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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Could “Water Footprint” Be the Next “Carbon Footprint”?
Could “water footprint” be the next “carbon footprint“? In short: It’s unlikely. But that doesn’t mean water isn’t a large and increasingly important issue. So, why doesn’t anyone talk about it? Well, depending on where you live, it may not … Continue reading
Can Exercise Help You Lose Weight?
Back in the fifties, there was a big debate whether exercise was good for you. People feared that exerting themselves through exercise would actually do more harm than good. Gradually, this opinion shifted, and by today the consensus among medical … Continue reading
Why I’m Not Eating Meat . . . or Any Other Animal Products
Two weeks ago, I posted a defense of sustainable animal farming against James McWilliams’ Atlantic article criticizing the practice. I felt that McWilliams’ real issue was with eating meat itself; not with the way it is raised on sustainable farms. Last … Continue reading
Posted in Factory Farms, Food Policy, Product Transparency
Tagged Animal husbandry, Eating Animals, Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Meat, Niman Ranch, Sustainability, Veganism
19 Comments
How To Tell Which Soy Products Contain Neurotoxins
I’ve raised questions before about the use of hexane in soy products. Many vegetable oils, unlike olive oil, cannot be produced simply by mechanical means (crushing, centrifuging, filtering). So they instead use high heat and chemicals. The primary chemical they … Continue reading
Posted in Health Concerns, Product Transparency
Tagged Cornucopia Institute, Food, Health, Hexane, organic food, Soy milk, Soy protein, Soybean, Tofu, Tofurkey
5 Comments
Cornucopia Sues Organic Valley. Sometimes Infighting Is Very Good
Nonprofit policy group Cornucopia Institute picked another fight this week, this time with organic food co-op Organic Valley. Some organic food advocates get upset by this sort of thing. They don’t like in-fighting among the major players in the organic … Continue reading
Posted in Antibiotics, Factory Farms, Fertilizers, Food Policy, Growing the Organic Industry, Health Concerns, Pesticides, Product Transparency
Tagged Chicken, Cornucopia Institute, Food, Organic certification, Organic farming, organic food, Organic Valley, United States Department of Agriculture
2 Comments
Taco Bell Can Call Its Beef “Beef”
The Taco Bell “88% Beef” saga has finally come to an end. The law firm that filed a suit against Taco Bell, alleging that its beef failed to meet federal standards for calling food “beef,” has now dropped the suit, … Continue reading
Is Meat Immoral? Thoughts on Eating Animals
Whether eating meat is morally acceptable is too complex an issue to address fully in a blog post. But I’ve been reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals and it’s tough not to think a little about this issue. One of … Continue reading
Is There a Halo Around Organic Foods? Should There Be?
People assume organic food tastes better, is healthier, and is worth paying more for, than conventional food. That’s what Cornell’s Jenny Wan-chen discovered when she tested people’s responses to yogurt, chips and chocolate sandwich cookies alternatively labeled organic or conventional. … Continue reading
Posted in Fertilizers, Growing the Organic Industry, Health Concerns, Pesticides, Product Transparency
Tagged Food, Health, Nutrition, organic food
2 Comments
Say “No” to the Fat Tax
The L.A. Times this week published an editorial supporting Arizona’s proposed “fat tax,” or a tax on Medicaid patients who don’t take steps to improve their health. The tax is a terrible idea. The tax is based on the notion … Continue reading
Posted in Food Policy, Health Concerns
Tagged Fat tax, Food, Health, Medicaid, Mickey Mantle, Obesity, Tax
6 Comments
Why Attack Sustainable Meat?
James McWilliams recently took a verbal hatchet to sustainable and humane animal farming. In his piece in the Atlantic, McWilliams complains about sustainable animal farmers who claim the high road over farmers who raise animals in CAFOs, the so-called “factory … Continue reading
