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Archive for August 2008
“The price of food is no longer a political issue.” “These days the price of a bushel of corn is about a dollar beneath the true cost of growing it, a boon for everyone but the corn farmer.” Michael Pollan, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” Like “Fast Food …
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Super swimmer Phelps returns home
Times Now.tv, India - 2 hours ago … but took the opportunity while he was in New York to attend a Tiger Woods video game launch, and also feed his appetite for American food. … |
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Slow Food Nation converging on San Fran
Lower Hudson Journal news, NY - 3 hours ago Come Labor Day weekend, these items and others will join Slow Food Nation, perhaps the largest celebration of American food ever attempted. … |
A lush, under-the-stars spread of handmade bread, gourmet olives and fine wine makes an unlikely launch for a weekend dedicated to ending hunger, empowering poor nations and transforming farming as we know it. Welcome to Slow Food Nation, epicenter …
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Trying to get up to speed, Slow Food makes US push
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago … be used as a blueprint for remaking the federal farm bill, the $300 billion measure that influences virtually every aspect of the American food system. … Good Food Declaration Slow food all 168 news articles |
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Slow Food Nation
KTVU.com, CA - 6 hours ago Billed as the largest celebration of American food in history, Slow Food Nation comes to San Francisco over Labor Day weekend, bringing together tens of … Slow Food Nation festival opens Friday in SF San Francisco Chronicle Highlights of the Slow Food Nation San Jose Mercury News Slow Food Nation celebrates good, clean and fair food Alameda Times-Star San Francisco Chronicle all 26 news articles |
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California Assembly approves ban on PFOA in food containers
SmartBrief, DC - 7 hours ago The California Assembly has reversed a stand taken last week and approved a bill that would make the state the first in the nation to essentially ban the … |
Billed as the largest celebration of American food in history, Slow Food Nation comes to San Francisco over Labor Day weekend, bringing together tens of thousands to experience an extraordinary range of activities highlighting the connection between …
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Liveblogging: Building A New Food System, III
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 52 minutes ago Feedlots affect the environment, public health of the communities nearby and the health of all of us end-users of the American food system. … |
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Charlie Trotter and Rick Bayless hold the Chefs Hall of Fame Trophy
The Windy Citizen, IL - 9 hours ago “They thought it would be nice to have a culinary museum in Chicago.knowing that Chicago has played a very important role in American food history, … |