11/29/10 NEW NOTE: I have added TWO more articles of the same vein as the Newsweek Story- One from Judith Warner for the NYTimes, the other from The Washington Post by Jane Black & Brent Cunningham. NOTE: I’m taking a short holiday break, so this post is a “best of” from the past 9 weeks…
Category: Food Policy News
{weekend reading} National Edition
NEWS A French Sociologist, Claude Fischler, explained at a recent lecture at the University of Washington, is that Americans need to stop eating by themselves, in front of a TV, computer screen, in their car. Grist has more. Post BP spill, the oyster industry is trying to fight back with safe oysters. The Atlantic has…
{weekend reading} national edition
LOCAL NEWS Although local news, it speaks to our industrial food system, Albany County Jail will now have a privatized kitchen. CT based Aramark, has won the 3-year contract to feed staff and inmates. Another local story on All Over Albany discusses Albany County’s plan to change the chicken coop laws. Lastly, there is an…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
NEWS San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed, by a large margin, a law that bans restaurants, such as McDonalds, from offering a free toy with meals that contain more than set levels of calories, sugar and fat. In addition, restaurants can offer a toy with their meal if it contains fruits and vegetables. The Los…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
NEWS Biggest food policy story of the week: Grist reports (Tom Laskaway) that researchers from the University of Southern California decided to test actual brand-name sodas — including Coke, Pepsi, and Sprite — to confirm their exact sugar content and makeup. They found that the High Frutose Corn Syrup (HFCS) in the vast majority contained…
{weekend reading} NATIONAL EDITION
{troy, ny} Hey Everyone! I have got so much food-related goodies for you this week, my head is spinning and my fingers hurt from all the typing! EVERYTHING FOODIE AND NEWSIE! An Op-Ed (interactive graphic) in this week’s New York Times explores the idea in how to restructure secondary school’s “lunch lines” to be…
{WEEKEND READING} National Edition
Beyond From Scratch Club Sarah recaps her AMAZING journey through the Mohawk Hudson Marathon on her personal running blog, Chasing Down a Dream. On Lainey’s Plate, Leslie shares a creamy veggie pasta dish that the kiddos are sure to love. NATIONAL NEWS I’m sure you’ve heard this already, but I believe the biggest food story…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL EDITION
Where to begin? I’m getting this post up & out early because (patting myself on the back here) I’ve found a bunch of great articles, essays and recipes to share. Enjoy your Saturday & Sunday morning coffee with a side of food-related reading. Enjoy! Hilarious and scary article in NYTimes “Would a Health Inspector Shut…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL EDITION
Enjoy your Sunday! NATIONAL Let’s start with exciting localish news: Cookbook author, Mark Bittman is in for the Hudson-Mohawk Marathon on 10/10/10. Whoot! Read about his last couple of runs and his dread of Albany-area hotels! Plus recipe. Lastly, follow him during his massive book tour for his new cookbook FOOD MATTERS. This week Pittsburgh….
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL
I’m not going to lie. The national news links are items I myself want to read this Sunday morning. The recipes and food recall notices have been read and approved (by me). For various reasons, Miles getting his 2 year molars refusing to nap waking nightly every 3 hours, I just didn’t get around to…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL
NATIONAL NEWS (amazing articles people- trust me- its a good week for food-related reading!) Grist wrote a great piece on my favorite “fast food” chain, Chipotle, and their major farm labor issue. I wish there were more articles like this one because personally I feel like farm-labor issues get pushed to the way back of…
{Weekend} Reading: NATIONAL EDITION
Here’s the second half of my link love this week…. BLOG LOVE Marisa, canning guru who writes at Food In Jars, posted a great piece about the importance of using bottled lemon juice in canning. Another Canning Guru, Mrs Wheelbarrow, was on NPR for her canning and blogging. She writes about the experience on this…
{HOLIDAY} Weekend Reading
Due to a 7-day-turned-11-day vacation, Weekend Reading has been absent the last two Fridays. I’m back and so is my food policy and foodie blog reading. Have a wonderful holiday weekend people! LOCAL FOOD AND FIBER EVENTS This weekend, I will be attending Bennington Vermont’s Garlic and Herb Festival– you should too! 10am-5pm both Saturday…
Weekend Reading {a new weekly post}
We are starting a new weekly Friday post, “Weekend Reading”, where we will link to national and local food-related news or commentary, interesting happenings in the food-blog world and recipes to scan during your weekend leisure time. Um, leisure time? Well, that’s another topic for another day… This post will most likely be my sole…
