December 2011
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7 Foods Food Safety Experts Won't Eat →
Dec 18th
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Finding the Eco-Queer Movement: Challenging...
lazyhawk: Finding the Eco-Queer Movement: Challenging Heteronormative Space through Re-imaginings of Nature and Food  By Joshua Sbicca / to read later.
Dec 17th
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“On this question [government obesity policy], the evidence is utterly clear....”
– The Lancet via Marion Nestle (here)
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Grocers Take on Obesity One Label at a Time →
nutriblog: “The owner of independent market Metro Foodland awards points and $10-off vouchers to shoppers who buy items on its healthy rewards list, which includes pineapple and asparagus.” I love this idea!!
Dec 16th
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States can't find workers for harvest
Neither Washington state nor Alabama can find farmworkers. Officials believe recent crackdowns on illegal immigration are scaring away the immigrants who would normally provide farm labor. Some legislators are pushing for immigration reform, but are having little luck now at a time when most legislators are only concerned with budget issues. A short term solution has been to hire inmates, but...
Dec 13th
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Apply for the CDC Summer Program in Environmental... →
Dec 13th
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Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe To Eat? →
Dec 12th
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New research reveals obesity in children may be... →
Dec 12th
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Ocean Spray issues voluntary Craisins recall →
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Monsanto (Still) Denies Superinsect Problem,... →
nutriblog: I guess we’ll just have to let the rootworms take care of what the government can’t. Keep chomping, little guys.
Dec 10th
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“Also in deference to David, there was no mention of margarine, even though all...”
– Importing Italian Cuisine - NYTimes.com The labored birth of food appreciation that degenerated into today’s despicable food snobbery. On editing Elizabeth David’s Italian Cooking for an American audience of the 1950s. A must read if you think you’re a food snob or a word snob. (via...
Dec 10th
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Customer: How is the chicken salad?
Me: I don't really know, I don't eat meat.
Customer: chicken isn't meat.
Me: .....
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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“Get organized. Eat less. Eat better. Move more. Get political.”
– Marion Nestle & Malden Nesheim (via connieinpdx)
Dec 8th
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Notions & Notations of a Novice Cook: Making Melon... →
peegaw: I can already see you wrinkling your nose and raising one eyebrow (or two) in disgust, because that would be my initial reaction too. It all started a few years back when The Brown Boy told me that his mom usually puts milk into juices - apple and mango, for example. He also told me…
Dec 7th
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Are small farms in India inefficient? →
Dec 7th
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URGENT ACTION: Protest Monsanto CFO in Times... →
nutriblog: The Monsanto CFO will be speaking TOMORROW at the Bank of America Meryll Lynch 2011 Industrials Conference at The Crowne Plaza Times Square. This is an URGENT CALL TO DIRECT ACTION. Please FORWARD and attend if you can. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PROTEST MONSANTO CFO IN TIMES SQUARE New York — 12/6/2011 Occupy Big Food is organizing a protest this Wednesday when Monsanto CFO Pierre...
Dec 7th
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Chik-Fil-A vs. Kale, this time from the NYT →
nutriblog: remember, you saw it on nutriblog first ;-)
Dec 6th
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“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a finite planet is either mad, or an...”
– David Attenborough (via newanddifferentsun)
Dec 6th
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My Life as a Feminista: It is a privilege to be... →
mylifeasafeminista: It is a privilege to be able to eat any of these types of food: Vegan Organic Fair trade Local GMO-Free Bought at a restaurant Prepared from scratch Home grown Having transportation to/from a grocery store that sells these types of things, money to purchase these ingredients, the…
Dec 5th
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“Nutritionism is a little like the institution of the American front Lawn an...”
– Rebecca Ebner via IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: Michael Pollan (via crownjule)
Dec 5th
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San Fransisco vs. McDonalds: The Toy Debate →
Not that I would defend using toys to bribe children to eat fast food, but I am impressed with the level of creativity this man employed in order to skirt this new law.
Dec 4th
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My Life as a Feminista: It frustrates me to no end... →
mylifeasafeminista: It frustrates me to no end when [some] vegans talk about how they are vegan because they refuse to support the exploitation of animals in the dairy and meat industries. Unless you’re growing all of your own food or participating in 100 percent fair trade, you are consuming products that have gone…
Dec 4th
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McFarthest Spot in the Country: How hard it is to... →
nutriblog:
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Help local farmers and gardeners find your food... →
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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New twitter account: @___food4thought →
Dec 1st
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