Today’s Link
Finally, Good News About School Lunches - NYTimes.com
Bittman on the new lunch standards: "the most significant improvement" Obama has made in food.
Recent Links
Finally, Good News About School Lunches - NYTimes.com
Bittman on the new lunch standards: "the most significant improvement" Obama has made in food.
Societal Control of Sugar Essential to Ease Public Health Burden | www.ucsf.edu
Important commentary in Nature, by Robert Lustig et al, arguing for regulation of sugar as a toxin.
Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens - latimes.com
Looking for the perfect wash: the problem with bagged salad, and the search for a fix.
Food Rules Book Signing
In you're in the Bay Area, Maira Kalman and I are doing a signing of Food rules at Chez Panisse Sunday, Feb 5. Come!
Restaurant Workers' Group Releases Ethical Eating Guide - WNYC Culture
Ethical eating takes in the welfare of restaurant workers. Or at least it should. Here's a start....
Food and Environment Reporting Network
Check out FERN, an important new non-profit journalism organization covering food and ag.
New Rules for School Meals Aim at Reducing Obesity - NYTimes.com
Kudos to the First Lady and Ag Sec for new school food rules. Now, the program needs money to fund them.
Supermarket Meat Comes from Sick Animals | Mother Jones
Good Tom Philpott piece on what's in the feed at feedlots, and how it sickens animals.
The Soul of Slow Food: Fighting for Both Farmers and Eaters - Josh Viertel - Health - The Atlantic
A provocative take on food movement, elitism and access, from Josh Viertel, pres. Slow Food USA
The "Mexican-style fast food Restaurant Chain A" linked to two 2010 Salmonella Outbreaks was Taco Bell, who is it this year? : Marler Blog : Food Poisoning Lawyer & Attorney : Bill Marler : Marler Clark
Why is the CDC now protecting the identity of restaurant chains implicated in food safety outbreaks?
