Cut pesticide use to boost yields? It’s worked for millions of farmers in Asia and Africa
[This article originally appeared in The Conversation on April 30, 2015 . It is published here under a Creative Commons License] [The FAFDL Facebook thread […]
Month: May 2015
Daily Essentials | 13 May 2015
SMITTEN KITCHEN: Mushrooms and Greens with Toast I resisted, for once, but I think this would be lovely with some crispy eggs on top. But […]
The Farmworker Strike in San Quintin is a Perfect Illustration of How Class War Works
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No, Corn Ethanol Isn’t Agriculture’s Walter White. But Our Ethanol Rules Might End Up Breaking Bad
(Somebody call the headline police. That’s just embarrassing.) This Think Progress article wondering if corn was breaking the law by being transformed into ethanol is […]
What You Should Know About the Farm Worker Strike in San Quintin, Mexico
SEE ALSO: The Farmworker Strike in San Quintin is Perfect Illustration of How Class War Works [Photos via Twitter] Things are getting pretty ugly for […]
Daily Essentials | 11 May 2015
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Dozens injured as farmworkers, police clash in Baja California The San Quintin agricultural region of Baja California erupted in violence Saturday as […]
Daily Essentials | 10 May 2015
SIMPLY RECIPES: Sweet Potato Hashbrowns So, do you want to know the secret to truly amazing, mind blowing, crazy good hash browns? THE NEW YORK […]
Daily Essentials | 8 May 2105
MICHAEL RUHLMAN: Pasta, Asparagus, and an Egg I was about 24 hours into my vegan experiment, planning to prepare pasta with asparagus and olive oil. […]
Young Guatemalan Farmers Fight For Land Rights, Local Food, and Sustainable Traditions Endangered by Global Trade Deals
By Jeff Abbott (This piece was originally published in Yes Magazine on May 05, 2015. It is republished here, under a Creative Commons License.) There […]
So Long Ridiculously Cheap Frozen Pizza. I Hardly Knew You.
Not long ago, my local Fred Meyer stopped carrying Jeno’s frozen pizzas. Not long before that, I had discovered Jeno’s frozen pizzas. I’ve never found […]
In Defense of Gwyneth Paltrow’s #SNAPChallenge #Fail – 3 Ways her critics went wrong
A few weeks back, Gwyneth Paltrow was challenged by Mario Batali to take the SNAP Challange and attempted to live on a food stamp budget […]
Daily Essentials | 7 May 2015
SAVEUR: Sopa Seca (Mexican Noodle Casserole) This recipe from cookbook author Diana Kennedy is a comforting casserole dense with thin fideo noodles bathed in chile […]
How coastal communities with shellfisheries can prepare for ocean acidification
Sarah Cooley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Julia Ekstrom, University of California, Davis (This piece originally appeared in The Conversation on February 24, 2015 and […]
In Defense of Michael Pollan and avoiding polysyllabic ingredients
It depends. In my post yesterday on the Chipotle backlash I wrote a bit about Foodbabe and Michael Pollan’s legacy. In the case of Foodbabe, […]
The Biggest Source of Plastic Trash You’ve Never Heard Of
From acres of sheeting to miles of twine, farms use billions of pounds of plastic each year. What can we do to reduce the impact?
5 Big Drivers Behind the Chipotle Backlash
The last few days at Chipotle HQ could not have been much fun for the people running the marketing and public relations operation. The response […]
Daily Essentials | 5 May 2015
USDA | AMBER WAVES: Fresh Fruit Makes Up a Growing Share of U.S. Fruit Availability Fresh fruit accounted for 52 percent of fruit availability in […]
Some Carcinogens Are More Equal Than Others (sigh)
Following up on the glyphosate as carcinogen story, I couldn’t help notice some coverage that shows how political orientation informs the way different people cover […]
Daily Essentials – 4 May 2015
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Working, but Needing Public Assistance Anyway Adriana Alvarez, a cashier at a McDonald’s in Chicago, is among the people pushing for […]
Notes From The Glyphosate Dust Up.
I don’t have much to add to the recent dustup over the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) designating that glyphosate is a […]