Wednesday, July 24, 2013

With declines in Ogallala Aquifer, a reflection on the politics of agricultural environmentalism

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Here is an excellent, sober, persuasive, and worrisome report at Science 360 about the accelerated decline of the Ogallala Aquifer from 201...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Minnesota Public Radio discusses the politics of food assistance

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Julie Siple at Minnesota Public Radio last week described some of the political history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (S...

Mark Winne discusses SNAP reform

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Long-time anti-hunger and community food security activist Mark Winne has a new essay on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

High ethical standards in the supplement industry

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Talking Points Memo and other media have been covering the many thousands of dollars in allegedly unreported gifts from dietary supplement...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Recent activities of Dietitians for Professional Integrity

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Andy Bellatti last month summarized in a column for Civil Eats the recent activities of Dietitians for Professional Integrity, an initiativ...
Monday, July 15, 2013

City Blossoms: urban gardens make people smile

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My parents and I were inspired by our recent visit to City Blossoms near our old neighborhood in Washington, DC.  This series of urban gard...
Friday, July 12, 2013

An introduction to Food Policy in the United States

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A second excerpt from the first chapter of Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction (Routledge/Earthscan) , which was published i...