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Written by Jim Ferguson
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 02:16 |
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Perhaps the most unobtrusively provocative text on the entire Eats 101 reading list is "Cradle to Cradle." Eschewing polemic and draconian prescriptions, the authors instead lead us through a well reasoned and rational examination of quotidian practices as well as policy decisions impacting the public sector. Inevitably this gentle scrutiny leads us to a one-two punch as we consider our own lives--the first punch is "you couldn't possibly be talking about eco-conscious me," followed closely by, "duh, I guess you are." The wine bottle recycling piece featured here is a textbook example of planet "do-gooder" practices which prima facie seem beneficial but which, upon further examination, actually turn out to be "do--badder" instead.
Read the article, "Bottle Blues," from Bohemian.com here.
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Written by Natalie Valpiani
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Friday, 09 October 2009 11:12 |
In part due to Major League Baseball, members of Congress are re-considering how the $25 billion U.S. dietary supplement industry is regulated.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs heard testimony on whether current laws and regulations are sufficient to protect consumers from ingredients that may appear in supplements, but not on their labels. The interest of Chairman Arlen Specter (Dem-PA) is due in part to the court case of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.C. Romero, who was suspended for 50 games this year after testing positive for a banned substance. Earlier this year, Romero sued the manufacturer of an over-the-counter supplement, blaming the company for his suspension on the claim that it misrepresented ingredients in its products.
Under current law, no government agency evaluates the contents of dietary supplements to confirm the presence of ingredients listed on the label (or to discover those unlisted). |
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Read more: Baseball gets Dietary Supplement Regulation Back in the Game
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Written by Jim Ferguson
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Monday, 05 October 2009 21:58 |
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 The current hubbub over Mickey D at the Louvre is basically irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Awhile back I flew to Munich from Atlanta with a German who is McDo's chief food buyer for Europe and we had an extended conversation on the dramatic differences in food safety/origin criteria for Europe and the US. He more or less said that he would not eat in a McDo in the US and had just returned from visiting an eastern NC hog factory and was appalled at the filth and inhumane conditions.
In this context Michael Moss' NYT article on E. coli and hamburger from Cargill underscores my choice of the clip concerning Armageddon from the Hunt for Red October in the opening class.
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Written by Jim Ferguson
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Monday, 14 September 2009 23:19 |
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Both John Groopman and Lex and I will address this issue in November in a more formal way. The pernicious issue is that as much public handwringing as there is about the obesity "epidemic," a great deal of corporate money is directing at doing just that—making people obese—especially those who are forced to rely on an energy/calorie dense diet. Read Michael Pollan's full article here.
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