Judge Sotomayor, Where Will She Stand On Future Food Issues?
At Obama Foodorama, the slightly obsessive website of all things food related to the president, they have got plenty of questions about Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. They foresee many food and agriculture cases coming to the fore in the near future:
There’ve been many Supreme Court cases related to food and Ag [...]
May 27, 2009
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Kat Asks Marion Nestle ‘Where’s The Rage At?’
Back before the swine flu started making heads spin, there was major concern for the US’s overall food safety. Â Or was there? Â Foodies and the related blogosphere were taking note, but the general public seemed more blase about it. Â Kat, from Eating Liberally, caught up with the most well-known voice for food safety, Dr. Marion [...]
May 6, 2009
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Food Safety Q&A With Dr. Marion Nestle
The world of food safety seems more precarious every day, so I thought it pertinent to review this Q&A between Eat.Drink.Better.’s Beth Bader and Dr. Marion Nestle. The interview took place a little over a month ago, when most of us probably thought it couldn’t get worse than the peanut crisis. However, [...]
April 15, 2009
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Big Organic Versus Small Organic
To many naturalists, hippies, granolas, etc., big organic is a big oxymoron. For them the ideal, sustainable farming model remains the small, organic farmer, like Polyface Farm (which was featured in Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma). For others, big organic is simply the most pragmatic, efficient way of promoting the organic process. It’s the best [...]
April 7, 2009
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Michael Pollan, Condensed – An Interview with Mother Jones Magazine
Michael Pollan had a great interview with the Mother Jones magazine. In it, he concisely portrays what are the quintessential points of contemporary food activism. If haven’t had time to pick up his books In Defense of Food or The Omnivore’s Dilemma, read this short article. I especially like his rational, pragmatic [...]
March 26, 2009
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Disney Sponsored Eggs are Just Goofy
Disney toys and movies are ubiquitous figures in any parent’s home, but is working with the government to sponsor food one step too far? This could be perfect fodder for those who rail against Disney’s corporatism. You see, the USDA is using Disney characters to promote “healthy” eating (link). In the video [...]
March 25, 2009
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Obama Addresses Nation’s Food Safety
President Obama has said before that food safety is important to him. His radio address this past Saturday demonstrates that he is willing, rather literally, to put his money where his mouth is. In his speech he outlined the many issues befouling contemporary food safety regulation and defines part of the solution. [...]
March 16, 2009
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FDA Seeks Rapid Test For Salmonella, Should Go After Root Cause Too
The recent outbreaks of food-borne illness, some from peanut butter, others from tomatoes and peppers, have had people pointing their fingers at the Food and Drug Administration. Needless to say, the FDA is looking for ways to defend its role as monitor of public safety. They blame the outdated modes of laboratory technology [...]
March 13, 2009
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Lawmakers Seeking New Food Safety Protocols Should Seek One Agency
One should not let a crisis go to waste. Still, it is rather sad that it took a food catastrophe of this magnitude to convince lawmakers  that it is time to revamp a system so integral to our nation’s well-being:
DeLauro and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., have been proposing an overhaul of the nation’s food [...]
March 9, 2009
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Grass-Fed Beef Have Reduced E. coli Presence
The fact that grass-fed beef helps reduce the incidence of extremely injurious E. coli is actually really old news. Scientists have known since 1998 that cattle fed on grass, even if just for the last few days before slaughter, have severely reduce the rates of E. coli contamination. Michael Pollan details the causal linkage between [...]
March 2, 2009
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