Sustainable Dish

It’s January 7th, and you’re probably sick of Top Tens, but I promise, it’s a good one. Running the gamut from hunger and food safety to salt and GMOs, Marion Nestle outlines the 10 hottest food and nutrition issues of 2010.

If you haven’t seen footage of a fainting goat, you’re missing out. Check one out here, and then go read the NYTimes article on the preservation of these and many other unique livestock species.

President Obama promised a lot of things on the campaign trail; politicians always do. But couldn’t he have kept the one about cutting subsidies to big ag? I mean, his wife is one of the nations biggest local food boosters. The politics blog on SFGate weighs in.

Shop at Whole Foods? Want to know more about CEO John Mackey? Well, after the ten pages of this New Yorker article, you’ll feel like you’ve known him all your life.

You may remember several months back, Michael Moss of the New York Times did a striking piece on E. coli in ground beef and its crippling effects on one woman’s life. Well, the intrepid journalist strikes again, this time targeting ammonia treated beef products used throughout nation in grocery stores, fast food and school lunches. Read it here.

Huffington Post reports that Michael Pollan has come out with a new book entitled “Food Rules”. A type of diet book, “Food Rules” outlines an easier approach than counting calories or eating cabbage soup and nothing else. For example, #36: Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk.