The Kansas Sampler Foundation has the entries, and now it’s time to vote for your favorites. You can see the list of nominees from which 24 finalists were selected and announced Thursday. Take a look at them, and vote for your favorites. All the places I mentioned are among the nominees, although not necessarily among […]
Entries Tagged as 'Food in the news'
Kansas culinary wonders finalists up for vote
April 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Kansas culinary wonders finalists up for vote · Food in the news
Tags:Kansas·restaurants
Ask Sebelius for veto on cow hormone labeling
April 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Ask Sebelius for veto on cow hormone labeling · Food in the news
Join the crowd of individuals and groups asking Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to veto legislation that will make it harder for dairies to provide information that lots of consumers want, namely whether a dairy’s cattle are treated for artificial bovine growth hormone (also known as rBGH or rBST). Her contact info is available at the governor’s […]
Milk labeling bill passes; there’s still time
March 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Food in the news
Did you hear the one about the Kansas House approving a bill severely restricting dairies’ ability to tell consumers that they don’t use recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) on their cattle? No? No surprise. After the pro-drug lobby failed a year ago in the Kansas Senate, it apparently tried last fall with the state Agriculture […]
Act now: dairy cow hormone battle under way again
February 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Food in the news
Criminy. Our esteemed Legislature is at it again, once more trying to make it hard for dairies that don’t use artificial bovine growth hormone (rBGH, also known as rBST) to tell consumers so. They tried last year. Tha state ag department has given it a shot (so to speak, although I’m not entirely sure how […]
Tags:Kansas Legislature·milk·rBGH
Roundup: Fun food activities plus food for thought
October 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Books about food, Eating out, Food in the news, local food, Roundup
A big week for food fans is shaping up here in Lawrence, and there are other items of interest, too. Read on… Put these activities on your schedules: Friday, Oct. 3: Chef Kurt Michael Friese will speak and sign his book, A Cook’s Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland at KU. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. […]
Tags:farms·Kaw Valley Farm Tour·Kurt Michael Friese·Lawrence restaurants·Roundup·sustainable agriculture
Roundup: Research, taxes, crops, wine
September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Roundup: Research, taxes, crops, wine · Eating out, Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Despite appearances, I haven’t fallen off the edge of the earth. Here are some Kansas food items to get me back on the blog program. Defense and counter-defense. Kansas Bioscience Authority president Tom Thornton explains the authority’s support for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Kansas. (Cattle Network). Meanwhile, a group called No […]
Tags:local food·local wine·National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility·Research·Roundup