I won’t be able to make the screening of “Dirt! The Movie,” at 7 p.m. Monday, May 24, but I hope you and lots of other people do. Films for Action and Local Burger are presenting the movie and a follow-up panel to discuss the film. Our hat is off to both Films for Action […]
Entries Tagged as 'Food in the news'
Roundup: The dirt on soil, gardens, more
May 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Roundup: The dirt on soil, gardens, more · Food in the news, local food, Roundup
Kansans to give perspective on Food Inc.
May 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Food in the news, local food
If you missed it in the theaters, on video and last week on PBS, you still can see Food Inc. this week on KTWU, Channel 11, in Topeka, and you’ll get a Kansas perspective, too. The Oscar-nominated movie is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, on KTWU. Even if you have seen the […]
Proposed sugar tax could be sweet deal
April 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Food in the news, Healthy eating
A bill in the Kansas Legislature to levy a tax on sugary soft drinks sounds like a win-win deal to me. Not only would the proposal, Kansas Senate Bill 567, somewhat sweeten the state’s pitiful coffers up front, but the proposal also has the potential to reduce soft drink consumption a tad and thereby health-care […]
Official’s promotion of local food great to see
August 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Food in the news, General, local food
Did you see the local-food item in the Journal-World yesterday? The story buried the news peg (as we who used to be in the news biz would call it), which is that county Commissioner Nancy Thellman (at right) is planning to seek establishment of a food commission or advisory board to promote the local food […]
Tags:local food·public policy
Food safety legislation lurches along; stay tuned
July 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food in the news
So have you been following the great food safety legislation debate? (Specifically, HR 2749; see GovTrack.us.) My guess is probably not, because it’s darned hard to follow. I hope you nevertheless will let your lawmakers know that food safety is a big deal that they need to work on. Should they support this bill? Hmm. […]
Tags:food politics·food safety
Food Inc. unsurprising but powerfully presented
July 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Food in the news, Food selection
If you’re interested in food and you’ve been paying attention the last few years, you probably won’t see much in Food Inc. that will surprise you. I didn’t when I saw it yesterday. Still, I came away impressed, as Food Inc. ladles out the bad food news—the illnesses, the abuses, the power—making it more powerful […]