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Category Archives: u.s. food system
“Eat Meat and Die”
Peter Kim and colleagues created a cool graphic on eating meat called “eat meat and die.” I am a meat eater myself but prefer to go for the grass fed, organic varieties. I definitely “steer” clear from the pink slime … Continue reading
Posted in meat, u.s. food system
Tagged meat, meat is murder, pink slime, vegan, vegetarian
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Forget “From Farm to Fork”! What about “From Farm to Flush”? Visuals not included.
The overly used motto, “from farm to fork” often refers to the idea of thinking more holistically about where our food comes from, how it is processed and how we cook and consume it. Or put more simply, what is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, eating, environment, food systems, malnutrition, nutrition, u.s. food system, undernutrition
Tagged digestion, farm to fork, flush, food chain, nutrition, value chain
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Cornography and the disappearing diet
I am starting to wonder if we are undergoing a bit of pollan-ography. He seems to be everywhere preaching about the downfalls of the American diet and our addiction to cheap, corn-laden food. His son even coined the term “cornography”. … Continue reading
Posted in fresh foods, italy, mediterranean, u.s. food system
Tagged coca cola, corn, cornography, madonna, mediterranean diet, michael pollan, olive oil, wine
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Edible geography
A great site filled with maps and statistics to get you slightly depressed about the vast amount of unhealthiness across the United States of America and its often association with poverty. Here is one map showing fast food expenditure per … Continue reading
How are we going to feed 9 billion people in 2050?
We can’t even do it now, with at least 1 billion currently hungry. A new paper in Science describes how this can be done. The article is actually positive and provides solutions. The abstract reads: Continuing population and consumption growth … Continue reading
Want some ammonia with your burger?
NY Times published an article on the ammonia treatment of hamburger meat to decrease E coli and salmonella risk. Supposedly, ammonia decreases the contamination to undetectable levels, so much that the USDA rarely tests the meat. To make matters worse, … Continue reading
Posted in food safety, meat, school meals, u.s. food system
Tagged ammonia, CAFO, ground beef, meat, processing, USDA
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MIchael Pollan’s op-ed on health care reform – reform america’s food system first
“And so the government is poised to go on encouraging America’s fast-food diet with its farm policies even as it takes on added responsibilities for covering the medical costs of that diet.” Get the article here.
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Eating “good” is not easy
New York magazine published an interesting article on the 17 most politically problematic foods but that is not what interested me as much as the introduction: “Eating was once an enjoyable, relatively uncomplicated experience; the biggest dilemma was how much … Continue reading
kristof is plugging Food Inc too…
The new documentary Food Inc is getting lots of press, and Kristof just gave it a plug. Would love to know people’s thoughts on this movie. From the outset, and I dont think the makers would object, the movie is … Continue reading
a vegetable garden on the south lawn
The new administration has broken ground for a vegetable garden of local, organic foods on the White House lawn. This idea, advocated by First Lady Michelle, should be credited to Slow Food USA’s president Josh Viertel and organic chef Alice … Continue reading
