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Whole Milk Ethics
Here’s a take-no-prisoners piece on the whole-milk debate, by Deborah Blum, writing for Slate: The Raw-Milk Deal. Today, just about 0.5 percent of all the milk consumed in this country is unpasteurized. Yet from 1998 to 2008, the U.S. Centers … Continue reading
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Authenticity Hoax Interview
Over at my Business Ethics Blog, I’ve just posted an interview with Andrew Potter, about his new book, The Authenticity Hoax. Readers of this blog might be interested in our exchange on the topic of food, which included this nice … Continue reading
Posted in environment, industrial, local, values
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Burger King, Salt, and Kids
Here, from Carly Weeks, writing for the Globe & Mail’s Life Blog: The math on Burger King’s salt-busting move doesn’t add up . Burger King has found a way to instantly reduce the levels of sodium in meals marketed to … Continue reading
Chocolate, Labour Standards, and Blood
Here’s a petition calling for changes in labour standards in the cocoa industry: Tell Big Chocolate CEOS We Want Fair Trade Cocoa. I’m bringing the petition to your attention, not necessarily endorsing it. I’m not signing it myself, because I … Continue reading
Posted in activism, international, labour
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Ethics, Ideology, & Synthetic Meat
See this blog entry (at The Atlantic) by James McWilliams, Eating (Synthetic) Animals …one issue to which concerned consumers have generally turned a tin ear is “in-vitro meat.” Although the cost is currently prohibitive, the technology is widely available to … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, animal welfare, biotechnology, science, synthetic meat
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When “Local” Foodies Go Loco
Check out this blog posting by my friend Andrew Potter, Dawn Of The Loco-Wars. Andrew admits to his, well, let’s say skepticism, about the local food movement. Then he makes this qualified concession: But if there’s one “benefit” I’ve been … Continue reading
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Cloned Animals, Food, Ethics
I guess it was inevitable. Given Europe’s history of mistrusting genetically-modified foods, you had to know that the idea of cloned foods was going to have a rough time there. Here’s the story, by James Kanter, writing for the NY … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, animal welfare, cloning, ecosystems, genes, public policy, regulation, science
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Food Dyes & Risk
The Centre for Science in the Public Interest has just released a report on the dangers of food dyes. Here’s the press release CSPI Says Food Dyes Pose Rainbow of Risks (and here’s a direct link to the PDF version … Continue reading
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FDA: Limit Antibiotics in Animals
From the NY Times: Antibiotics in Animals Need Limits, F.D.A. Says The F.D.A. released a policy document stating that agricultural uses of antibiotics should be limited to assuring animal health, and that veterinarians should be involved in the drugs’ uses. … Continue reading
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Organic Culture
Over at his blog Authenticity Hoax, my pal Andrew Potter has some interesting comments about the multiple supposed-reasons for organic agriculture: Why is organic so important? Ask its adherents, and you’ll get anyone of half a dozen or so answers: … Continue reading
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