Industrial Food

Joel Salatin: Folks, This Ain't Normal

Kristin Wartman | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Folks This Ain't Normal, Local Food, Industrial Food, Grassroots, Joel Salatin, Farmers Markets, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy BIg Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Food News
Kristin Wartman

Salatin advised us all to start growing something -- anything, even on a small patio or windowsill. If we can't grow anything, he said, then we should come to the farmers markets and buy from our local farmers.

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Does 'Artisan' Mean Anything Anymore?

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Artisanal, Industrial Food, Artisan Food, Artisan, Artisanal Food, Fake Artisan Food, Slidepollajax, Food News

Does the word "artisan" even mean anything anymore? USA Today ran a great piece today about how the word has been co-opted by major food brands that a...

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Feeding Our Families and Our Farmers

Mike Callicrate | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Epa, Karl Brooks, Manure, Mike Callicrate, Food Inc., Industrial Food, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, Family Farmers, Usfra, Callicrate Cattle Co, Ranchers, Monsanto, Round Up, Food News
Mike Callicrate

In the last 30 years, 90 percent of our pork producers, more than 80 percent of our dairymen, and more than 40 percent of our ranchers have been driven out of business. Is this what we want?

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Will The Food Safety Bill Make Food Safe?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Organic Food, Industrial Food, Contamination, Nutrition, Factory Farms, Food Safety, Salmonella, s510, Health, Food Safety Laws, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

The FDA enforcement pattern has been to ignore, placate or make a deal with the giants, and then turn around and pick on the growers it can outsize and intimidate -- the medium and small ones.

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The Case of the Missing Agricultural Middle

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rich Pirog, Local Food, Fred Kirschenmann, Stephen Budiansky, Grist, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Industrial Food, Math Lessons for Locavores, Food News
Katherine Gustafson

The recent debate among food writers on the NYT and Grist magazine highlighted a glaring problem, one that concerns not only our food system but also our advocacy for a better one: The middle is going missing, and no one's speaking up for it.

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Green News Report -- March 11, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Ten Minutes with: Food, Inc.'s Robert Kenner

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barb-Kowalcyk, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Kenner, Kevin's Law, Food Inc., Supermarket News, Detroit, Industrial Food, Mcdonalds, Entertainment News
Fabio Periera

What's in your hamburger? Having beaten out Michael Jackson's: This is It in DVD sales on Amazon.com, the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. garne...

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Tech, Science Make Thanksgiving Food On Assembly-Lines

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thanksgiving Cooking, Industrial Food, Industrial Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes, Thanksgiving Food, Technology News

Whether you're talking turkey, cranberries or potatoes, industrial-scale processes have been developed to drive down food costs, drive up corporate pr...

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10 Things We Should Teach Every Kid About Food

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Fast Food, Cooking, Children, Farmers, Education, Food, Food Retail, Community, Schools, Home Cooking, Gmo, Innovation, School, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, Curriculum, School Lunch, Food Marketing, Green News
Rob Smart

We must find creative ways to reintroduce food in its broadest sense to children's everyday activities, starting with school, in order to close the knowledge gap between farm and plate.

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Mr. Smith Plays the Farm Card

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farms, Industrial Food, Farmers, Food, Agriculture, Science, Fertilizers, Genetically Modified Food, Capitalism, Chemicals, Green News
Rob Smart

Right from the start, Mr. Smith works hard to make "good food" advocates out to be a powerful force hellbent on destroying our abundant food system.

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From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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Is Whole Foods Losing Its Sustainable Luster?

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Smart

Whole Foods' very presence in small regional markets undermines established relationships between regional food retailers and suppliers, including farmers, processors and related service providers.

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Seeing Through the Food Industry's "Personal Responsibility" Smoke Screen

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Smart

"Personal responsibility" is used as a smoke screen to cover the tracks of industrial food, tracks that run roughshod over the mirage of choice and personal responsibility.

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Guess Who's Controlling Our Food Supply

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labeling, Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Usda, Pro Food, Monsanto, Industrial Food, Politics, Farmers, Sustainable, Food Retail, Food Safety, Supermarkets, Local, Food Marketing, Regulation, Business, Gmo, Green News
Rob Smart

It is hard to understand how a handful of companies have amassed so much control over food ingredients found in an estimated 75 percent of processed foods in America's supermarkets.

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