Food policy :

Food, Inc. - You Can Change the World with Every Bite

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Grab a post it and jot yourself a note. Tomorrow is the DVD release of Food, Inc. and you need to make a point to add this important movie to your Netflix or Blockbuster queue. It will change the way you eat. Food, Inc. is not filled with[...]

McNuggets of Truth

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image courtesy of Serious Eats The nation’s strictest menu labeling laws went into effect today in my hometown of Philadelphia. It’s a small but significant victory. In all other cities where we have[...]

Trend Watching 2010

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image via Free Republic It’s that time of year. We look back at this past year and ahead to the next. The media are full of lists enumerating the best and worst of 2009 and prophesizng the trends for 2010. A good best of/worst of[...]

I Am a Grain of Rice

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Enter the installation Of All the People in All the World and you’re given one small grain of rice. That grain is you. Wander among the mounds of rice and you see truths about the millions and billions that[...]

Cooking Like a Refugee

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A few months ago I visited Sudan for the first time.  My travels took me to a refugee camp deep in the heart of south Sudan where part of my job was to talk with the refugees about food.  Everyone I spoke with was grateful for the food[...]

Pay Taxes, Lose Weight?

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As many of you know, New York is in some financial trouble. A ?crisis? if you will. The empire state is projected to be in the hole 8.2 billion dollars in 2010. The urgency of the deficit led to the closing of 41 state parks and 14 historic[...]

The Last Banana on Earth

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image courtesy of Geostationary Banana Over Texas Bananas are on a crash course to extinction. 10 years, give or take. That’s how long scientists are giving the banana. Then what will we slice on our morning[...]

An Open Letter to the FDA

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image courtesy of Keith 'Catfish' Sutton . Come on, FDA. What’s the hurry? Your special committee is meeting right now to decide if we should eat genetically engineered salmon. This is a really big decision. It will set a[...]

Agriculture?s crown jewels

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700 miles from the North Pole, tucked away in a sandstone cavern in a frozen, Arctic mountain, is the making of future dinners. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in early 2008 as a sort of back-up hard drive for nature. It operates as[...]

The ?healthy? new mini Coke

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. “The Coca-Cola mini can innovation reinforces the Company’s support for healthy, active lifestyles.” . Sandy Douglas, President, Coca-Cola North America Pardon my cynicism, but I’m finding Mr.[...]