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Says WHO? Conflicting reports this week from the World Health Organization, which came out saying that in fact, it IS possible to contract swine flu from pork products from infected animals.  Then they backtracked.  Who can keep up?
Dear Oprah, can I have mine pasture-raised? The internet nearly exploded this week with the launch [...]

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Making the grade. Civil Eats stamped the Obama’s collective actions on agriculture policy with a B- during the first 100 days. The grade took into account Michelle’s encouragement to grow your own, but indicated that Obama and Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack need to realize that the food system is intrinsically connected with [...]

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We’ll be running our usual News Feed tomorrow but couldn’t resist posting a little roundup for those of you who are following the likely connection between CAFOs and “swine flu” (now dubbed H1N1).
A US export? The Humane Society points to CDC documentation of similar flu bugs first identified over 10 years ago in North Carolina.
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Last Monday, as I boarded a commercial flight, I sneezed. I had sneezed in the car on the way to the airport, and I would sneeze more throughout the day. On my way to the W.K Kellogg Foundation’s Food & Society conference, a gathering of nearly 600 “good food” advocates, and excited about the trip, [...]

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Yes! The Spring issue of Yes! magazine is entirely devoted to food and mentions the Eat Well Guide. Thank you, Yes!
Failure to yield That’s the name of a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists on yield increases in Bt cotton and corn, which Elanor at The Ethicurean calls “stunningly lame.” [...]

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