Aw, nuts Investigations into the salmonella outbreak that has sickened 450 people in 43 states and been linked to 5 deaths are centering on Georgia-based Peanut Corp’s Parnell’s Pride and King Nut peanut butter. The company has issued a voluntary recall but it’s only sold in huge containers for industrial use, but you should hold off on Austin and Keebler peanut butter crackers (Kellogg has issued a “hold” on these). Now for the eternal question, how does salmonella get into peanut putter? (AP via Marler Blog)
Who cares how tall they are? This week, at Tom Vilsack’s swearing-in as Secretary of Ag, Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) took the opportunity to defend “production agriculture farmers” and alienate “small farmers,” suggesting that the average small-scale organic farmer was 5′2 and a fervent reader of GQ magazine. The Ethicurean’s Bonnie Powell let rip a fierce response, then rallied farm enthusiasts to show Roberts what real farmers look like, using Flickr. Not a copy of GQ in sight.
New rule: manure isn’t toxic? Six groups are suing the FDA on behalf of CAFO neighbors in California over a last-minute rule passed by Bush’s EPA, giving CAFOs an exemption from toxic emissions regulations.
Top Chef trims fat at Stone Barns This week, culinary “reality” show Top Chef highlighted farm-fresh food and cheftestants competed at Blue Hill Restaurant at local food mecca Stone Barns (which, you may recall, we blogged about in June, October and December) . According to Top Chef blogger Toby Young, the two losing teams committed a “cardinal sin” by trimming the fat from their pork and lamb dishes, going so far as to accuse Ariane, the contestant who was ultimately sent home, of “sacrilegious treatment of the Stone Barns livestock.”
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