11 December 2006
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Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation, weighs in on the politics of monitoring our food supply in the Op-Ed section of today’s New York Times. Read it on the Times’ website.
31 August 2006
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For those interested in the debate over school lunch programs, the Center for Ecoliteracy has posted a series of essays, “Thinking Outside the Lunchbox.” Worthwhile reading about the social, political, economic, agricultural, and health issues related to school lunch programs … Continue reading
14 July 2006
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For those who do not subscribe to the New York Times’ “Times Select” feature, please note that Michael Pollan’s recently published columns that appeared as “Times Select” contributions to the Op/Ed section of the paper are now available free of … Continue reading
9 September 2005
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The New York Times has just published the second in a series of articles about schools that are making food–and food knowledge–an important part of the educational experience. The first article, “How Does Their Garden Grow?”, describes the impact a … Continue reading
24 August 2005
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Our friends at the California Food and Justice Coalition have sent us an update regarding AB 826, The California Farm to School Child Nutrition Act: As we enter the final stretch of this years legislative session I wanted to share … Continue reading
8 January 2005
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Jennifer Wilkins is a food and society policy fellow in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell, and contributed the following Op-Ed piece to the December 18, 2004 New York Times. For those of you who missed the piece, or … Continue reading
6 July 2004
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Today’s New York Times featured on op-ed piece by Giuliano Hazan that should resonate with Slow Food members. Entitled “You Are How You Eat,” Mr. Hazan’s piece questions the current aversion to carbohydrates and suggests that Eating sensibly is really … Continue reading
12 April 2004
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From today’s New York Times, a general article about the growth of the Slow Food movement in the U.S.