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Politics of the Plate: Ground Zero for Swine Flu
Recent reports indicate that the emerging epidemic could be linked to unsanitary conditions at a factory hog farm.
04.28.09
- Keywords
- food safety,
- health + science,
- farms + fish,
- pork,
- barry estabrook
food politics
Tension Builds Between Organic Dairy Farmers And Processors
The kumbaya era is over: Organic agriculture is now large enough to face some of the same systemic problems that conventional agriculture struggles with every day.
04.27.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- organics market,
- dairy,
- agriculture,
- sam hurst
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Nothing’s the Matter with Kansas
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has shown that if she’s confirmed at a top FDA post, she’ll likely push for the interests of ordinary citizens—not Big Food....
04.24.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: What’s the Matter with Kansas?
If the governor doesn’t take action by Thursday, the state will enact a law that could keep consumers in the dark about what’s in their milk.
04.16.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Oh, Deer
In the name of food safety, California farmers have been waging a needless war against native wildlife.
04.15.09
food politics
Rethinking School Vending Machines
A whole new approach is the subject of the third Senate hearing on school nutrition re-authorization.
04.06.09
- Keywords
- health + science,
- kids,
- nutrition/diet,
- sam hurst
food politics
Red Meat and Mortality
A major new study links consumption of red meat to premature death. But is beef really to blame?
03.27.09
- Keywords
- health + science,
- beef,
- nutrition/diet,
- sam hurst
magazine
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
For generations, the students at Red Cloud Indian School raised their own food—then the federal government got into the act.
April 2009
- Keywords
- nutrition/diet,
- health + science,
- sam hurst,
- chris dudley,
- kids
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Bad Times for BPA
Two new pieces of legislation would completely ban bisphenol A, the hard plastic used in bottles and food containers, because of safety concerns.
03.18.09
food politics
Minnesota School Food Survey
The re-authorization of the School Lunch Programs promises to benefit both students and farmers, but the devil is in the details.
03.13.09
- Keywords
- health + science,
- nutrition/diet,
- kids,
- joanne berkenkamp,
- sam hurst