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Mobile Slaughterhouses Help Meat Go Local

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.14.2012

Katherine Gustafson

The meat industry, like much else in U.S. agriculture, has consolidated rapidly over the last half-century. Four giant companies produced 83.5 percent of U.S. beef as of 2007. It is in this context that the mobile slaughterhouse makes local slaughter available and affordable to small farmers.

Meatless Monday: The Low-Goliath Diet

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.05.2012

Ellen Kanner

Last Monday, February 27, we observed Occupy Our Food Supply, day of action against corporate food. Some of us observed it more than others. That same day, the class action suit of Organic Seed Grows and Trade Association vs. Monsanto was dismissed. Industrial Food - 1, organic farmers - 0.

New Trial Ordered In Tyson Foods Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit

AP | Posted 12.30.2011

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A new trial has been ordered in a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Tyson Foods Inc. The ruling, published Wednesday, by th...

Who's Behind Arby's $2M Gift to 'No Kid Hungry," Santa or the Grinch?

Joe Waters | Posted 02.18.2012

Joe Waters

There's a nagging question for me. Should a national leader in anti-hunger programs have a partnerhip with a fast food chain that sells mostly anti-nutritional foods that should be served to families with a side of Lipitor?

Occupy Your Kitchen!

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 12.27.2011

Kurt Michael Friese

What we have is not just a food problem in this country, but a cooking problem. Food marketers have been working for decades to convince people that cooking is a chore.

Tyson Recalls Ground Beef

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 11.28.2011

CINCINNATI — Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef because a family in Ohio fell ill after eating meat produce...

Tyson Settles Sex Discrimination Cases

AP | x | Posted 11.21.2011

WASHINGTON -- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is paying $2.25 million to settle federal allegations of sex discrimination. The Labor Department says Tyson wil...

Tyson Bribery Case Reveals Weakness in Meat Inspection Policy

Posted 08.27.2011

Tyson Foods made headlines in February when it was fined millions for allegedly bribing meat inspectors in Mexico in 2004. But a new report from the N...

Iron Mike Tyson's Road To The Hall Of Fame

Posted 08.12.2011

The road isn't very far, about 140 mostly freeway miles from Catskill to Canastota in New York. It took Mike Tyson a lot of years and more than jus...

No Special FX: Don't Let The 'Lights' Go Out

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Chattman

Well, that makes it two years in a row. Last year, FX chucked Damages, the striking Glenn Close suspense drama that was well received but never scored...

WATCH: Mike Tyson's Oscar Picks Include 'Avatar,' The 'Friendster' Movie

Posted 05.25.2011

In his second Funny Or Die appearance to date, Mike Tyson offers his Oscar picks. Because why not? Tyson is joined by noted film critic Leonard Mal...

Supreme Court Rejects Farmer Who Tangled With Tyson

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a former Tennessee poultry farmer who sued Tyson Farms after losing his cont...

UPDATED: Sarah Palin Wants the Government to Help Make Your Kids Fat

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Kurt Michael Friese

Mrs. Palin, you should know that the government is already telling us what to eat, and most of it is crap.

Will Big Ag Continue its Pointless Crusade Against Real Food on PBS?

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Kurt Michael Friese

As food issues come out of the foodie fringe and into the mainstream, moneyed special interests are beginning to fear for their bottom lines just a little bit.

Tyson Chicken to pay workers for time donning safety gear

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Tyson Foods Inc. on Thursday settled a decade-long dispute with the Labor Department by agreeing to pay workers at poultry plants f...

Phoebe Russell: Six-Year-Old Inspires Movement, Feeds 120,000 People (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 05.25.2011

Toan Lam

Though I've had some amazing teachers in my life, I can truly say that six-year-old Phoebe Russell is the best teacher I've ever had, when it comes to the true meaning of "service."

Movie Review: More Than a Game

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Though it tells the story of the rise of basketball's already legendary LeBron James, it frames it as part of a larger story about friendship and teamwork.

Hungry Heart: Toback on Tyson

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Kim Morgan

As I talked with Tyson director James Toback, our discussion went to many places, so I'm parceling out some key moments.

HuffPost Review: Tyson

Greg Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

Greg Hanlon

The film weaves old footage of Tyson with interviews with the contemporary version, showing the discrepancy between the menacing block of granite he once was and the tired, doughy man he has become.

Documentary Features Mike Tyson with His Gloves Off

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Danny Groner

On Thursday night I attended a screening of the documentary Tyson, set to be released later this spring. The film is an intimate look at famed boxer M...

Pedigree Pooches Hit NYC To Strut Their Stuff!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

Wendy Diamond

Once a year the pace of the city changes. There is an animal energy that's easy to sniff out. I'm talking about the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Mike Tyson Does Sundance

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

The movie, "Tyson," directed by James Toback, screened earlier on Saturday to a packed house of about 450 at a the town library, where the film was sc...