Tom Philpott

Weekly Pulse: Egg Salad Surprise! Congress Votes to Clean Up Food Supply

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger It's a Christmas-week miracle! The Senate, in a vote that astonished everyone, brought the Food Safe...

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Dinner in the Desert

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whole Foods Market, Salad Bars, Whole Foods, Grist, Corn, Ed Bruske, Farmers Markets, Washington DC, Malnutrition, Congress, Tom Philpott, Will Allen, Obesity, Farm to School, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Soy, School Lunch, Childhood Obesity, Undernutrition, Food Deserts, Junk Food, Artisanal, Soda, Washington Post, Ann Cooper, Food News
Sarah Newman

We all bear the consequences if these children don't eat.

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Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insurance

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wright County Egg, Salmonella, Grist, QUALITY EGG LLC, PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVISTS, Michelle Chen, Sierra Club, KAISER FOUNDATION FAMILY, Tom Philpott, Osha, DECOSTER EGGS, Working in These Times, Tainted Eggs, Colorlines, Eggs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, AUSTIN "JACK" DECOSTER, Doctors, Iowa, Hillandale Farms, Health Insurance Premiums, Lindsay Beyerstein, Jack DeCoster, Iowa Independent, Lynda Waddington, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insuranceby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tainted egg shell game The Iowa chap...

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(Almost) Live from The Edible Institute in Santa Fe

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samuel Fromartz, Fred Kirschenmann, Emigdio Ballon, Carole Topalian, Will Harris, Tracey Ryder, Isaac Stern, Gary Paul Nabhan, Edible Schoolyard, Edible Communities, Alice Waters, Tom Philpott, Deborah Madison, Lisa Hamilton, The Edible Institute 2010, Jane Black, Green News
Elissa Altman

It snowed. It snowed like I've never seen it snow before--enormous, dry, high desert flakes that blanketed the ground, shut down western highways, st...

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What Gourmet's Critics Missed

Tom Philpott | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guest post by Tom Philpott From Grist.org. Hard times aren't always the worst times for magazines. In 1941, with the economy still depressed and the ...

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The Perfect Food World and Its Missing Ingredient

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Edible Schoolyard, Tom Philpott, Michael Pollan, Laura Shapiro, Culinary Education, Csa, Green News
Elissa Altman

Tthe problem is at the very end of the supply chain, and it's something that no one ever really talks about. The problem is in the kitchen.

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Hip, Hip! Very Good (Food Policy) Fellow Visits White House Garden

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leslie Hatfield, Eat the View, Local Food, Sam Kass, White House Garden, Kitchen Gardeners International, Food Politics, Food Policy, Obama, Tom Philpott, Gardening, Farmers' Markets, Roger Doiron, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Today, Roger Doiron presents a compost-able list of signatures from people who supported his campaign to plant a White House edible garden, or wanted to thank the first family for their efforts.

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Let's Ask Marion Nestle: Who Needs Bioterrorism When We've Got Manure Lagoons?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Tom Philpott, Smithfield Foods, China, Swine Flu, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cafo, Pandemic, Flu Pandemic, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Nestle: "Our report fully documented how confined animal feeding operations promote transmission of nasty -- and often antibiotic resistant -- microbial diseases."

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Who Owns Our Food? Thoughts on a New Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Biotechnology, Nyc, Organic Food, Panel, Green-Washing, Genetically Modified Food, New Green Revolution, Tom Philpott, Monsanto, GM Seed, Raj Patel, The Green Revolution, Gates Foundation, Green News
Paula Crossfield

We need to stand up for all of those voices who have no say in how their land is developed under the auspices of philanthropy.

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