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May 29th, 2009 by leslie · No Comments

“Pretty hard to be against motherhood, milk and children” This from Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), earlier this week regarding Philadelphia’s Universal Feeding Program, which has been officially canceled.  Tom Laskawy reports on the outcry at Grist (hat tip to Obama Foodorama, who is similarly outraged).

Bush’s farmworker regulations suspended Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is making good on one of her first promises, to squash Bush’s last minute changes to guest and farm worker regulations.

Smithfield challenges pork documentary Scheduled screenings of a new documentary called Pig Business are being held up by the world’s largest pork producer, who are calling the film “defamatory.”

Omnivore’s Dilemma back on at WSU Following a small uproar in the foodie blogosphere and a generous offer from WSU alum and food safety lawyer Bill Marler to pay Michael Pollan’s speaker fee on behalf of his alma mater,  Washington State University will reinstate its freshman reading program, complete with Pollan’s bestseller.

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