Posts under ‘politics’

In an attempt to standardize language to describe food and food processing and to protect the consumer from potentially false claims, some bureaucracies don’t know when to call in their logic team. Here’s the latest example: EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration. Yes, you read that right. Since it has not been proven [...]

I wish there was progress to report but, Premier McGuinty still has not agreed to meet with Michael. What’s the big deal about simply having a conversation with a man? What the heck is he waiting for? The Raw Milk Freedom Riders – Milk and Cookies Rally is scheduled for Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at [...]

Before Occupy Wall Street and even before the financial collapse of 2008, local foodies have been well aware of the negative effects of the special relationship between corporations, our elected officials, and the government agencies created to look out for the interests of the people. In the years since this compact between huge corporations and [...]

I’m writing to encourage you to participate in the Michael Schmidt Solidarity Raw Milk Fast on October 25, 2011. I am writing to draw attention to this hard-working, honorable, and peaceful man who is advocating for our rights to choose what we eat—a cause that shouldn’t need to exist or require activists. Michael Schmidt began [...]

Jamie Oliver shows where the various cuts of beef come from on the cow. After the good cuts are gone, what happens with the waste trimmings? It gets made into pink slime. If you don’t have the time or stomach to watch, here’s the synopsis: Butchers pay companies to take away the parts of the [...]

You would think that the biggest problem in the world today is that locavores and other foodies are elite: Civil Eats The  Atlantic Eric Schlosser in the Washington Post And more. And lots of blog retorts as well. I recently remarked elsewhere on the InterTubes that it’s fascinating that with animal poo on my shoes [...]

Here’s Ken Cook from the Environmental Working Group, giving a talk called Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill. The bill is coming up again in 2012 so it’s time to start talking and doing something about it now. Interesting. I didn’t know: The food bill is $412 billion from 2008 to 2012. There [...]

I’ve seen this link on a number of sites lately and it’s well-worth sharing. Robyn O’Brien clearly and succinctly states the problems with the current American food supply and closes with a solution: Do One Thing. If you haven’t seen it yet, I hope you’ll take the time to do so now.

In rapid succession, the USDA deregulated GMO alfalfa, then a “partial” deregulation of GMO sugar beets, and now it has deregulated a GMO corn, this one specifically engineered to make ethanol. God help us if this corn finds its way into the food supply. In other news, the USDA is cracking down on faux organic [...]

Just because I haven’t posted on the USDA Decision to Fully Deregulate GMO alfalfa, doesn’t mean I don’t have an opinion. Of course, at this point, all the good opinions have already been taken. Here are a few that run the spectrum: Jill Richardson at La Vida Locavore Sima at Sky Dancing Tom Philpott at [...]