Too far from food
What my brain does when it hears the word “steak” Beatrice Marovich has a fascinating essay at Religion Dispatches called “Eat, Pray, Kill: The Basic… Read More »Too far from food
sustainability
The blood footprint
More animal-friendly than a vegetarian? There are all sorts of ways in which people can alter their diets for ethical reasons, but the presumed reason… Read More »The blood footprint
The “E” word applied to food. No, it doesn’t stand for “educated.” Or “empathetic.”
Eric Schlosser lays down the law in the Washington Post: At the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting this year, Bob Stallman, the group’s president,… Read More »The “E” word applied to food. No, it doesn’t stand for “educated.” Or “empathetic.”
Tuesday links
New Hampshire Tea Partiers’ opinions of gay marriage range from apathetic to vaguely supportive. I wonder how many of those people are members of the… Read More »Tuesday links
Why should we care where Sarah Palin got her bunny (and how many shots it took)?
The designated Badass Quote of the Day for today over on Dispatches is from Jason Easley at Politics USA: Sarah Palin has become the political… Read More »Why should we care where Sarah Palin got her bunny (and how many shots it took)?
Hardcore eggs
Leslie Halleck is a horticulturist and general manager at North Haven Gardens in Dallas who blogs at growLively. Today she comments on the difference between… Read More »Hardcore eggs
Wow
That’s all I can say at the moment– just, wow. From Casaubon’s Book, an excerpt from a post entitled “On Sentiment…And Against Sentimentality“: Sentiment officially… Read More »Wow
Some thoughts on “opting out.”
To return to a Michael Pollen note for a bit (sorry), I came across a section of Omnivore’s Dilemma today that devoted some discussion to… Read More »Some thoughts on “opting out.”
Factoid from The Omnivore’s Dilemma that I learned today
Pigs raised in factory farms have their tails docked (i.e., cut off) because they are weaned from their mothers at about 12 days. They would… Read More »Factoid from The Omnivore’s Dilemma that I learned today
“Survival and reproduction are in fact most definitely amoral.”
This was a remark made in the breeder comment thread. An odd one, I thought. It sounds sensical at first– surviving is something we all… Read More »“Survival and reproduction are in fact most definitely amoral.”