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Headline	Author	Published	Section
A Healthy Appétit Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers readers' questions		27 Oct 2006	InterActivist
I know about local-food initiatives in different places throughout the country and I am skeptical. In the summer it is great, but the culinary arts are so focused on taste. Do you think that people will ever have the opinion that eating locally is more important than eating the things that taste amazing? If not, what do you think could inspire them? -- John Pepper, Middlebury, Vt. Mais ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

C'est Bon Maisie Ganzler of an eco-friendly catering company answers Grist's questions		23 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Maisie Ganzler. What work do you do? I'm director of communications and strategic initiatives for Bon Appétit Management Company. How does it relate to the environment? Bon Appétit is an onsite restaurant company committed to socially responsible practices. Our café and catering services feed about 200,000 people every day in corporations, colleges and universities, and museums. What sets us apart ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Oké-Dokey Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers readers' questions		13 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Don't you think it is strange that people will cheer your environmental efforts when you transport fruit a thousand miles? -- Brandon Fedor, Plano, Texas Jonathan Rosenthal, top banana at fair-trade fruit company Oké USA. Yes, I do. One of the interesting things about fair trade is that for many it becomes the solution. For me, fair trade is an opening -- a window into reassessing choices we make a ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Tricks of the Fair Trade Jonathan Rosenthal, fair-trade fruit purveyor, answers Grist's questions		09 Oct 2006	InterActivist
Jonathan Rosenthal. What work do you do? I am the top banana at Oké USA, a new fair-trade fruit company owned by farmers, fair-trade organizations, and nonprofits. What does your organization do? Oké USA is a new model of fair trade that links farmers, fair-trade organizations, and eaters. Farmers get a fair price, a fair share, and a fair say; eaters get a delicious banana at a fair pri ...
Topics: business, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

There's Something About Terry Bryant Terry, food-justice activist, answers readers' questions		23 Jun 2006	InterActivist
Bryant Terry, founder of b-healthy. What do you think about Wal-Mart offering organic products? -- Haven Bourque, San Francisco, Calif. That's the million-dollar question. Jumping on the organic bandwagon will probably mean higher profits for Wal-Mart, so they gladly carry products with the organic seal. But it's important to remember that Wal-Mart has very little concern for public healt ...
Topics: environmental justice, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

Ay, There's the Grub Bryant Terry, food-justice activist, answers Grist's questions		19 Jun 2006	InterActivist
Bryant Terry. What work do you do? I've committed myself to feeding people; illuminating the connections between poverty, malnutrition, and institutional racism; and working to create a more just and sustainable food system for everyone. b-healthy gets teenagers cooking. In 2001, I founded b-healthy (Build Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth), a New York City-based food-justice organization ma ...
Topics: environmental justice, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

What Goes Sup Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers readers' questions		03 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch. If city tap water is full of chemicals and bottling spring water damages ecosystems, what on earth is a health-conscious environmentalist supposed to drink? -- Molly Miller, Denver, Colo. In many places, healthy people can drink the water out of the tap. You can request testing results from your utility. If you are concerned and don't want to ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, water pollution (all these topics)

Some Like It Hauter Wenonah Hauter, director of Food and Water Watch, answers Grist's questions		30 Jan 2006	InterActivist
Wenonah Hauter. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Food and Water Watch, a brand-new consumer advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. What does your organization do? We're focused on protecting two critical essentials: food and water. Our mission is to challenge the economic and political forces that are promoting industrialized food p ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, water pollution (all these topics)

Near Ye, Near Ye! Louella Hill, local-food ambassador, answers readers' questions		02 Sep 2005	InterActivist
Louella Hill, Farm Fresh Rhode Island. Do you have any plans to extend your work to other communities throughout the country? What about producing literature or training for other groups to use as a model for their work? -- Jessica Van Houten, New York, N.Y. I am one of many food fighters. In New England, for example, you'll find: Cindy and Sara at Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership, ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, Rhode Island (all these topics)

Local Girl Makes Good Louella Hill, local-food ambassador, answers Grist's questions		29 Aug 2005	InterActivist
Louella Hill. What work do you do? What's your job title? I am the director of a program called Farm Fresh Rhode Island. For my work with Brown University Dining Services, I call myself the "Local Food Ambassador." What does your organization do? At Farm Fresh Rhode Island, we connect local eaters with local food producers. By encouraging a localized food system, we save thousands of " ...
Topics: food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview, Rhode Island (all these topics)

Hamburger Patty Patricia Lovera, food safety crusader, answers readers' questions		10 Dec 2004	InterActivist
Patricia Lovera, Public Citizen. Scientifically, what is wrong with irradiated food? I haven't seen any studies indicating illness or unhealthy effects. The articles I did read indicated that some foods could be preserved without refrigeration safely and longer. -- Jerry Broadbent, Bucoda, Wash. Concerns center around the potential health effects of eating chemical byproducts created in the process o ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

All You Need Is Lovera Patricia Lovera, food safety crusader, answers Grist's questions		06 Dec 2004	InterActivist
Patricia Lovera With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am deputy director of the Energy and Environment Program at Public Citizen. We have campaigns on energy (fighting nuclear power and electricity deregulation), against the privatization of our water supplies, and on food safety (fighting food irradiation and other methods of industrialized food production that negatively aff ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers readers' questions		02 Apr 2004	InterActivist
When Monsanto (the big guy) took on Oakhurst Dairy (the smaller guy) here in Maine, Oakhurst did a bit of hedging on their label language. How could things have happened differently? What should dairies do? -- Steve Hoad, Windsor, Maine Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food. For those not familiar with this story, Monsanto sued Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, Maine, in Jul ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers Grist's questions		29 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Chapter. What does it do? PSR is a nonprofit educational organization committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes. PSR has programs on the health effe ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

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