Jill Richardson, Commonweal Institute. November 25, 2009. Obama's statements about food and agriculture trend moderate to progressive, but his nominations for top positions in his administration tell a different story.
David E. Gumpert, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 25, 2009. Despite all the media hype, there's little to actually suggest we're facing a major food safety crisis.
Vicki Santillano, Divine Caroline. November 23, 2009. Sugary food tastes great going down, but the effects it has on our insides are far less appetizing.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 21, 2009. Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.
Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet. November 19, 2009. No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. We need a new food system.
George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. November 19, 2009. The challenge of feeding 7 or 8 billion people while oil supplies are falling is stupefying. It'll be even greater if governments keep pretending that it isn't going to happen.
Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. November 13, 2009. If and when lab-grown meat begins filling the processed-food troughs of the masses, will the Oscar Mayer wiener-eaters of the world even notice?
AlterNetNovember 9, 2009. Pollan took on Big Ag and cheap food in a panel discussion, after the protests of a meat industry chairman led to his speech at a University being canceled.
R.J. Ruppenthal, Chelsea Green Publishing. October 23, 2009. What if each of us could produce just 10 percent of our own food at home? What a huge difference that would make.
Lester R. Brown, Climate Progress. October 14, 2009. The world renown environmentalist writes about his new book and lays out the devastating impacts unrestricted emissions of greenhouse gases will have on food and water.
Paula Crossfield, Civil Eats. October 8, 2009. Rachel Maddow continues her work pulling back the layers of American politics to expose underhanded and manipulative lobbying tactics to the public.
Twilight Greenaway, Culinate. October 7, 2009. Dumpster diving for her hungry pigs is only one of the many hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking adventures Novella Carpenter experienced in taking urban farming to a new level.
Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. October 3, 2009. Some tout soy products as a panacea for health and wellness, while others swear that soy is a sure ticket to infertility and "man boobs." What are the facts?
Timothy LaSalle, AlterNet. September 29, 2009. There's no honest assessment of the limits of dead-end chemical agriculture in playing a leading role in actually feeding people.
