Quick Bites

Posted by Baylen on Sep. 17, 2009

skitched-20090917-095714.jpgThe Nation devotes a whole issue to “Food for All: How to Grow Democracy.” Alice Waters. Michael Pollan. Blech. [The Nation]

Spiked also devotes an issue to food. [Spiked Online]

The French don’t get Julia Child. They look at her much like we look at Rachael Ray. Yeah, they’re snobs, but at least they hate “the strictness of American health rules about food.” [NYT]

Chicken farmer’s got talent! [MSNBC]

Joel Salatin is an award and $100,000 richer. Congrats! [Newsleader]

Amidst all the hullabaloo over the White House farmer’s market and Michelle Obama’s organic garden, it’s worth recalling how much crap the USDA–”skeptical of amateur farmers”–gave Eleanor Roosevelt when she wanted to plant a few beans and peas. [Time]

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  • John A
    Re the USDA and Mrs. Roosevelt, I downloaded a wartime film from the D0fA encouragimg farmers to plant hemp - aka marijuana. How times chamge...
  • John A
    Heh, the USDA and Mrs. R.: I downloaded a film of that time in which the DofA encourages farmers to plant hemp - aka marijuana...
  • Roxanne
    Maybe there is a glitch on the Crispy server as above there is a post with a couple similar links? I come to Crispy for some "original" blogging....Thanks for the great posts, in general!
  • Roxanne
    I see what may have happened...the post above is newer and so perhaps that contributor didn't notice they were posting about something that had already been posted by you on this earlier post. Funny it has the same title too? Odd.
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