'Political Food Issues'


During the Paris premiere of Public Enemies in...
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Here’s a good article naming the 15 best food movies of all time and the 10 best food documentaries along with…

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Urgent from Food Democracy Now:

After years of bureaucratic wrangling, a recent USDA environmental review may finally approve Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa. If approved, GMO alfalfa will fundamentally undermine the entire organic industry overnight. In addition, the USDA says Americans…

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A Circle of Food blog reader sent me this list of Fast Company’s 10 most innovative food companies.

I personally find…

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It’s long, and bit technical if you’re new to this topic (and I could have skipped the introduction of Michael Pollan at the start), but this talk about food sustainability by Michael Pollan is interesting. His look at how…

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The American lobster, a favorite ingredient in...
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from the PETA press release

Tucson’s Child and Family Resources Won’t Boil Conscious Lobsters at Fundraiser

In response to a request from…

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At last the movie, The Informant with Matt Damon can be viewed for public consumption opening in theatres on September 18.

I read the book; it was immensely repetitive but still an exciting page turner. Mary Johnson

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Here’s a headline that caught my eye :

Fort Myers cafe to serve costly cat poo coffee

For you java-jaded folks who have tried every coffee drink at Starbucks, cat poo coffee is — I bet — nothing you’ve…

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Some of us can probably agree that we like Chinese chicken salad but let’s draw the line at Chinese chicken or chicken from China.

The U.S. already has plenty of food safety issues but the big three chicken processors…

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Slow Food USA has a brilliant idea: Get people involved in letting our law makers know that we demand healthier and fresh foods in school cafeterias.

With childhood obesity at an all time high and diabetes 2…

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What is PLUMPING?

Plumping is the practice of injecting saltwater, chicken stock, seaweed extract or some combination thereof into chicken to increase its weight and price. What that means is when you buy a package of chicken you…

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