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Cooking as a spectator sport Michael Pollan has a great new piece in the Magazine section at the Times, in which he waxes on the upcoming Julie and Julia, shares some personal tidbits about the positive influence Child had over his own family’s diet and bemoans the average American’s tendency to spend more time watching [...]

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Did you know that energy conservation is the root cause of our obesity epidemic? We may be fossil-fuelish, and we’re pretty careless with our kilowatts, too. But there’s one unit of energy we’re happy to hoard: the calorie. We routinely consume more calories than we need, but we’re so fearful of physical exertion that we’ll bend over backwards to avoid bending over backwards.

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A word to the wise: DIY cheese making may not be suitable for those opposed to a chaotic, crud-crusted kitchen. By the end of my first foray into homemade fromage, the burnt curd on my stovetop resembled footage of Apollo 11’s moon landing, but beholding the log of mozzarella on my chopping board felt like a giant leap for ethical cheese.

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Is it possible to have a prosperous all-organic restaurant? Just a few years ago, most would have doubted the possibility, but a number of forward-thinking restaurateurs have taken the plunge and emerged victorious. Among those is Argentinean-born Alberto Gonzalez – creator and owner New York’s GustOrganics, which uses only certified organic ingredients to create its menu.

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From our friends at Healthy Monday…
These days, blogs of all stripes are spreading the word about key health issues. One of our favorites is Edible Aria, a recipe and news blog that advocates sustainable eating. Ren, the chef, writer and photographer behind Edible Aria, offers recipes for organic, unprocessed foods, plus pertinent articles and quick [...]

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One drift you don’t want to catch Kurt Michael Friese reports at Civil Eats on Iowa’s Grinnell Heritage Farm, which was nearing organic certification when its fields were contaminated by a crop duster spraying a Monsanto-managed corn field across the road earlier this month.
More than certification at risk Meanwhile, in California, the United Farm Workers [...]

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The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) has recently released an exciting report about a new opportunity for clients of WIC, the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, to use their benefits at farmers’ markets. Back in December of 2007, the USDA published a new WIC food package rule that increased the variety of WIC-approved foods with an increased focus on nutritional quality and expanded cultural food options. State agencies have until October to phase in changes, so the deadline is fast approaching!

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Bottled water offers the illusion of purity, and it’s proven to be a tremendously successful marketing ploy, preying on our fears that our tap water isn’t safe. And, unfortunately, while tap water is, in fact, more strictly regulated than bottled, it’s got its own dirty laundry list of potential contaminants.

We like to think that the lack of clean, safe drinking water is a problem primarily for underdeveloped nations, but we’ve got plenty of water woes right here at home, including (but not limited to): rivers and streams clogged with toxic debris from mountain top mining removal; mercury emissions from coal-powered plants; pesticides, fertilizers, hormones, and antibiotics from industrial agriculture; and the residue of the prescription drugs we gobble like M&M’s to cure all our self-inflicted modern maladies.

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From our friends at Healthy Monday:

American teenagers live a fast paced life surrounded by modern technology. They spend their time talking and texting on cell phones, studying and surfing the web and grabbing fast food while driving between home, work, school and social activities. The Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) explains the environmental dangers of [...]

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Food policy destinations, from a distance US Food Policy’s Parke Wilde has put together a top 10 list of the country’s “food policy destinations,” complete with real-life visuals (compliments of Google Earth), giving you a real-life view of the land involved in operations like Smithfield’s Tar Heel plant, as opposed to “the pastoral image that [...]

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