![]() Credit Anne Sherwood for The New York TimesĪgricultural lobbyists in Washington are gearing up for a major battle – this time, with each other. ![]() The debate has uncovered some very interesting facts about crab behavior, but it’s also proved that neitherĪ horse watches over the historic site of Fort Phil Kearny in Banner, Wyoming. The governors of Maryland and Virginia are in a highly publicized tiff over which state gets to claim the famous “Maryland blue crab” as its own. Kraft employees have discovered a major downside to their recent merger withĪ palm oil company has been accused of taking advantage of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia to double the size of its plantation. Malcolm Gladwell tackles an old question that still lacks a satisfying answer: Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard but only (really) one kind of ketchup? “We are seeing the emergence of the next generation of the food distribution system.” Takeout delivery by drones? No: drive-thru grocery stores built by - who else? - Amazon.įisheries in the North Sea are beginning to recover after a decade of aggressive sustainability policies While you might notĬare whether you’re eating a Pacific creolefish or a Hapuka (both sold as “sea bass”), an ocean conservation group says the jumbling of names is abetting illegal fishing and seafood fraud. ![]() Under current FDA policies, 64 different species of fish can be sold in fish markets and restaurants under the name “grouper” for a “snapper” it’s 56. Hundreds of thousands of olive trees in Italy are being decimated by a bacterial disease known as olive tree leprosy. In some cases they even increase support for genetic modification.įirst Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch standards have increased access to healthy meals in racially diverse schools, in many places eliminating the nutrition gap between diverse and predominantly white schools. (Whatever happened to Republicans’ love of states’ rights?) But it turns out the fight may not be worth the effort: GMO labels don’t actually scare people away from buying the product. Credit Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Agence France-Presse - Getty Imagesīacked by Big Food, the House has passed a bill that prevents states from mandating GMO labels on food packaging. Here a Maldivian fisherman sorts his catch in Male. Ted Genoways, “The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food” (2014)Ĭurrent FDA rules allow multiple species of fish to be sold under the same name, a practice critics say is abetting seafood fraud. Liz Carlisle, “Lentil Underground” (2015) “Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables,” which just about sums it all up.Īnd here’s a group that’s been writing great stuff about food and policy, in no particular order:Ĭivil Eats, which is the go-to source for the kinds of things I’ve been writing about “How to Save a Trillion Dollars,” a cost argument for dietary change “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” in which we demonstrated that the answer is “no” “The Right to Sell Kids Junk,” a look at one of the major challenges in food “What Is Food?” a question that still needs to be answered “Fast Food, Low Pay,” which I like to think supported the emerging labor movement in food “How to Feed the World,” which argued, not for the only time, that “feeding the 9 billion” is simplyĪ slogan to promote industrial agriculture “Not All Industrial Food Is Evil,” which shows that there can be benefits in “A Food Manifesto,” which, though nearly 5 years old, still pretty much outlines the major issues Label that gives the information we need to make smarter food choices “My Dream Food Label,” which to me remains a model of what should be considered when creating a While writing my farewell piece, I had a good time revisiting some of my favorite columns from over the years:
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