My tax dollars at work. It didn’t get much attention in Kansas, but controversial pharma-food producer Ventria got a nice loan from me and my fellow taxpayers. Now they’re talking an over-the-counter product instead of saving third-world children. What a surprise! (The biggest report in the Wichita Eagle, mere mentions in KC Star, Lawrence J-W, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Roundup'
Roundup: Pharma-food; local growers, local harvest
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup, local food
Tags:genetically modified organisms·growers·local food·sweet corn
Roundup: Beyond tainted tomatoes and floods
June 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup, local food
Finally, here’s a roundup of some food news in the area, aside from the daily reports of tomato-borne salmonella and rising food cost forecasts due to the Iowa floods.
Going against the grain. Gordon D. Fiedler Jr. over in Salina snags a bushel of wheat in this funny-serious take on eating locally. (Salina Journal)
Pizza cone [...]
Tags:food safety·National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility·wheat
Roundup: Summer hunger, year-round food safety
June 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup
Time to round up food for others, sick cattle, food waste and problem fish.
Farms everywhere but not a bite to eat. That’s an exaggeration, but it’s nevertheless true that hunger rises, especially for children, during the summer, when kids don’t get school lunches. Harvesters helps. (KC Star)
Where’s the beef tests? Here’s an update on mad-cow [...]
Tags:composting·e-coli·fish·hunger·mad-cow disease
Roundup: Wheat, corn, freegans
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup, local food
Got a lot of news items this week, and a lot of them are grainy.
Kansas miller stands out. The Stafford County Flour Mills produces a premium (local) product. (Pratt Tribune)
Local freegans. They’ve been spotted in Lawrence, according to the KC Star.
Biosafety Research. K-State’s got it. (High Plains Journal)
Peas, please. WIC finally helps recipients buy fruits [...]
Tags:corn·flour·fruits·Land Institute·sustainable agriculture·vegetables·wheat
Roundup: Meat, meet and eat
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Farmers markets, Food in the news, Food preparation, Roundup, local food
Meaty treats. Join ranchers and Local Burger maven Hilary Brown 8 a.m.-10 a.m. this Saturday (May 24) at the Lawrence Farmers Market for Local Meat: It’s what’s for dinner! With Hilary at the grill (and doing some advance prep, too), market visitors can sample a variety of local meats. At a volunteer meeting last week, [...]
Tags:aquaculture·farmers market·local food·meat·restaurants
Roundup: Reports, sales, contest
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Food in the news, Roundup, local food
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 Saturday, May 10, [...]
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