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  • The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic

    Posted on July 15, 2009

    From the “War on Poverty” to new farmers’ markets, a food expert tackles America’s dangerous dietary split. An excerpt from Mark Winne’s […]

  • “I begin with the proposition that eating is an agricultural act.”*

    Posted on July 10, 2009

    The Wisconsin Book Festival, in partnership with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, has announced that Wendell Berry will join the festival as one […]

  • Soon to be a Common Experience!

    Posted on July 8, 2009

    I was delighted to observe two women on my evening bus, one with title in hand, discussing In Defense of Food. Seeing […]

  • Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

    Posted on July 5, 2009

    Raj Patel’s book and related blog. Patel has worked for the UN, World Bank and WTO, and currently works a researcher for […]

  • Food Web, Meet Interweb: The Networked Future of Farms

    Posted on July 1, 2009

    By Alexis Madrigal, Wired Silicon Valley thinks the internet can transform anything from car sales to anonymous sex, but the way Americans […]

  • Food, Inc. (the movie)

    Posted on June 30, 2009

    Hungry for Change? “In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly […]

  • Urban farming movement ‘like a revolution’

    Posted on June 30, 2009

    By Dave M. MatthewsCNN ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — On a plot of soil, nestled against the backdrop of skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta, […]

  • Posted on June 24, 2009

    On numerous occasions Pollan refers to the work of Dr. T. Colin Campbell. Campbell is the author of countless articles, but also […]

  • Slow economy, slow food?

    Posted on June 24, 2009

    In “Out of the Office: Fast Bikes, Slow Food, and the Workplace Wars” (New Yorker June 22, 2009), Kalefah Sanneh discusses a […]

  • Food System or Farm System

    Posted on June 22, 2009

    Thank you to all who have already posted here. I would like to propose one simple tool for evaluating the work we […]

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