Monthly Archives: October 2013

That Chicken in Your Soup

Posted on October 25, 2013 by bs161413

An article by the New York Times, That Chicken in Your Soup, discusses many of the hazards that come from or are found in food from China. Stories like “eggs with toxic levels of melamine” and “rat labeled as lamb … Continue reading →

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Cutting the Lean from Food Stamps

Posted on October 25, 2013 by jp159999

    According to research by the Food Bank for New York City, the price of food in the New York metropolitan area rose by 16 percent between December 2007, the start of the recession, and the end of last year, … Continue reading →

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Alex Atala Offering a Trip to Sao Paulo Through His Food

Posted on October 25, 2013 by David Chai

In In Manhattan, Alex Atala Offers a Sense of São Paulo, the author Jeff Gordinier took a visit to Brazilian chef Alex Atala’s restaurant in Manhattan and oversaw the entire process of how the chef’s handling the overwhelming demand for food … Continue reading →

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Wes Jackson : Saving The Earth and Re-defining Farming

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Nick Gehlen

Annual crops are wastefull, and need to be replanted each season – from an article published on october 22 (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/opinion/bittman-now-this-is-natural-food.html) Wes Jackson, at 77 a farmer and scholar, pushes the idea of Perennial Polyculture farms. These farms will closer resemble … Continue reading →

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