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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