A health-food controversy Whole Foods CEO John Mackey took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal this week in protest against the Obama Administration’s proposed health care plan, sparking a boycott against the natural foods giant.
Introducing nuance into the organic debate The Ethicurean’s Elanor Starner looks at a peach (#1 on the Dirty Dozen list) weighs its dangers, citing new research that finds that conventional produce from smaller, local farms tends to be much lower in pesticides than “conventional” produce from larger operations.
Assembling a rural agenda This week, advocates gathered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the Midwest Rural Assembly. IATP blogged all about it and twittered some, too.
From the Dept. of Eww… Tom Philpott never fails to gross us out with his Meat Wagons, but this one (spoiler: it involves antibiotic-resistant salmonella, downer cows and school lunches) is pretty nasty.
Food stamps, fatness and Family Dollar According to this provocatively named post from Scientific American, there is a strong link between food stamps and obesity. In potentially related news, as funding for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) rises, so do Family Dollar’s profits.
Eating well on the road USA Today has advice for travelers who seek healthy road fare, but it tends toward the processed. We have a better idea.
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