A group blog about the politics of food. What's that? We cover topics like genetically modified organisms, the Farm Bill, E. coli outbreaks, cloned meat, the milk wars (raw, rBGH-free), eating locally, and organic vs. conventional labeling.
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- May 9, 2006
Ethicurean
NYT story quotes Ethicurean "Meet Your Bacon" post for its conclusion: Jake Lahne…recently enrolled in a meat-production course at school to achieve “a
real understanding of where meat comes from,” he wrote on a blog, the
Ethicurean. He got it. “Animals do not want to die,” he wrote.
“They can feel pain and fear, and, jus...t like us, will struggle to
breathe for even one single more second.…here’s the
truth about any slaughter: it is both morally difficult and really gross.”Read More
real understanding of where meat comes from,” he wrote on a blog, the
Ethicurean. He got it. “Animals do not want to die,” he wrote.
“They can feel pain and fear, and, jus...t like us, will struggle to
breathe for even one single more second.…here’s the
truth about any slaughter: it is both morally difficult and really gross.”Read More
Source: www.nytimes.com
A new generation of carnivores is learning to butcher, and in some cases, slaughter their own animals think of it as do-it-yourself meat.
Ethicurean More complications for Ethicureans to ponder when eating even the "good" farmed fish....
Source: www.ethicurean.com
The products of aquaculture, the farming of sea creatures and plants, are often divided into “bad fish” — piscavores, like salmon, that eat more pounds of protein in the form of other fish ...
Ethicurean [Bay Area only] Sorry to be all Soul Food Farm all the time...but the new CSA has launched! First pickup will be in Emeryville on Oct. 7.
Source: www.soulfoodfarm.com
The Soul Food Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program offers pastured chickens and eggs for delivery to centralized pickup locations in the Bay Area.
Ethicurean Daring to study what most of us close our eyes to
Source: www.ethicurean.com
By Jake Lahne I want to describe our unfamiliarity with animal slaughter as “startling,” “surprising,” or “shocking.” After all, in the United States we consume a staggering amount of meat: more than 220 pounds per person per year on average. ...
Ethicurean Hey Bay Area ethicureans: Come join us at Pizzaiolo for the Soul Food Farm benefit, raffle, and auction. There will be cute chicks!
Source: soulfoodfarm.com
It’s official! We’re having a fundraising party for Soul Food Farm at Pizzaiolo in Oakland on October 11 from 1-5 pm. [TICKETS]
Ethicurean Why pay for a gym when you could find a farm in your area that needs help?
Foodies and Carpenters Pitch In to Build Chicken Houses at Soul Food Farm - San Francisco Restaurant
Source: blogs.sfweekly.com
San Francisco Restaurants and Dining. Foodies and Carpenters Pitch In to Build Chicken Houses at Soul Food Farm. SF Weekly news, blogs, music, movies, restaurants and the arts.
Ethicurean Please consider donating to fire-stricken Soul Food Farm, see post for details:
Source: www.ethicurean.com
The Bay Area’s well-known, much-loved Soul Food Farm was devastated by a fire last night, I learned this morning from a heartbreaking email sent to friends by Soul Food’s Alexis Koefoed. Alexis ...
Ethicurean Heartbreaking fire last night on Soul Food Farm. I am updating the website as I get news from Alexis. Working on getting her to let me put up a Donations button.
Source: soulfoodfarm.com
On the night of September 3, at 1:30 a.m. Eric woke up to find a fire moving across Soul Food Farm's fields, possibly begun on the property next door. The flames were as high as the trees. In the commotion suddenly three strangers appeared, like angels, and started helping us. They made a water line...
Ethicurean Let's play Monsantopoly! Click to sign, and pass it on! Monsanto's had enough Get Out of Jail Free cards to date.
Source: act.credoaction.com
Massive seed corporation Monsanto -- through acquisitions and cut-throat business practices -- has cornered 90% of the soy, 65% of the corn, and 70% of the cotton market, and has a rapidly growing presence ...
Ethicurean Some link love on Soul Food Farm's new CSA from SFWeekly
Source: blogs.sfweekly.com
Starting in October, you might be able to score monthly pickups of the same chickens and eggs that the restaurants Coi, Quince, and Chez Panisse serve up.
Ethicurean I'm helping to launch a new pastured chicken & egg CSA for the Bay Area, from the same great farm that Chez Panisse buys its chickens from! See http://soulfoodfarm.com for details.
Ethicurean And now for some good news: how organic farming (and other responsible agroecological methods) reduces weeds, insect pests, and diseases, while upping yields and soil health.
If biotechnology won’t feed the world, what will? Knowledge, says GE expert Doug Gurian-Sherman :: T
Source: www.ethicurean.com
Earlier this week, I asked plant pathologist and molecular biologist Doug Gurian-Sherman to explain some of the science behind genetically engineered crops and their potential — or lack thereof — to feed a more populous, climate-changing world. ...
Ethicurean Help your favorite farmers market win some much-needed cash with a 1-minute vote! (How come Berkeley FM only has 103 votes? Terrible!)
Source: www.care2.com
Help your local farmers market win $5,000 in the Love Your Farmers Market contest sponsored by Care2.com and LocalHarvest.org!
Ethicurean And now that you've (hopefully) read yesterday's link, time to take action!
Source: act.credoaction.com
Last year's food riots in Haiti, India, Indonesia and elsewhere sounded the alarm bell for a painful level of global hunger that is only going to increase with a growing population and a changing climate. ...
Ethicurean A little science background to chew on when you're grinding your teeth over those Monsanto ads...
Source: www.ethicurean.com
With food shortages provoking riots in recent years, and the world’s population increasing exponentially, Congress will soon be debating the next big U.S. aid package for developing countries. America ...
