Michael Pollan Does It Again!

Comments on “Farmer In Chief” New York Times Magazine, October 9, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Bravo to Michael Pollan for putting the issue of sustainable agriculture into play in the political arena.  As he aptly points out, without cheap fuel to produce and transport food, “cheap food” is a thing of the past.  This is the perfect [...]

ARTICLE: Hartsdale Woman, local market offer health program . . .Don’t Weight!

By HEATHER MURRAY Although many seek out Lynn Klein of Hartsdale hoping her expertise will help them lose weight, she doesn’t think of herself as a dietician. Nor does she like being called a nutritionist, because she won’t tell you what to eat, but encourage you to think about how you eat whatever it is [...]

ARTICLE: Safer Salad

NY Times, August 28, 2008 EDITORIAL Safer Salad Add fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to the shortlist of foods that companies can zap with radiation to kill off many dangerous pathogens. With concerns about food-borne illnesses rising — tainted spinach and lettuce in 2006 sickened hundreds of people and killed several — the Food and Drug [...]

ARTICLE: Eco-Emeril on Planet Green, With Mayo and Inconsistency

NY Times, August 4, 2008 by Alessandra Stanley An alien has invaded Planet Green. In a wispy utopia of bamboo cotton, home wind turbines and vegan celebrities, there is one kitchen voluptuary who seems intent on subverting this environmental cable channel’s less-is-more ethos. Emeril Lagasse cannot put away the butter. Or the cream, crème fraîche, [...]

ARTICLE: A World of Ways to Eat Right

May 26th – June 2nd U.S. News & World Report by Katherine Hobson A World of Ways to Eat Right Giving up their hunt for charmed nutrients, diet experts increasingly embrace whole patterns of eating Earlier this year, the “Mediterranean diet” turned 15. Of course, for the people who actually live in the Mediterranean region, [...]

ARTICLE: Parents, Meet Your Coach in the Organic Aisle

NY Times, May 5, 2008 By SUSAN DOMINUS Nancy Weiser, a small woman with a very small backpack, addressed the four women standing before her with the kind of grave urgency that coaches rely on when they’re down in the fourth quarter. “I’m going to permanently change your relationship to the food supply,” she told [...]

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