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Charlie Johnson’s Open Letter on Organic Milk
As long as there are children going to bed hungry and arriving to school hungry, there is no such thing as a surplus.
04.13.09
- Keywords
- farms + fish,
- organics market,
- dairy,
- agriculture,
- industry
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Planting Rumors
A new piece of federal legislation has sustainable-food advocates worried that backyard gardening and farmers markets are under siege. Are they really?
04.07.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Change We Can’t Believe In
The new administration is making great strides in food policy—except when it comes to the issue of genetic modification.
04.01.09
food + cooking
Spiders in Grapes
These eight-legged creatures provide great natural pest control in vineyards—but they’re also starting to show up in the supermarket at an alarming rate.
04.01.09
- Keywords
- agriculture,
- fruit,
- organics market,
- ingredients,
- jessica mischner
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Harvest of Hope
After 15 years of asking, a Florida farmworkers’ group has finally gotten the governor to condemn abusive practices in the state’s tomato fields.
03.31.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: So Now Who’s the Chicken?
For the first time, the EPA is going to enforce federal pollution regulations governing chicken manure—and agribusiness interests don’t seem happy about it.
03.20.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- poultry,
- agriculture,
- barry estabrook
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Tomato Summit
Florida Governor Charlie Crist has finally agreed to meet with representatives from a farmworkers’ organization to discuss the dismal labor conditions in the state’s tomato fields....
03.19.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Blowin’ in the Wind
A recent EPA ruling cracks down on particulate emissions—also known as dust—from farms, and agricultural industry groups are up in arms.
03.10.09
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- farms + fish,
- agriculture,
- farming
food politics
Who is Kathleen Merrigan?
The new nominee for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture is a spot-on selection by Obama and Vilsack.
03.05.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- agriculture,
- kathleen merrigan,
- barack obama,
- sam hurst
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Florida’s Slave Trade
Government inaction may help explain why the tomato fields of the Sunshine State are fertile ground for forced labor.
03.02.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- agriculture,
- barry estabrook,
- farming