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by JL Wall Before being informed that Mackey identifies as a Libertarian and (apparently) has not made any donations to Republican candidates and rather snittily walking it back just a little bit, Ben Wyskida at the HuffPo proclaims: The bottom line for me, reading Mackey’s op-ed, is that by shopping at Whole Foods I’m supporting [...]
Filed under: food, health care, politics
by JL Wall One other aspect to the release of that British organic food nutrition study: one of the most maddening ways for conversations to descend to hell involves others accusing me of, essentially, wanting to bankrupt/lower the quality of life for everyone who makes less than $X thousand dollars a year. This doesn’t come [...]
Filed under: agriculture, food
There is still a need for people to contact their representatives concerning HR 2749.
Filed under: agriculture, food, government/law
A friend sends along this notice, from the blog of Ron Paul’s Campaign For Liberty: URGENT ACTION: Stop the NAIS, Anti-Family Farms Bill HR 2749, the All Industrial Agriculture bill, could be voted on in the House of Representatives Tuesday. Please call your Congressman immediately and request that he or she reject this bill. Normal [...]
Filed under: agriculture, food, government/law
by JL Wall Well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration. My roommates certainly seem to think so, which is awfully kind of them. However, it’s the conclusion I reached earlier today during a brief bit of impulse buying. You see, among the reasons I’ve had less time to think about blogging lately than during [...]
Via Conor, here’s Ezra Klein on why chain restaurants should be required to post calorie counts: I used to eat lunch at Potbelly’s a lot. I do so rarely now. But my order is the same: Vegetarian on wheat with triple hot peppers, and a bag of Baked Lays. I’m having a bit of a [...]
Filed under: food, government/law
by JL Wall Several notes: 1) Is “hiati” the proper plural of “hiatus”? I could just check a dictionary, but that would be less fun and “hiatuses: is too clunky to begin with. 2) In the process of moving myself and my possessions several blocks, I left my (now-recovered) laptop cord behind so I have [...]
by JL Wall E. coli outbreak requires a beef supplier to recall 420,000 pounds of its product. (Again.) Anyone surprised? And then we get this: The recall underscores the need for “a comprehensive animal identification system” that would allow meat suppliers to trace their products to an individual ranch, she said. No, it underscores the [...]
Filed under: agriculture, food
As an addendum to JL’s post below, Corby Kummer’s dispatch in the July/August Atlantic (not yet online, sorry) is well worth a read for anyone interested in this stuff. Kummer profiles Tony Geraci, the food-service director for the public schools in Baltimore, who’s made an effort to combat obesity and improve student nutrition by stocking [...]