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Looks like we may be seeing more fresh, local chicken in CT!!! According to this article at HartfordBusiness.com: The “farms, foods and jobs” law Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed Tuesday immediately allows certain growers to sell dressed poultry and other poultry products directly to consumers, restaurants and hotels. The law covers Connecticut farms that produce [...]

The folks at my natural foods store will soon be rearranging the milk on the shelves. An inspector told them that raw milk must be stored and displayed below pasteurized milk products to prevent contamination. They think leaking raw milk could contaminate pasteurized milk. I am laughing and crying at the same time. I’m laughing [...]

What’s wrong with our food system? I couldn’t say it better than this young guy: H/T Connectivore. I cannot wait to share this with my niece and nephew. In fact, I want to share it with everyone.

The Senate passed S510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, 73-25. The bill has a ways to go before it becomes law. The House and Senate still need to hash it out (while there’s plenty else going on) unless the House decides to simply vote on the Senate bill. According to the NY Times, The [...]

Monday is the big day—the Senate vote on S510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. I’ve heard so much about this bill, good and bad, I don’t know what to think anymore. It seems to boil down to these two arguments: What kind of fool doesn’t want food safety? What kind of fool thinks we’re [...]

It’s been really busy lately for this Late Bloomer, but I couldn’t resist sharing this Grist article: Canola gone wild! Scientists from the University of Arkansas announced at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting the results of a study that showed genetically engineered pesticide-resistant canola growing like a weed in North Dakota. It certainly  [...]

There’s an editorial in the Minnesota Star-Tribune whose argument against raw milk is that raw milk drinkers are too uppity—that because we think raw milk is superior to dead milk, we must also think that we’re superior to dead milk drinkers! Yes, those are their words: There’s a dangerous sense of superiority shared by Minnesotans [...]

Did you know that you don’t have the right to consume any food you want simply because you are an American citizen. Apparently the Constitution offers no such protection and the FDA wants you to know. This revelation has been out there for a few months and there are already several articles covering this topic. [...]

I have to admit, I was surprised to find out that the USDA introduced a Know your Farmer, Know your Food program. They are making all kinds of resources available to small farmers. So what’s wrong with this picture? On a practical level, the USDA’s policies and regulations are skewed towards the industrial producers. It [...]

Today was the public hearing at the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) over raw milk buying clubs. Raw milk is legal in MA, but can only be purchased at the farm. As part of the day’s festivities, they held a Raw Milk Drink-In this morning in Boston Commons! Here in CT, raw milk can [...]