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For The Love Of Food
by Darya Rose | Jan 28, 2011
For The Love of Food
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup.
Junk food got even more bad press than usual this week. I love it! I’m not too happy about the GM alfalfa though. I also found a fantastic article about sustainable seafood and some interesting research on meditation.
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Links of the week
- The new school of fish <<Must read exposé of the sustainable fishing market. It’s both scary and fascinating. (San Francisco Magazine)
- Lawsuit to Taco Bell: Where’s the beef? <<I hear Taco Bell isn’t very happy with this. Ha! (SFGate)
- Girl Scout Cookies and other sweets offer confusing labeling on trans fats <<BS of the week. I always suspected the Girl Scouts were evil. Looks like they’re still using trans fats in their most popular cookies. (Chicago Tribune)
- Why the Happy Meal is a crime—and not just a culinary one <<More on poisonous children’s food, Michele Simon makes a good case that Happy Meals really are illegal already. (Grist)
- What the Deregulation of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Means for Organic Consumers <This makes me really nervous. What are your thoughts? (Treehugger)
- Long and Short of Calcium and Vitamin D <<A good overview. (New York Times)
- The Minimalist Chooses 25 of His Favorites <<Sadness! Mark Bittman’s Minimalist food column in the New York Times came to an end this week. Here he compiled his 25 favorite dishes over the years. (New York Times)
- How Meditation May Change the Brain <<Interesting info on the science behind one of my latest hobbies, meditation. (New York Times)
- Quick Beef Stew with Mushrooms and White Beans <<Doesn’t this look yummy? I think so. (Simply Recipes)
What inspired you this week?
The USDA approval of GE alfalfa is incredibly disheartening to me. Bees and winds will obviously transfer transgenic pollen, as we’re already witnessed in other plant species. As a result, will choosing organic food continue be a viable option in the future?
Eek, I can’t believe that GE alfalfa will be spread like this. This decision effectively takes away free choice for some while letting others profit. It shouldn’t matter that the voice of those who are harmed is softer than those who benefit; the business decisions of the organic farms should be within their own power to make. This effectively takes that away. With the pollination of these GE crops we are opening a Pandora’s box; it will be nearly impossible to cram it back in and slam the lid closed one day.