Factory farms costly. Yea, we knew it, and now the Pew Charitable Trusts has quantified it, in case you missed the news stories. Amish auction. Missouri auction house moves Amish produce to local buyers. (KC Star) Specialty meat. A McPherson custom meat processor is profiled.(KSU Extension) They’re smokin’. The 10th annual Sertoma barbecue contest is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food in the news'
Roundup: Farms, hunger and rice
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup
Don’t mortgage the farm. A K-State economist sees high risk of farm crisis. (Boston Herald) Right to food. A UN official in Kansas City for a world food aid conference comments on food crises. (Kansas City Star.) Wal-Mart limits rice. Some Wal-Mart stores are limiting people’s rice purchases. (KC Star)
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Corn free, as free as the grass grows
April 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Environment, Food in the news, Healthy eating
Can I go a day without corn? Well, sure. I did it yesterday—at least I think I did—and it wasn’t even hard. Not sure I’d want to do it for an extended period of time, however, as I’ll explain in a minute. But first, you may wonder why I did it in the first place. [...]
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Roundup: CSAs in area listed
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Roundup
It’s a short roundup after a long hiatus, but an interesting bunch, if I may say so. CSA listing. Don’t know how I missed it last month, but anyone in the area interested in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs may find this roundup in the Kansas City Star’s food pages helpful. Head of cattle. You’ve [...]
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About the price of bread
March 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food in the news
Sorry! No time to post today, but take a look at my story on Ethicurean.com about bread, our local bread and rising prices.
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Roundup: Talking, planting, harvesting
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup
In honor of our cattle-country heritage, and to make Bonnie happy at Ethicurean.com, I’m going to start calling these item entries roundups rather than digests. (We’re going to ignore the broad-spectrum herbicide implications for now.) Yee-haw! Localizing Lawrence food. The Lawrence Sustainability Network is sponsoring a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at [...]
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