industrial agriculture

Michael Pollan's "Food Rules": Keep it Simple, Then Simplify

Posted in Books & Media on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 1:16pm by lee -

Namedropping Michael Pollan isn't likely to bring you much insider food cred these days. If you think about good, real, local, organic, sustainable, fresh, tasty, whole food - heck, if you've watched "Oprah" lately - then you've probably already heard the name Michael Pollan more times just this week than you can count. When "The Omnivore's Dilemma" was published in 2006, many of us were just starting to think about the amount of corn we were consuming.

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Eating Lassie? Jonathan Safran Foer's "Eating Animals" Gives Us Lots to Digest

Posted in Specialty Food, Local Food, Books on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:17pm by lee -

Jonathan Safran Foer's "Eating Animals" is one of my favorite food books ever. I don't agree with everything it says, but the book is so incredibly compelling, the arguments so well reasoned, and the descriptions so very vivid, that I recommend it to anyone who is thinking seriously about our food and where it comes from.

Early in the book, Safran Foer takes great pains to describe why we should be eating dogs. He even goes so far as to provide a "classic Filipino" recipe. Here's a small excerpt:

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Talking With Curt Ellis from "King Corn" About His New Film "Big River," Part 2

Posted in Twin Cities, Organic Food, Movies, Local Food, Legislation on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 1:32pm by lee -

Today’s post is the final half of a two-part interview with Curt Ellis (the first part of our "Big River" article is here), who will be in Minneapolis this week showing “Big River,” a companion to his 2006 documentary “King Corn.” Both films will be screened at the Riverview Theater on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00, with a panel discussion afterwards. Admission is $10.

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