Jocelyn C. Zuckerman on gourmet.com
food politics
Carbon 101
Footprints, offsets, and conversion factors: The jargon of sustainability can confuse even the most environmentally sensitive among us, particularly in the supermarket aisles. Here’s a handy...
09.17.09
- Keywords
- sustainability,
- environment,
- ecology,
- legislation,
- seafood
food politics
Blood and Chocolate
After 10 years of promises, protocols, and initiatives, the children of West Africa remain at the mercy of the cocoa industry.
09.16.09
- Keywords
- chocolate,
- africa,
- legislation,
- jocelyn c. zuckerman
food politics
The Gourmet Q + A: Richard Wrangham
In his new book, Catching Fire, Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, makes the case that cooking was the definitive evolutionary step that made us humans what we...
08.26.09
food politics
Wine, War, and Global Warming
What does it take to make people care about climate change? In France and the U.S., very different kinds of arguments.
08.20.09
- Keywords
- climate change,
- legislation,
- paris,
- wine,
- environment
food politics
Seeds Of Change
With the world’s hungry topping one billion, a first lady—and it’s not Michelle—announces a fresh approach to food policy.
07.01.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- hillary clinton,
- legislation,
- farming,
- jocelyn c. zuckerman
food politics
Into the Mouths of Babes
Sure, the U.S. provides half of all global food aid. But while that food may be fine for adults, it does nearly nothing to alleviate childhood malnutrition.
02.18.09
- Keywords
- jocelyn c. zuckerman,
- food policy,
- nutrition/diet,
- kids
travel + culture
Postcard from Zimbabwe
It’s an unlikely—and to many, unfathomable—vacation destination. But a new coalition government could put this southern African country back on the map.
02.09.09
- Keywords
- jocelyn c. zuckerman,
- travel,
- africa,
- culinary culture,
- hotels
food politics
The Gourmet Q + A: George McGovern
The former senator on the spiritual motivation behind his work on hunger issues, and the challenges in store for President Barack Obama.
11.05.08
- Keywords
- jocelyn c. zuckerman,
- food policy,
- q + a,
- george mcgovern,
- agriculture
food politics
Up Close and Personal with the Genetic Modifiers
My two-day field trip with Germany’s BASF Plant Science.
10.31.08
- Keywords
- jocelyn c. zuckerman,
- health + science,
- agriculture,
- farming,
- produce
magazine
Cooking Schools: Wellness Kitchen
In the kitchen, a sun-splashed fantasy dominated by a Hummer-size Bonnet stove, words like lycopene and antioxidant swirled around us.
May 2008
- Keywords
- jocelyn c. zuckerman,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- nutrition/diet