Sink your teeth into this NYTimes Magazine’s food issue includes features on some of our favorite food fighters, including Severine von Tscharner Fleming and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, as well as a hearty (9 page!) open letter to the next president, calling for a solar-powered food system, from Michael Pollan.
Hard times call for old-timey measures Worried about the financial crisis? Our good friend (and Eat Well consultant) Kerry Trueman predicts that Jimmy Carter cardigans will make a come back, while Plenty Mag thinks you should drop the bottled water and search our Eat Well Guide. Tom Philpott urges us to invest in our foodsheds over at Grist.
Avast, fishermen Or at least slow down. That’s the gist of a new report from the Food and Agiculture Organization and the World Bank, which estimates that the fishing industry is losing up to $50 million a year, an effect of too many boats in the water and too few fish.
Ahoy, ITQ’s? Food & Water Watch’s Ben Bowman explains industry’s answer to the dwindling stock problem at the Ethicurean, squashing any yo-ho-hos you might have heard from conscientious seafood lovers over a recent study that suggests that catch shares will save the day. Nothing softens a blow like that one like some pirate speak — thanks for inspiring these last two headers, Ben.
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