Omnivores Dilemma

Weekly Pulse: 911 Is a Joke (Because It's Broke)

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As the Great Blizzard of 2010 blanketed New York City, most residents were blissfully unaware that th...

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"Food Rules": A Completely Different Way To Fix The Health Care Crisis

Michael Pollan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Pollan

I set out to collect and formulate some straightforward, memorable, everyday rules for eating, a set of personal policies that would, taken together or even separately, nudge people onto a healthier and happier path.

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Making a Case for Why Grass-Fed Meat Is Better (VIDEO)

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liza de Guia

Meet farmer Ingimundur and Ulla Kjarval of Spring Lake Farm. To them, grass-fed meat has a beefy, distinctive taste to it -- a taste they are sure New York diners and chefs will want to seek out.

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Weekly Mulch: Would You Eat Bugs to Fight Climate Change?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, POLYFACE FARM, Renewable Energy, Pigs, FEDERAL BUILDINGS, Sustainable Agriculture, Farmers, Congress, SUSTAINABL COFFEE, Nestle, Cell Phones, Climate Change, Zero-Waste, Chelsea Green, HANGING GARDENS, Eating Bugs, ZINC OXIDE, Cap-and-Trade, SUNNY D, Omnivore's Dilemma, Joel Salatin, Solar Panels, Michael Pollan, White House, Jimmy Carter, Ebay, Bill Mckibben, Green News
The Media Consortium

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Maybe it's time for environmentalists prioritize do-it-yourself climate fixes instead of looking to politic...

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Meat Or No Meat: Tell Us What You Think And Why

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carnivore, Vegetarian, Health, Cafo, Vegan, Environment, Omnivore, Peta, Diet, Meat, Meatless, Eating Meat, Lierre Kieth, Omnivore's Dilemma, Jonathan Safran Foer, Michael Pollan, Vegetarian Myth, Slidepollajax, Food News, Lisa Viger, Food News
Meathead

There are books on both sides of the issue, but we would like to see point and counterpoint side by side. We would also like to debunk some myths.

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Father's Day Gifts: The Best Barbecue and Food Books for Dad

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North American Meat Processors Association, Barbecue, Books, Calvin Trillin, Omnivore's Dilemma, Ardie A. Davis, Chef Paul Kirk, Cook's Illustrated, Steven Raichlen, Weber, Robb Walsh, Harold McGee, Michael Pollan, Chris Lilly, Cooking, Bbq, Big Bob Gibson, Texas Barbecue, Jamie Purviance, Namp, Food Books, BBQ Books, Cooking Books, Father's Day Gifts, Books for Dad, Father's Day Books, Slidepollajax, Father's Day, Food News
Meathead

"Give a man a chicken and he will turn it into a black lump. Teach a man to grill a chicken and he will gloat all night." Meathead Dad's chicken look...

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Eating Animals: Why Eating Matters

Kathy Freston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy Freston

If ever there was a book that could profoundly affect our lives at the most fundamental level, this one is it.

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Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals Turned Me Vegan

Natalie Portman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Natalie Portman

Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist.

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Books That Can Help Our Children Find a Path Through a Scary World (And Maybe Make Things a Little Better)

John Mesjak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, Book Publishing, Tim Flannery, Afghanistan, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, Pakistan, Fast Food Nation, Omnivore's Dilemma, Climate Change, Weather Makers, Al Gore, Book, Bookstores, Global Warming, Eric Schlosser, Books News
John Mesjak

Wherever your children are first exposed to the messy facts of our world, there will inevitably be questions about it. Luckily, young adult versions of informative books are here to help.

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Best Books Of The Decade: The Boston Globe Weighs In

Boston Globe | Nicole Lamy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Potter did not make my list. There. I said it. I read every last one of the wizard's adventures, I swear, but now the whole experience is kind o...

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Michael Pollan's 'Food Rules': Tips For Eating Healthily (VIDEO

abcnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Pollan, author of the popular "Omnivore's Dilemma" and more recently "In Defense of Food," has a new handbook out, "Food Rules," which is full...

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The Moral Ferocity of Eating Animals

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Andrew Weil

If you eat meat from factories you have not absorbed the reality of factory farms. If you truly understood what happens inside these windowless animal jails and abattoirs, you simply would not eat this meat.

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I Was a Victim of the Peanut Butter Recall

Scott Dodd | Posted 11.17.2011

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Scott Dodd

I can't say that I was in the dark when I bought my honey-roasted peanut butter last week, but like so many people, I had the impression that someone was looking out for me.

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Stirring The Pot With The Women's Food Movement

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Slow Food, Michael Pollan, The Women's Food Movement, Carlo Petrini, Food, Omnivore's Dilemma, Twitter, Obama, Community Organizing, Alice Waters, Organics, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

(cross-post from La Marguerite blog) One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, ...

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