Sustainable Dish

Science Daily reports on a newly released study by Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resource Research which found that people who use Food Stamps have a higher body mass index by 1.5% than those not using them. Some people seem shocked by this finding, but to me it’s a no-brainer.

La Vida Locavore reports that last Friday, the governors from Iowa Nebraska, Colorado, Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois and Oklahoma asked the government for $70 million to bail them out of an “over-pork crisis”. The reason these states have too much pork is due to the fallout from the Swine Flu (or H1N1) hysteria. Sec. Vilsack rejected their plea, however, as they have already received millions in aid from the USDA.

Eat it to save it? The New York Times suggests (although they are not the first), that raising heritage livestock is one way to preserve the dying breed.

“Nike” and “Sustainability” are not generally two terms heard in the same sentence, but Examiner.com reports that they are making a concerted effort to get their leather from cows not raised on deforested land. Good effort, but seeing as there is no proven system in place to trace leather, we remain skeptical.

Last week’s “Dish” reported that Cargill had recalled a massive amount of beef. Now it’s come out that that particular Cargill plant supplies pork to the National School Lunch Program! Yes, that salmonella-laden pork goes right to the mouths of America’s children. Grist reports.

The idea of a “slaughterhouse on wheels” sounds grizzly, but when you take a closer look, it saves the animals a lot of suffering and the famers a lot of time, worry and angst. I new such unit has popped up in the Puget Sound region reports the Seattle Times.

My tomatoes already have late blight, but maybe if I’d read this article from Rodale sooner, they may have been saved!

“Renegade Lunch Lady” Ann Cooper and Whole Foods have joined forces to promote healthy school lunches. Maybe Whole Foods can cater school cafeterias. How’s that for a solution?