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Politics of the Plate: The Conscientious Carnivore
Can meat be a part of an environmentally sustainable diet?
09.21.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- nutrition/diet,
- sustainability,
- meat,
- barry estabrook
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Carbon 101
Footprints, offsets, and conversion factors: The jargon of sustainability can confuse even the most environmentally sensitive among us, particularly in the supermarket aisles. Here’s a handy...
09.17.09
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- sustainability,
- environment,
- ecology,
- legislation,
- seafood
food politics
Politics of the Plate: What’s the Catch?
Finally, some good news about seafood.
08.05.09
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- politics of the plate,
- aquaculture,
- seafood,
- sustainability,
- barry estabrook
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Salmon on Drugs
A new report indicates rampant antibiotic use at Chilean fish farms, which supply most of the U.S.’s farmed salmon.
07.30.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- aquaculture,
- farms + fish,
- seafood,
- sustainability
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Organic Warfare
An advocacy group criticizes the USDA’s “dysfunctional” management of the nation’s organic program.
07.07.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: When Organic Is Not Organic
USDA certified organic fish doesn’t exist—but you wouldn’t necessarily know it to read the labels at a seafood counter.
06.26.09
food politics
Recession Flexitarians
The economic downturn may have a positive effect on the meat-heavy American diet.
06.10.09
- Keywords
- nutrition/diet,
- vegetarian,
- meat,
- sustainability,
- louise mccready
food politics
Humane Slaughterhouses
Okay, so your steak comes from a cow that lived a happy life—but how did that life end?
06.09.09
- Keywords
- farming,
- meat,
- sustainability,
- farm-to-table,
- rebecca marx
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Perennial Waves of Grain
According to plant geneticist Wes Jackson, we could see a commercially viable variety of perennial wheat within a decade—and he has the flour from his experimental plantings to prove it....
05.26.09
food politics
Politics of the Plate: The Price is Wrong
Call them elitist if you will, but panelists at a recent sustainable-food conference make a strong case for why food should cost more.
05.20.09


















