The Weird & Wacky World of Food Marketing & Policy
Sometimes, as a composition teacher, I get very sad at the world. Sometimes I have to walk around in a world where many people speak, think and behave in the very ways I try to convince my students not...
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A few of this week’s most disturbing food news stories center around issues of food relating to children. Now, I’m not a parent, so I try my best to report on these issues without offering judgment....
View ArticleInequality in Our Food System
A few events, some louder than others this week got me thinking about just how unequal our current food system is. The protestors on Wall Street are angry because income disparity leads to a disparity...
View ArticleWhat’s Coming for Food in 2012?
Welcome to 2012, We*Meat*Again! Sorry for my lapse in posting, all. The holiday hiatus was more all-consuming than I thought it would be, and I’ve missed a lot of food news. Rather than try to cover it...
View ArticleNibbles: What We Didn’t Eat This Week (1/19)
Some news from around the world of food this week… Many of you may have already heard that Paula Deen has (SHOCKINGLY) revealed she has Type II Diabetes. Now, my little sister has been...
View ArticleAre Corn Syrup and Corn Sugar Really the Same?
A few weeks ago, one of my favorite bloggers, Andrew Revkin of the New York Times did a year-end post called “Notes from a Blogging Discomfort Zone.” Here’s what he meant: Many blogs try to create a...
View ArticleNibbles: What We Didn’t Eat This Week
Quite a variety of happenings in the world of food this week. The Good An illuminating new report out by the cooking & nutrition charity Share Our Strength provides concrete evidence that...
View ArticleHow Far Should Food Industry Regulation Go?
For this week’s dialogue post, I’ve found a recent and particularly controversy-inspiring editorial from Raj Patel, writing in this case for The Atlantic. Patel makes the case we’ve heard before...
View ArticleHope & Fear in the New Food World
The weather’s turning warm here, warm enough that it’s actually freaking me out a little. Kansan temperatures will get into the 80s this week, and for a child of New England, with its April snow days,...
View ArticlePink Slime Explained
Welcome to another We Meat Again video post — this one dedicated to explaining the great pink scare… Apologies for the awkward skip in the middle of the video. Our first filming was briefly interrupted...
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