Michael Pollan came on stage carrying bags of processed foods. He proceeded to pull out “edible food products” and do a little stand up comedy about all the corny ingredients in them, and how creative the food manufacturing industry is getting to keep coming up with new products that we then think we need to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'factory farms'
Michael Pollan on “Can Grassfed Feed the World?”
June 11th, 2010 · 58 Comments · Food for Thought
Tags: corn·factory farms·Go Local! Challenge·grassfed beef·Michael Pollan·nutritionism·sustainability
Spring Cleaning Carnival: Get the CAFOs Out
May 3rd, 2010 · 85 Comments · Uncategorized
Please welcome Kelly the Kitchen Kop today, whose peppy self I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in real life. She dishes out on the truth of nourishing foods and busts “politically correct” nutrition, and today she’s our feature in the Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out! Carnival. See all the topics here. The reasoning behind [...]
Tags: CAFOs·Carnivals·factory farms·farming·grassfed beef·meats·omega-3s·Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out
Monday Mission: Got Meat? (Where does your meat come from?)
May 3rd, 2010 · 37 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn about where your meat comes from. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps Perhaps you already know everything about your meat. Perhaps you’ve watched Food, Inc. and seek out local, grassfed or pastured, organic meats. Your job, then, is to find the balance. Keep on [...]
Tags: beef·CAFOs·chicken·factory farms·Food Inc.·meat·organic·Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out
Mary and Martha Moment: Just Food
March 5th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments, Prayerful Kitchen
During this season of fasting, it is appropriate for us to reconsider our spiritual relationship with food. Beyond counting calories or even finding nutrient-dense or frugal foods, let us consider the social and environmental cost of our food. Catholics believe in the mystical Body of Christ, meaning that everyone who is a child of God, [...]
Tags: CAFOs·Catholic Social Teaching·environment·factory farms
