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The New York Times & Log In: Aug 3, 11:10pm 2 reviews business, cooking, food
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/business/02food.html?em; Interesting strategy by Whole Food during a time that food prices has become the topic du jour

It Will Take a Lot More Than Gardening to Fix Our Food System: Jun 3, 2:51pm 1 review gardening, food
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_12639.cfm; From the page: "Even though most prominent home-lot food efforts, like the ā€oe100-Foot Diet Challengeā€oe, also try to draw attention to bigger issues, the wider message can get lost in the excitement. Whatever its benefits, replacing your lawn with food plants will not give Big Agribusiness the big poke in the eye that it needs, nor will it save the agricultural landscapes of the nation or world. To do that, the big-commodity market must be not just modified but overthrown. Until then, most of that two-thirds or more of the human calorie and protein intake that comes from grains and oilseeds (directly in most of the world or among Western vegetarians, largely via animal products for others in this country) will continue to be served up by a dirty, cruel, unfair, broken system."

The New York Times & Log In: Apr 7, 1:54pm 2 reviews agriculture, food, corn, bio-fuel
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/opinion/07krugman.html; From the page: "There have already been food riots around the world. Food-supplying countries, from Ukraine to Argentina, have been limiting exports in an attempt to protect domestic consumers, leading to angry protests from farmers ā€" and making things even worse in countries that need to import food. How did this happen? The answer is a combination of long-term trends, bad luck ā€" and bad policy."

A Reporter at Large: Big Foot: Reporting &Essays: The New Yorker: Feb 21, 4:33pm 3 reviews environment, food
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/25/080225fa_fact_specter; From the page: "There comes a moment when it is clear what you must do. I am determined that Tesco should be a leader in helping to create a low-carbon economy. In saying this, I do not underestimate the task. It is to take an economy where human comfort, activity, and growth are inextricably linked with emitting carbon and to transform it into one which can only thrive without depending on carbon. This is a monumental challenge. It requires a revolution in technology and a revolution in thinking. We are going to have to rethink the way we live and work."

The New York Times & Log In: Feb 20, 11:57pm 1 review environment, food, ocean, dolphins, whales
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/world/asia/21dolphin.html?_r=1&hp; This is such an irony. The fact dolphins and whales contain so much mercury in their bodies may end up saving them from inhumane slaughtering. From the page: "For years, Western activists have traveled to this remote port to protest the annual dolphin drive. And for years, local fishermen have ignored them, herding the animals into a small cove and slashing them until the tide flows red. But now, a new menace may succeed where the activists have failed: mercury."

USDA orders nations largest beef recall - Yahoo! News: Feb 17, 9:04pm 2 reviews food, farming, meat
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080218/ap_on_bi_ge/slaughterhouse_abuse; From the page: "The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs." What the heck are they going to do with the recalled beef? The meat industry in general (from farming to slaughtering) is so shameful. Why don't we care more as consumers? How do we find out more?

Banned in Beijing: Chinese See Green Over Chopsticks - WSJ.com: Feb 11, 5:29pm 1 review environment, food, consumerism
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120243065514952215.html; Disposable chopsticks is regarded as the symbol of anti-environment in China. Good for the activists! From the page: "A dozen environmental activists stormed the cafeteria of Microsoft Corp.'s Chinese headquarters on a lunchtime mission to change the way 1.3 billion people pick up their noodles."

STANFORD Magazine: September/October 2007 & Features & Mind Over Platter: Feb 1, 11:12am 1 review cooking, food
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/sepoct/features/wansink.html; From the page: "Wansink is working to change the waistline of a nation. Americans are heavier than most other nationalitiesā€"because our way of life bombards us with cues to eat more and more. ā€oeIf you take the typical French person and put him in an American environment, he'll fall victim to the same cues that influence all of us,ā€¯ he says. ā€oeWe've got huge pantries and huge refrigerators inside huge kitchens inside huge houses,ā€¯ Wansink said. ā€oeWe can store a month's worth of potato chips and ice cream and still have room to spare.ā€¯ Fittingly, cities with the highest premium on spaceā€"New York, for exampleā€"also show off the healthiest midsections."

Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler - New York Times: Jan 28, 11:35am 1 review food, global-warming, factory-farming
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html?em&ex=120166920...; It's a good reminder for all of us - This feed lot in in California can accommodate up to 100,000 head of cattle. "The two commodities share a great deal: Like oil, meat is subsidized by the federal government. Like oil, meat is subject to accelerating demand as nations become wealthier, and this, in turn, sends prices higher. Finally -- like oil -- meat is something people are encouraged to consume less of, as the toll exacted by industrial production increases, and becomes increasingly visible."