31 May 2009
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Saturday’s New York Times featured an op-ed contribution by Amanda Hesser that deserves attention. “Commander in Chef” highlights the fact that all too often, developing cooking skills–and the desire to cook–is overshadowed by issues surrounding the acquisition of food: [T]errific … Continue reading
6 January 2009
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Wes Jackson and Wendell Berry connect the dots between the health of soil and the environment and a sustainable food policy: Agriculture has too often involved an insupportable abuse and waste of soil, ever since the first farmers took away … Continue reading
11 December 2008
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Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed piece in yesterday’s New York Times suggests that while finding appropriate candidates for the Secretary of Agriculture position is necessary, we need a more radical rethinking of the position itself. “Secretary of Food” captures the spirit: Read … Continue reading
29 November 2008
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In her op-ed piece in today’s New York Times, Marcella Hazan talks about the increasingly frequent elision of “chef” and “cook” and why an appreciation of the latter is so important: I am my family’s cook. It is the food … Continue reading
4 November 2007
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† The Week of the Farm Bill: This week represents a crucial time in the Farm Bill debate. Whether you contacted your representative or senators earlier in the debate or postponed making a call or sending a fax, now is … Continue reading
16 July 2007
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Alice Waters contributed her thoughts the subject of the Farm Bill in Sunday’s Sacramento Bee: “Farm Bill Should Focus on Healthful Foods“: The farm bill emerged originally to support farmers during the Great Depression. But over time, it has turned … Continue reading
14 March 2007
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Today’s New York Times features an op-ed piece by Nicolette Hahn Niman, an environmental lawyer and member of the Niman family of Niman Ranch fame, about the elimination of gestation crates by some pork producers as only the first step … Continue reading
18 January 2007
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If you missed it, Dan Barber, chef of Blue Hill at Stone Barns (New York state), contributed to the debate over the upcoming Farm Bill in last Sunday’s New York Times: There’s invariably something risky, if not risible, about allowing … Continue reading
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.
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
26 November 2004
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The national office of Slow Food alerted us to the following news about Slow Food this week. Enjoy! Sylvia Poggioli’s report on Terra Madre for NPR A New York Times Op-Ed piece by chef Dan Barber, “Food Without Fear” (and … 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