We tax cigarettes, we tax alcohol, we may even tax soda. Now the idea of taxing meat is being bandied about by Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University in The New York Daily News. Is it a classist ploy or the earth’s environmental salvation?
Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, “Eating Animals”, is the [...]

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When I think “diet”, I don’t normally think “cookies”, but according to the New York Times, a “cookie diet” indeed exists. I think I’ll stick with a good old fashioned weight-loss program of grapefruit and cabbage broth.
I knew they would find a use for all that poop! A Vermont dairy farm will be turning manure [...]

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Did you know that Denmark is the world’s largest exporter of pork? And on top of that, much of that pork is produced sans antibiotics! While American agribusiness has given the Danes lots of slack for their anti-antibiotic stance calling it a “failure”, the numbers prove otherwise. Check out Laura Rogers report on the Huffington [...]

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At a wine tasting, one sniffs, gargles, spits and comments on the terroir – land on which the grapes were grown and whence comes the flavor. But have you ever gotten a good sniff of the terroir itself? Anne Zimmerman, writing for Culinate, gets up close and personal with some soil, and has an opportunity [...]

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It’s never a good sign when only four companies control a major commodity – it’s called a monopoly, and we need to get muckraking. Read Tom Philpott’s report on the recent acquisition of U.S. chicken giant Pilgrim by Brazilian beef giant JBS.
There are still many people of the mindset that genetically modified seeds can save [...]

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Kathleen Merrigan and her team at the USDA just announced their “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative. Obama Foodorama reports on the details of Merrigan’s recent activity, and gives props to Sec. Vilsack for getting to know and using the Sustainable Food jargon.
Senate Ag. Chair Blanche Lincoln hasn’t held the position for long, but [...]

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The New York Time’s Frank Bruni goes from restaurant critic to weight and obesity anthropologist in this piece on parenting and food.
The Nation just came out with a “Food For All” issue and there’s so much great stuff I can’t sum it all up here. Instead, I’ll just point you in the right direction and [...]

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We’ve all heard of local fruit and local vegetables, but have you heard of local flour? A couple entrepreneurs in Athens County, Ohio are trying make that idea a reality with a new mill and a grant from the USDA, reports the Athens News.
Americans eat an average of 22 teaspoons of sugar a [...]

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Ever wonder why that pork chop is so cheap or why shrimp is on everyone’s menu in town? Ezra Klein writing for the WaPo suggests that you question the cheap prices and rampant availability of certain “farmed” foods.
What do small farms, Subway, and smelly feet have in common? Slow Food prez Josh Viertel answers these [...]

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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 [...]

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