Along came a spider Last weekend, employees at a Tulsa Whole Foods found what was believed to be one of the world’s deadliest spiders in a shipment of bananas. Now, scientists are saying it may have been of a more common, harmless domestic variety.
Farmers’ markets boom good for farmers or markets? Local farmers markets are a ray of hope in a shaky economy but Mother Jones reports that this boon may not extend to the actual farmers. (hat tip to Tom Laskawy at Grist)
Odd couple interview Fritz Haeg, whose Edible Estates project we profiled last year, was on Martha Stewart yesterday to talk about front-yard gardening.
Tis the season…for E. coli? Inspectors are gearing up for “E. coli season” (April to September) and intend to test large producers twice as often as last year, focusing less on smaller-scale operations. Seems to make sense, but our friends at Food & Water Watch point out that the prescribed four-times-monthly is still not enough.
Grist on Immokalee Tom Philpott has published a two-part diary on his trip to Florida, visit with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and to witness the working and living conditions farmworkers endure to eke out a living and provide the US with tomatoes year-round.
A hormone-free milk mustache USA Today provides a roundup on the companies that have dropped dairy from cows treated with rBGH, including Wal-Mart, Dannon and General Mills.
Kellogg calls for stricter regulations Spurred on by the recent salmonella outbreak, David Mackay, CEO of Kellogg company, is calling for an overhaul of the food safety system, with a focus on prevention.
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