Says WHO? Conflicting reports this week from the World Health Organization, which came out saying that in fact, it IS possible to contract swine flu from pork products from infected animals. Then they backtracked. Who can keep up?
Dear Oprah, can I have mine pasture-raised? The internet nearly exploded this week with the launch of Oprah’s “gift” in the form of a download-able KFC coupon for “un-fried” chicken. In the blogosphere, sustainable agriculture and animal welfare advocates came out heavy on this one, and in the real world, riots ensued. (Or did they?). NPR calls the shenanigan the “James Frey of fast food.” (Hat tip to Edible SF.)
Gleaning wisdom Highly talented photographer-turned-community organizer/urban gleaner Rick Nahmias has a wonderfully inspirational post up at Huffington this week about LA-area Food Forward, a group that is harvesting from abandoned trees and giving the fruits of their labor to food banks.
All around the world, same Smithfield song If your heart can take it, check out this in-depth piece in the NY Times, which outlines what I’ll call the “Smithfield effect” in Eastern Europe, where it has played out largely as it has in the U.S., with historic levels of pollution and a 90% decrease in the number of hog farmers.
The one who got away On a lighter note, the Times also reports this week on Molly, the calf who escaped from a Queens slaughterhouse, to subsequently be taken in on an organic farm outside of the Hamptons.
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1 Jimmy R // May 11, 2009 at 2:56 am
Who in there right mind would want to eat KFC? Was this a plan by the elite to pump the masses with more GMO all at once. Take the Organic Food Challenge with us.
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