8 May 2007
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In Slow Food Nation, Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini describes how we can take back control of our food by outlining three central principles that are the focus of the Manifesto of Quality that was announced at the 2006 Salone … Continue reading
2 May 2007
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† Caltech Olive Oil: An NPR interview with Caltech students who are producing olive oil from campus-grown olives. † The Farm Bill: Fattening Waistlines and Pocketbooks: An op-ed piece in the Baltimore Sun by Scott Kahan suggests that “farm policy … Continue reading
30 April 2007
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Links to news that may be of interest to Slow Food members and friends: > Students at Caltech are taking advantage of the wealth of established olive trees on the Pasadena campus and making their own olive oil. Great use … Continue reading
24 April 2007
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To find the cause of the dramatic and possibly devastating decline of bees across the country , scientists are gathering and analyzing data and testing many possible theories ranging from cell phone interference (less likely) to problems related to corn-syrup-based … Continue reading
21 April 2007
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This Sunday’s (April 22, 2007) New York Times Magazine features an essay by Michael Pollan about the Farm Bill: Compared with a bunch of carrots, a package of Twinkies, to take one iconic processed foodlike substance as an example, is … Continue reading
6 April 2007
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We’ve recently added three more sites to the list of links on our homepage. If you haven’t taken a look recently or if these are new to you, we encourage you to check them out for news about a variety … Continue reading