The market value of food safety The party is over for Vilsack at Obama Foodorama, where Eddie takes the Sec of Ag to task for this quote on the peanut butter scandal: “At the end of the day, (food safety) is about preserving the income opportunities for farmers and ranchers…We’ve got to make sure the food supply is safe. That’s how you preserve markets.” Right, by not killing them.
Scratching corn syrup A Mighty Apetite Kim O’Donnel is on a quest to make DIY sweets that are free from high fructose corn syrup, and this week it was from-scratch chocolate syrup that looks amazing (and easy)! And great minds think alike — this week Megan at Brooklyn Farmhouse shows us how to make ketchup.
Farmer fashionistas? Severine Von Tscharner Fleming and her merry pranksters Greenhorns took NYC fashion week by storm with a bake sale at the John Patrick Organic show. Kerry Trueman reports.
McDonalds in China McDonald’s plans to open 500 more stores in China in the next three years, where they’ve also slashed prices, making a Big Mac much cheaper in Beijing than in Boston. In tangentially related news, Anna Lappe did a great interview for FarmingUK with researcher Mia McDonald (no relation), who’s just wrapped a report on factory farming in China.
Real Food online stars Farmtoschool.org has announced the winners of their “Real Food is..” video contest. My favorite is the K-12 winner, but check out all the entries on YouTube.
Wait, wait… This just in — Michael Pollan will be on NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” tomorrow!
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1 megan (brooklyn farmhouse) // Feb 20, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I just love the “Who Put the Burger on Your Plate” video from farmtoschool.org – it’s so great. Thanks for the heads up on that one! (And thanks for the link to BF!)
2 leslie // Feb 23, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Anytime, Megan.
Isn’t that video the cutest thing ever? I love how comprehensive it is, covering all the workers who get food to our plates — I almost got a little teary thinking about all the hours that went into teaching those kids about food and helping them to brainstorm and produce that video. Yay!
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