Williams-Derry	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill
By now, I think most people understand that organic food is supposed to be healthier for you. But I think there are still some people who feel that the health benefits are a just a bunch of marketing hype. Well, this new study suggests that it ain't just hype -- organic produce really does reduce kids' exposure to some potentially risky pesticides. From the Seattle P-I: The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety o ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health, organic food, toxics (all these topics)

Bittman on meat In case you'd forgotten, industrial meat is a friggin' nightmare	David Roberts	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill
It's a little weird that no one on Gristmill has yet pointed to Mark Bittman's stellar NYT piece on the environmental ravages of industrial meat. Philpott, where you at? Anyway, it's amazing. Go read it. Here's a taste (ha ha): Growing meat (it's hard to use the word "raising" when applied to animals in factory farms) uses so many resources that it's a challenge to enumerate them all. But consider: an estimated 30 percent of the earth's ice-free land i ...
Topics: agriculture, food, vegetarianism and veganism, climate, energy (all these topics)

Will peak oil force the localization of agriculture?	David Roberts	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Stuart Staniford says no. Sharon Astyk says yes. Jeff Vail also says yes.
Topics: agriculture, energy, food, local food, oil (all these topics)

GMOs as environmental pollution Schmeiser to play David to Monsanto's Goliath again	Kurt Michael Friese	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Most of you will recall the high-profile battle fought by Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser when he was sued for growing their GM seed without tithing to the corporation for the privilege. Schmeiser insisted that Monsanto's patented DNA blew onto his land, but he lost an acrimonious fight in Canada's Supreme Court anyway. Now Percy's back for more. Schmeiser has filed suit against the agribusiness giant in his Bruno, Saskatchewan, small claims court ...
Topics: agriculture, business, food, GMOs, industrial ag, litigation (all these topics)

USDA food-safety czar: Ethanol waste causes tainted beef -- and that's okay Let cows eat vaccines along with distillers grains	Tom Philpott	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In December, a study came out suggesting a link between distillers grains -- a waste product of the corn-ethanol process -- and a spike in cases of beef tainted with the deadly E. coli 0157 virus. You see, the government-mandated ethanol boom has dramatically pushed up corn prices. To cut costs, feedlot operators have been substituting cheap distillers grains for pricey corn. Thus in the past year or so, we've seen an explosion in use of distillers grain as livestock ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, Department of Agriculture, energy, ethanol, food (all these topics)

Eco-Farm: California dreaming Notes on California's big sustainable-farming conference.	Tom Philpott	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Note: This is another in a series of posts from Eco-Farm, the annual conference held by the Ecological Farming Association of California. At Eco-Farm, some 1,400-1,500 organic farmers, Big Organic marketers, and sundry sustainable-ag enthusiasts pack into a rustic, beautiful seaside conference hall an hour-and-a-half south of San Francisco to talk farming amid the dunes. Satan gave me a taco: Harvesting talent at Eco-Farm. Photo: Bonnie Powell, Ethicurean ...
Topics: agriculture, food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Eco-Farm: Buzz kill A long-time beekeeper's take on colony collapse	Tom Philpott	27 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Note: For the next few days I'll be reporting from Eco-Farm, the annual conference held by the Ecological Farming Association of California. At Eco-Farm, some 1,400-1,500 organic farmers, Big Organic marketers, and sundry sustainable-ag enthusiasts pack into a rustic, beautiful seaside conference hall an hour-and-a-half south of San Francisco to talk farming amid the dunes. Long-time California bee keeper Randy Oliver gave an interesting session on apiary in an age o ...
Topics: agriculture, food, wildlife (all these topics)

Full-time athlete and full-time vegan Is it possible for an NFL star to go meatless?	Sarah van Schagen	27 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Grist recently published my interview with Rory Freedman, one of the authors of vegan diet book Skinny Bitch. The finished piece is just a selection of the topics from our conversation (we had quite a long lunch), and one of the questions that didn't make the cut was about responding to critics who say veganism is unhealthy. Freedman said it's a "non-argument" and referenced the work of a number of scientific organizations (the American Dietetic Assoc ...
Topics: food, health, sports, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

The Bitch Is Back An interview with Rory Freedman, coauthor of vegan manifesto Skinny Bitch	Sarah van Schagen	25 Jan 2008	Grist Feature
It would be impossible to make it through an entire lunch with Rory Freedman without realizing this simple truth: The bitch loves food. Excuse my language -- or actually, don't. Freedman wouldn't say it any other way. Rory Freedman (left), with coauthor Kim Barnouin. Photo: Tim VanOrden After all, she and former model Kim Barnouin are coauthors of the New York Times bes ...
Topics: books, food, green living, interview, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Water We Waiting For? Orange County opens recycled-water plant		25 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 2:57 PM on 25 Jan 2008 A sewage reclamation plant officially opened today in Orange County, Calif., and will, sure enough, reclaim treated effluent and turn it into drinking water. Recognizing that its growing population -- currently 2.3 million -- is likely to outpace its supply of fresh water, O.C. is relying on the facility to turn 70 million gallons of water from disgusting to drinkable every day. Officials hope that t ...
Topics: California, food, news (all these topics)

Eco-Farm: Seeds of ignorance Investigative journalist reveals serious safety concerns about GM food	Tom Philpott	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Note: For the next few days I'll be reporting from Eco-Farm, the annual conference held by the Ecological Farming Association of California. At Eco-Farm, some 1,400-1,500 organic farmers, Big Organic marketers, and sundry sustainable-ag enthusiasts pack into a rustic, beautiful seaside conference hall an hour-and-a-half south of San Francisco to talk farming amid the dunes. I've been writing about genetically modified food since I first took up food-politics writing ...
Topics: agriculture, food, GMOs, health, industrial ag (all these topics)

Eco-Farm: Eric Schlosser on Florida pickers and fair wages Fast Food Nation author regales organic-farmer audience	Tom Philpott	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Note: For the next few days I'll be reporting from Eco-Farm, the annual conference held by the Ecological Farming Association of California. At Eco-Farm, some 1,400-1,500 organic farmers, Big Organic marketers, and sundry sustainable-ag enthusiasts pack into a rustic, beautiful seaside conference hall an hour-and-a-half south of San Francisco to talk farming amid the dunes.The ever-excellent investigative writer Eric Schlosser kicked off Eco-Farm with a hard-hitting key ...
Topics: agriculture, food, industrial ag, organic food (all these topics)

Toxic tuna The mercury problem isn't contained to New York City's sushi restaurants and markets	Andrew Sharpless	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In case you needed another reason not to consume the dangerously overfished bluefin tuna: This week, The New York Times had a story about a study of mercury contamination, conducted by the newspaper, of leading sushi restaurants in New York. Guess which species showed the highest level of mercury? In the study, the Times collected samples of tuna sushi from leading restaurants like Blue Ribbon Sushi and Nobu Next Door. The results 'found so much mercury in tuna su ...
Topics: fishing, food, mercury, New York City, toxics (all these topics)

Genetically engineered 'supercarrot' New superfood is higher in press-release fluff and poor journalism than your average carrot	Matthew Dillon	24 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The best way to read this post is to begin with a recent press release from Texas A&M on their new Supercarrot. Second, read Wired magazine journalist Alexis Madrigal's coverage of the story. Alexis praises the next generation of biotech crops. He writes that, 'A carrot that increases what's known as the bioavailability of calcium could have a major impact in the marketplace.' Really? You are correct, Alexis: it could have a major impact on a totally ...
Topics: agriculture, food, GMOs, health (all these topics)

Pork porn Eating extremely local pigs	Adam Browning	24 Jan 2008	Gristmill
For pork lovers squeamish about hunting, check out this fascinating account of an intrepid urban farmer who doesn't let the fact she lives in the hood in Oakland, Calif., get in the way of her commitment to eating local. Very local. Like backyard local. So ... here's the piggies on day one. And last days.� Read up from the bottom. She's a beautiful writer, and she has some insightful things to say.
Topics: agriculture, food, local food, placemaking (all these topics)

Biomass, part II Better agronomy for energy crops	Vinod Khosla	24 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I believe improved crop practices are a vital aspect in meeting our cellulosic feedstock needs. There are a few areas that offer significant potential: crop rotation, the use of polyculture plantations, perennials as energy crops, and better agronomic practices. We address all four issues here. Though none of these have been extensively studied, early studies and knowledgeable speculation point to their likely utility. Further study of th ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, food (all these topics)

Out of Tuna Tuna sushi in New York tests high for mercury		23 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:24 PM on 23 Jan 2008 Tuna sushi in 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants contained high levels of mercury, according to testing commissioned by The New York Times. In five establishments, fish mercury levels were so high that the seafood could legally be removed from the market. According to a 2007 survey, New Yorkers' blood mercury levels are three times the national average. Recently, mercury has been linked not only to neuro ...
Topics: food, health, mercury, New York City, news (all these topics)

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