Sustainable Dish

To start today’s Dish, I’d like to say our thoughts here at Sustainable Table are with all those affected by the tragic earthquake in Haiti. If you are able, we encourage you to donate much needed funds to the relief effort. You can find a list of dependable relief agencies on CNN’s website. And now onto our regularly scheduled Dish….

First vegetarianism came into vogue, then veganism. Now we’ve flipped 180 degrees with the mostly meat diet. Will the caveman diet work for this group of young, snarky, hipsters? “Cavemen don’t eat nightshade”, reports the New York Times.

The Atlantic published a review of a new Alice Waters bio to much uproar from the sustainable food community. The piece is called “Cultivating Failure” and it is absurd. I suggest you read it if you desire a good dose of ignorance. There have been several excellent rebuttals, such as this one from Grist’s Tom Philpott.

The Huffington Post reports on a recent study linking certain Monsanto GMO crops to organ damage. Will this stop them? Probably not. After all, they did an extensive 90 day trial on humans and we all know 90 days is plenty of time to reveal chronic conditions.

The New York Times states that Michelle Obama wants to leave a legacy, and after a year, she has decided what it will be. Her goal is to reduce childhood obesity and reverse the number of diabetics. Lucky for her, it appears obesity rates are leveling off at an even 34% for adults. She has some work ahead of her.

A cold snap has hit Florida and it ain’t pretty. In a state hard hit by the market crash, crop failure due to the weather is a low blow from Mother Nature. Get the details at the NYTimes.

It’s been a New York Times heavy-Dish already, I’m aware, but I’ve got one more for you. Here’s an interesting article on New York’s holiday gluttony when all those who curtailed their calorie intake threw caution to the wind.