Cultivating Contrariness This week, The Atlantic published a hit piece by Caitlin Flanagan on school gardens, which elicited near-immediate responses from Grist’s Tom Philpott, Serious Eats’ Ed Levine and The Atlantic’s own Corby Krummer.
Leasing Land In a questionable scheme to localize food production, land-rich, capital-poor Ethiopia, a major food importer, is leasing large tracts of agricultural land to foreign companies. H/T to the Food Times.
A Lasting Legacy? A year into her husband’s first term, First Lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday that she wouldn’t rule out testifying on the Hill if it would help curb childhood obesity.
Axing an Aquatic Agreement California courts have all but killed a landmark agreement aimed at curbing California’s over-consumption of water from the Colorado River. The deal will continue to stand during the appeals process.
Creepy Corn A new study released by the International Journal of Biological Science links Monsanto’s genetically modified corn to organ damage in rats.
FDA Fail After releasing a new report acknowledging the harmful effects of BPA, the FDA said today there is little the agency can do to curtail the use of the substance in food containers. Grist’s Tom Laskawy reports.
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1 justanotherbostonian // Jan 16, 2010 at 9:34 pm
ahahahah corby “krummer”! that man comes into my place of employment three times a week, and is so ridiculously picky. i just have to laugh.
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