Food and Farm Discussion Lab
  • Home
  • Research Collections
  • GMO Building Blocks
  • The Agromodernist Reader

Month: May 2015

Cut pesticide use to boost yields? It’s worked for millions of farmers in Asia and Africa

May 13, 2015 Guest Authors 0

[This article originally appeared in The Conversation on April 30, 2015 . It is published here under a Creative Commons License] [The FAFDL Facebook thread […]

Daily Essentials | 13 May 2015

May 13, 2015 Marc Brazeau 1

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

May 12, 2015 Marc Brazeau 1

[Please consider supporting Food and Farm Discussion Lab with an  ongoing contribution of $1, $2, $3, $5 or $10 a month on Patreon. All contributors […]

No, Corn Ethanol Isn’t Agriculture’s Walter White. But Our Ethanol Rules Might End Up Breaking Bad

May 12, 2015 Marc Brazeau 1

(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

May 11, 2015 Marc Brazeau 3

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

May 11, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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

May 10, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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

May 8, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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

May 8, 2015 Guest Authors 0

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.

May 8, 2015 Marc Brazeau 1

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

May 7, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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

May 7, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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

May 7, 2015 Guest Authors 0

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

May 6, 2015 Marc Brazeau 4

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

May 5, 2015 Guest Authors 3

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

May 5, 2015 Marc Brazeau 158

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

May 5, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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 […]

No Image

Some Carcinogens Are More Equal Than Others (sigh)

May 5, 2015 Marc Brazeau 6

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

May 4, 2015 Marc Brazeau 0

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 […]

No Image

Notes From The Glyphosate Dust Up.

May 4, 2015 Marc Brazeau 1

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 […]

Posts navigation

« 1 2 3 »

Basics

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Food and Farm Discussion Lab Discussion Group on Facebook

Search

Subscribe to FAFDL via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 7,643 other subscribers

Categories

Like us on Facebook

Like us on Facebook

Recent Articles

Seaweed Farming Can Feed Fish and Address Climate Change

Seaweed Farming Can Feed Fish and Address Climate Change

October 27th, 2021

Seaweed[...]
Water in the West: Preparing for an Uncertain Future

Water in the West: Preparing for an Uncertain Future

October 26th, 2021

Water[...]
The Economics of Farm Labor Shortages

The Economics of Farm Labor Shortages

April 4th, 2020

Looking[...]
What Would It Take to Feed the Entire Human Population with Nothing but Mycoprotein?

What Would It Take to Feed the Entire Human Population with Nothing but Mycoprotein?

August 22nd, 2019

A[...]
Why Cultured Meat Will Not Feed the World (but mycoprotein just might)

Why Cultured Meat Will Not Feed the World (but mycoprotein just might)

August 1st, 2019

It[...]

Copyright © 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes