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So Long, San Pellegrino Restaurants, schools tap into local water supplies		30 May 2007	Daily Grist
So Long, San Pellegrino Restaurants, schools tap into local water supplies You've heard of eating locally, but the latest fad may be drinking locally. Some restaurants and schools are starting to serve filtered tap water instead of bottled water, citing the eco-impacts of packaging and shipping a product that's already available right thar in the kitchen. But it seems that pushing pints of Perrier is such ...
Topics: Alice Waters, business, food, green living, news (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Is carbon labeling a good idea? Can a bag of potato chips point the way to saving the planet?	Peter Madden	30 May 2007	Gristmill
Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. Can a bag of potato chips point the way to saving the planet? In the U.K., we have started down the path of putting 'carbon labels' on products. Tesco, our biggest supermarket chain, has said they will label every product they sell. The Carbon Trust, a government agency, has already produced a prototype label and is trying it o ...
Topics: climate, consumerism, England, food, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

Edible Media: Gastronomica Good stuff in the new issue of the 'journal of food and culture'	Tom Philpott	28 May 2007	Gristmill
Edible Media takes an occasional look at interesting or deplorable food journalism on the web. Anyone who loves food, and enjoys reading about it, should check out the quarterly magazine Gastronomica, which calls itself the 'journal of food and culture.' It's published by the University of California Press, but it's no academic rag. It tends to print quirky, passionate essays -- on luxurious paper stock, with loads of lovely photos -- by all manner of writers: ...
Topics: food, green living (all these topics)

Organic lite 'Organic' beer with conventional hops, and other USDA wishes	Tom Philpott	18 May 2007	Gristmill
It's happening again -- the USDA is scheming to water down organic standards for key products. This time, the targets are that sacred duo, beer and sausage. Beer is composed essentially of two agricultural products: barley and hops. If the USDA gets its way, makers of 'organic' beer will be able to use conventionally grown hops. And sausage is made up essentially of ground meat stuffed into casing made of animal intestines. The USDA would like manufacturers to ...
Topics: agriculture, business, Department of Agriculture, food, greenwashing, organic food (all these topics)

Just My Potluck On slow food, communal eating, and Reubenesque sandwiches	Roz Cummins	17 May 2007	'Tis the Season
This is the last in a series of articles about connecting with people over spring meals. Read others on setting up a dining co-op, celebrating Passover, hosting an Earth Dinner, and appreciating slow food. In my last column, I wrote about the slow-food movement, which unites people interested in flavors, food preservation, and, of course, eating. The movement is international in its scope and imp ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

God of Small Things An interview with underground foodie hero Sandor Katz	Tom Philpott	17 May 2007	Main Dish
Sandor Katz. Like a well-made batch of kefir, the ancient cultured milk drink, Sandor Katz has an effervescent quality. Spend time with him or read his classic Wild Fermentation, and you'll see your food in a new light. Bread, cheese, cured meats, chocolate, beer, wine, vinegar -- all are products of fermentation, he points out: "Virtually all of the compelling, strong flavors that people a ...
Topics: food, interview, local food (all these topics)

Influencing the Farm Bill Now is the time to harangue your reps about farm and food policy.	Steph Larsen	16 May 2007	Gristmill
As debate over the 2007 Farm Bill heats up, more people than ever are realizing that the five-year omnibus legislation, due to expire this year, directly influences what crops are produced in this country, who gets paid for them and how much, the manner in which they are produced, what kind of product they become, and who eats what. They're also connecting the dots and realizing that our current farm and food policy is making us overweight and unhealthy while lining the ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Congress, food, politics (all these topics)

Lady, Bugged On fighting pests with pests	Umbra Fisk	16 May 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have a pest problem in my backyard -- specifically, some tiny (but apparently hungry) insect is making lace out of my basil leaves. I do not want to use pesticides for many reasons, not the least of which is that I cook with the herbs I grow. I think I have found a "natural" solution, but I wanted to consult you first. My garden-supply store sells praying-mantis egg cases ("The natural pest control s ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, gardening, green living, toxics (all these topics)

Care and feeding at 35,000 feet When is pizza not a turkey sandwich?	Carl Flatow	15 May 2007	Gristmill
What we have available to eat is controlled by different businesses in different ways. Whether they are responsive to our needs and desires is something about which Americans can and should be at lot more vocal. We arrived at the boarding gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport about an hour before the scheduled departure time, stripped of any liquids over 3.4 ounces not stored in a clear, quart-size, zip-top plastic bag. I went to the service desk to ask the air ...
Topics: food, green living, health, travel (all these topics)

Consumers Say They'll Stick With Coke Organic milk to flood U.S. market, Stonyfield yogurt hits Europe		14 May 2007	Daily Grist
Consumers Say They'll Stick With Coke Organic milk to flood U.S. market, Stonyfield yogurt hits Europe Batten down the hatches: organic milk is about to flood the U.S. A combination of consumer demand and changing practices -- a ruling last year required organic dairy farmers to switch to feeding moo-cows 100 percent organic grain instead of 80 percent organic grain -- means a "wall of milk" will ...
Topics: agriculture, food, news, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

Metrofarming in the NYT Coming to a city near you?	Erik Hoffner	11 May 2007	Gristmill
The New York Times ran a story this week on a grassroots effort that aims to demonstrate the potential for growing food in our cities. NY Sun Works' Center for Sustainable Engineering has a sustainable energy and hydroponics project floating on a barge in the Hudson River, and it's causing a minor buzz ... Their goal is to get Big Apple rooftops under full production: they claim there is enough rooftop space in the five boroughs to grow vegetables for the entire city ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, New York City, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Speaking of fake 'butter' and industrial corn ... Orville Redenbacher must be stopped	Tom Philpott	11 May 2007	Gristmill
My latest Victual Reality column looks at how perfectly wonderful foods like corn and butter get twisted up by food-industry marketers and flavor engineers, confusing people and often sending them scurrying in search of dubious, unhealthy, artificial substitutes -- which the food industry is only too willing to provide. As if on cue, out comes a New York Times piece on the horrors of microwave popcorn. Those unpleasant fumes that cloud the office when one of your co-wo ...
Topics: food, green living, health, insanity (all these topics)

Buyer Be Wary On the peculiar American habit of demonizing food	Tom Philpott	10 May 2007	Victual Reality
Not long ago, a reader wrote in with an interesting response to one of my many articles condemning industrially grown corn. Yes, you can buy it! Photo: iStockphoto "When sweet corn appears at the farmers' market next summer, can I buy it in good conscience?" she wanted to know. "Or is it bad for me and bad for the land?" I can see why she might be confused. Even as U.S. farmers pre ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, food, industrial ag, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Feed Your Head Alice Waters leads 200-chef brigade to protect wild salmon		10 May 2007	Daily Grist
Feed Your Head Alice Waters leads 200-chef brigade to protect wild salmon Led by celebri-chef Alice Waters, some 200 chefs in 33 states are calling on Congress to protect river habitats and deprioritize hydroelectric dams that cramp Northwest salmon's style. "Wild salmon is one of the unique, authentic heritage foods of the Pacific Northwest," reads a letter that the cooking coalition presented t ...
Topics: Alice Waters, fishing, food, green living, news (all these topics)

Vegan couple make terrible mistake Educate yourself before going vegan	biodiversivist	10 May 2007	Gristmill
From the Associated Press: A vegan couple were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the death of their malnourished 6-week-old baby boy, who was fed a diet largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice. I realize this is an extreme example, and these two were way out of the norm in their ignorance about vegan nutrition. I am not posting this to slam vegans. I'm just using it as an opportunity to give some unsolicited advice to any of you with children who ...
Topics: food, green living, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Just because it's awesome	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Occasionally I like to revisit one of the greatest magazine feature leads ever written: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. Perfect.
Topics: food, green living, health (all these topics)

Poison the people? Everyone's doing it Canada may raise pesticide levels to match U.S.	Katharine Wroth	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Every day there are roughly 1,347 stories I wish we could cover in Daily Grist. Here's one that didn't make the cut today, but that I can't get out of my head: in an effort to bring its rules in line with the U.S., Canada is getting ready to raise allowable levels of pesticides on food. Canadian authorities say it's just an effort to smooth out trade relations, and will be decided on a case-by-case basis. But critics say Canada and the U.S. already use more pesticid ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Canada, food, United States (all these topics)

Cutting the purse (seine) strings Senators call for a worldwide end to fishing subsidies	Andrew Sharpless	09 May 2007	Gristmill
The only thing worse than overfishing our oceans and driving species to the brink of extinction is the government paying to do it. That's been the case for far too long, as upwards of $30 billion (that's billion, with a 'b') worth of subsidies are handed over to the fishing industry every year. A whopping $20 billion of that is used for things like boat repairs, fishing equipment, and fuel -- expenses that allow for increased and intensified fishing practices.Thi ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

Monsanto tastes defeat Twice in one week!	Tom Philpott	08 May 2007	Gristmill
Monsanto has barreled its way toward dominance over the global seed market with strong-arm tactics and friends in high places. As evidence of the former, the roguish company once threatened to sue me -- then a neophyte blogger with 30 readers -- on the most trivial grounds possible. As for the latter, software monopolist Bill Gates, evidently impressed with the way Monsanto tosses around its market girth, has tapped a former Monsanto exec to help lead his foundation' ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, GMOs, industrial ag (all these topics)

The sweet smell of an organic coffee victory It's safe, for now	Samuel Fromartz	03 May 2007	Gristmill
Organic coffee is safe, for now. In a victory for organic farmers in the developing world and organic coffee drinkers here, the USDA's National Organic Program has backed down and said that there will be no immediate change in the way these farmers are certified. The NOP had quietly announced in March that it was changing certification procedures for these farms, meaning that their future as organic farmers was in jeopardy. The change would have increased costs s ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, organic food, politics (all these topics)

Fork it Over: Ways of bee-ing So far, small-scale, local-minded beekeepers have dodged hive collapse.	Tom Philpott	02 May 2007	Gristmill
This post marks the launch of Fork it Over, in which I (attempt to) answer questions inspired by my Victual Reality column. Got a question about food and the politics that surround it? Fork it over, by emailing it to victuals(at)grist(dot)org. Reader Brooklynolmec writes in to inquire: are organically managed bees faring any better these days than their industrially farmed peers? As most readers will know, the U.S. is currently in the grip of a widespread honeybe ...
Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, extinction, food (all these topics)

Haste Makes Waste Savor your flavors with the slow-food movement	Roz Cummins	02 May 2007	'Tis the Season
This is the fourth in a series of articles about connecting with people over food. Read others on setting up a dining co-op, celebrating Passover, and hosting an Earth Dinner. When I told a friend that I was writing an article about slow food, she said, "What's that? The opposite of fast food?" In a word, yes. Carlo Petrini. Photo: slowfood.de The first time I heard about the slow-food movement ...
Topics: books, food, recipes, slow food, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Food Chain Radio: great edible audio	Erik Hoffner	02 May 2007	Gristmill
I'd like to recommend Food Chain Radio to all you people who like to eat. This podcast/broadcast is freely available and fascinating, delving into the implications of our appetites: everything from factory farming and CAFOs to irradiation and poisoned pet food. The most interesting recent show available at the link above is called Grandma's Wartime Kitchen, which discusses a time of rationing when oddities like knuckle of pork and stuffed beef heart became culinary trea ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, industrial ag, politics (all these topics)

Zero tolerance for shark fin soup No more compromise	Jason D Scorse	30 Apr 2007	Gristmill
This is one issue where there can't be any compromise at this point: the demand for shark fin soup is decimating shark populations and marine ecosystems, and must stop. Whereas most forms of animal consumption put strains on ecosystems, this practice is extreme and environmentalists should continue to wage a "zero tolerance" campaign against it. It's not cultural imperialism or Big Brother, it's common sense and respect for life.
Topics: endangered species, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

More bitter chocolate What the choco-giants are up to.	Tom Philpott	30 Apr 2007	Gristmill
A couple of weeks ago, we noted here that Big Food is haranguing the FDA to loosen the definition of 'chocolate' to allow for adulteration. At the time, I didn't know why the industrial chocolate giants were agitating for this dubious cause. Now I think I know: cocoa-bean prices rose abruptly last year, pushed up by strong global demand and bad weather and political unrest in the Ivory Coast, the world's most prolific cocoa-producing nation. By scheming to subs ...
Topics: Big Ag, food, Food and Drug Administration, politics (all these topics)

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