Just Saying No to GMOs Over 200,000 voiced their opposition to genetically modified alfalfa during the USDA comment period, which ended Wednesday.
Not So Dynamite After All In what he described as perhaps his most important blog post ever, Tom Philpott lays out the problems with synthetic nitrogen.
This Doesn’t Sound Any Better The city of San Francisco is giving away free “compost.” The catch? It’s actually sewage sludge.
Snake Oil Admen Beware This week, the FDA sent 17 letters to food manufacturers whose advertising claims were deemed misleading, including POM Juice and Dreyer’s Ice Cream.
Bon Activiste? As the woman who channeled Julia Child goes up for an Oscar for that performance, our dear friend Bonnie Powell, founder of The Ethicurean, writes at Grist (where she is now writing and editing part-time — congrats, Bonnie!)about Meryl Streep’s little-known food activism.
Not Corny Enough? In more Oscar news, the National Corn Growers Association doesn’t think Food, INC deserves an Academy Award.
High and Dry Our friend, the illustrious Lorna Sass, has a new blog post and a great video interview with vegan activist Lisa Rayner, who grows her own in the high deserts of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Indigestion in California Air regulators in the country’s second-largest dairy state are raising a stink over methane digesters.
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