Monthly Archives: July 2010
Farm Bill What? Find out, in Seattle August 8!
Here’s what I’ve been up to as a “Farm Bill Intern” with Community Alliance for Global Justice. Seattle people from all sorts of perspectives will be coming together to ask questions, learn about it, and begin the organizing process. The … Continue reading
Filed under Organizing
FDA looks at genetically engineered salmon
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/business/26salmon.html This would be the first genetically engineered animal allowed for human consumption passed by the FDA. Makes me want to barf. Genetically engineering foods affect not just health, but also patenting (owning the rights to genes! this is nuts!), … Continue reading
Filed under Sleuthing
Aspartame Horrors
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/americas-deadliest-sweete_b_630549.html An interesting in-depth look at how aspartame is really a poison and barely made it past the FDA in the first place. My favorite line: “After all, aspartame was previously listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent!” … Continue reading
Figs in Heaven
If you are as geeky a Barbara Kingsolver fan as I, you’ll know that this is a play on the title of one of her books, Pigs in Heaven, the sequel to possibly my favorite book ever, The Bean Trees. But … Continue reading
Filed under Cooking
Grass-Fed…Hot Dog?
I could barely believe my eyes when I spotted Applegate Farms’ not just natural, not just nitrite-free, not just organic…but f*#@ing grass-fed beef hot dogs in the cooler at the market. Grass-fed?! HOT DOGS!!?? I almost couldn’t believe it, but then … Continue reading
Filed under Hunting/Gathering
First Tomato!
I’d say I’ve been doing less actual gardening in my garden, and more gazing. Besides surveying the incredible crop of slugs the garden has managed to produce, I find myself crouched in the evening light wrinkling my forehead at the … Continue reading
Filed under Growing
