Posts tagged ‘Food [for Thought]’

“Attention Shoppers”: A New Line of Attack Against Antibiotics On the Farm (Plus A Little History. Of Course!)

Well, okay, so I lied about being on “hiatus.” Yes, I am, but this is too good to pass up: A coalition of consumer groups has…

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Non-Hysterical Commentary About Pink Slime

Worth reading: Yesterday’s opinion section of the New York Times included this surprisingly even-handed, non-hysterical commentary about Pink Slime. Most of it is a re-hash of…

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Meat Glue? It’s All Good, Folks

So back to something more interesting than writerly, insider-baseball crap. Like meat glue! Because what’s not to like about something called “meat glue.” Meat Glue (MG…

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No Neutrality Allowed

The meat book is still about ten months away from publication, and already, thanks to Pink Slime, it’s another version of the beer book. Not that…

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Making Meat, the Writer’s Pitfall, and Online Interaction With Readers

Finally, a good example of the way website/online interaction can inform a writer’s work! (*1) A couple of days ago, I commented on a New York…

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James McWilliams, Meat, History, the “Contrarian” View, and Land Supply

[UPDATE: Joel Salatin responded to McWilliams' essay with this post. It appeared first on Salatin's Facebook page, and then at Grist.] (How’s THAT for a kitchen…

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Pink Slime: (More) History and A Dollop of Sermonizing. Part Five

Part One — Part Two — Part Three — Part Four Also see my initial posts about Pink Slime here and here __________________________ So. Where does…

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