Jenny's Food & Ag Update, January 20, 2013

by Jenny Huston
Monday, April 1, 2013

 

 

·      Insecticide ‘unacceptable’ danger to bees, report finds http://bit.ly/13CGhHo

Campaigners say the conclusion by the European Food Safety Authority is a ‘death knell’ for neonicotinoid pesticides

o   EFSA identifies risks to bees from neonicotinoids http://bit.ly/VZPY0k

 

·      Farmers hope to plow the way for sustainable US hemp http://bit.ly/13AVs44

 

·      The Edible House in the Netherlands http://bit.ly/ZLXmzI

 

·      20-foot Urban Farms: Compact, Versatile, Aquaponic Systems http://bit.l...

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Jenny's Food & Ag Update, February 24, 2013

by Jenny Huston
Monday, April 1, 2013

 

 

Twitter: @chefjennyhuston

 

·      Create a Fruit Map of Your Neighborhood http://bit.ly/W1viSR

 

·      Are Young Native Americans Changing the State of Food in Indian Country? http://bit.ly/W2uvRC

Diabetes and food insecurity are rife in native communities, but research suggests tribes are now turning to sustain able agriculture.

 

·      Report: Farmers Markets as a Strategy to Improve Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Families and Communities http://bit.ly/Vx5yRa

 

·      Shiitake DIY: How to...

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The Rise of the New Food Culture & More

by Jenny Huston
Saturday, December 22, 2012

·      Arizona charity’s Wal-Mart snub may have paid off http://bit.ly/VAa6SK

·      Worldwatch Institute: Climate Friendly Food Production http://goo.gl/geDED and here is the Report: Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture: Supporting Climate Friendly Food Production http://goo.gl/sGm53

·      What does obesity have to do with climate change? Plenty, say some scientists http://bit.ly/Uiqo2A

o   Obesity in Young Is Seen as Falling in Several Cities http://nyti.ms/Xd697M

·      Vandana Shiva:...

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Jenny's Food & Ag Update December 2, 2012

by Jenny Huston
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

 

 

Twitter: @chefjennyhuston

 

·      Cornstalks Everywhere But Nothing Else, Not Even A Bee http://goo.gl/zcE1S

 

·      Europe Milk Quota Protests: Police Sprayed with Thousands of Liters of Fresh Milk http://goo.gl/UDg9S

o   Milky Way: Infuriated farmers spray milk on riot police in Brussels http://goo.gl/h4Z31

Thousands of dairy farmers on Monday protested low prices for their

product, choking traffic in the Belgian capital with their tractors and spraying European Union headquarters and police with...

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The History of Pink Slime... and more. Jenny's Update

by Jenny Huston
Monday, November 12, 2012

·      Backyard (San Joaquin Valley, California) citrus harvest helps feed those in need http://goo.gl/lCMIG

·      Fish Fraud Criticized By Sen. Barbara Boxer, 500 Restaurateurs http://goo.gl/d0QbH

·      The History of Pink Slime: The Sliming http://goo.gl/LNWCk

How processed beef trimmings got rebranded, again and again and again…

·      Truck Driver Steal and Sells 1,500 Cases of Beer http://goo.gl/W8hud

·      McDonald’s To Sell Ground Coffee In Canada http://goo.gl/PrjOC

·      In Dairy Industry...

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Jenny's Food & Ag Update, November 12, 2012

by Jenny Huston
Monday, November 12, 2012

·      North Dakota Voters Add Farmer Protection to Constitution http://goo.gl/7aaTo

·      To Get Around Tax Hike, Spanish Theater Sells Carrots Not Tickets http://goo.gl/mJacc

·      3 Inspiring Examples of Urban Agriculture http://goo.gl/fcDwX

Havana, Cuba; Atlanta, Georgia; Oakland, California

·      Marion Nestle: Food Politics: The election is over (whew): what’s next? http://goo.gl/Vt7ca

o   Kids Don’t Need Kids Food http://goo.gl/gIFJk

·      School Lunches From Around the World http://goo.gl/9...

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Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban... and more. Jenny's Food and Ag Update

by Jenny Huston
Monday, November 5, 2012

·      Bill and Lou: A Parable for Saving Our Broken Food System http://goo.gl/C9d9e

·      These guerrilla cartographers are mapping the edible world http://goo.gl/KBDgG

·      20 Food Heroes http://goo.gl/QtYyr

·      9 Big Companies That Benefit From Food Stamps http://goo.gl/D4A15

·      Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban, Local Efforts Challenge Agri-Giants’ National Control http://goo.gl/bhztL

Among the nation’s leading writers and thinkers on food and food policy, Michael Pollan talks...

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California Proposition 37 and More ~ Jenny's Food & Ag Update Oct. 22, 2012

by Jenny Huston
Monday, October 22, 2012

·      Amazon Farmers (Ecuador) Seize Chevron Assets http://goo.gl/40G7h

·      Vermont Leads Way for “Farm to Plate” Planning http://goo.gl/w68tY

10 year seeks path to more sustainable local food system

·      Scenes of ‘Dust Bowl Days’ Return As Oklahoma Storm Causes Highway Pileup http://goo.gl/zGVd6

Year of high temps and record drought portends climate future for once fertile croplands

·      Farmers, Workers, Consumers, Unite! New Visions in Food Justice http://goo.gl/yCO6G

How do we make sure...

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1-Ton Pumpkin Breaks Record! Jenny's Food & Ag Update October 8, 2012

by Jenny Huston
Monday, October 8, 2012

·      Declaration On Seed Freedom http://goo.gl/NG9dj

·      After Graduating From College, It’s Time to Plow, Plant and Harvest http://goo.gl/N5cvj

·      That Flawed Stanford Study http://goo.gl/fgMrX

·      Land reform protests heat up in Paraguay http://goo.gl/c6ttj

·      Man eaten by hogs at Oregon farm http://goo.gl/TKgdX

·      US farmers turn to gummy worms, fruit loops to feed cows after corn shortage http://goo.gl/jhTqz

·      For Local Fisheries, a Line of Hope http://goo.gl/lEJPi

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Jenny's Food & Ag Update for September 12, 2012

by Jenny Huston
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

5 Ways the Stanford Study Sells Organics Short... and many more headlines regarding our food industry.

 

·      ‘Food Hubs’ Connect School Districts With Farmers http://goo.gl/KwEuL

Online California food hub Ag Link http://goo.gl/RsgKY, ALBA in Salinas http://goo.gl/YRL79 and others in Vermont, Oregon and …

·      Media Coverage of Stanford’s Organic Foods Study is Half Baked http://goo.gl/EbF8K

o   Busted! Co-author of Stanford study that bashed organics found to have deep ties to Big Tobacco’s...

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