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 new Ethicurean post sure to ruffle some feathers....
Pets vs. livestock: Cracking open the myths about backyard chickens :: The Ethicurean: Chew the righ
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Last spring I decided that this was the year I was going to finally get some chickens. On a snowy Saturday in March I brought home six tiny cheepers that I bought at my local ranch store in Livingston, Montana. ...
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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.”
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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.
See MoreEthicurean More complications for Ethicureans to ponder when eating even the "good" farmed fish....
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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.
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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
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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!
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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 Hi, welcome to the Ethicurean's new page. I plan to use this to find out what readers dis/like, want more/less of, etc. So become a fan and weigh in!
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