Food in the News

According to a recent New York Times report, two studies carried out in Europe have concluded that pesticides may be responsible for the alarming decline in the world population of honeybees and bumblebees.  The results of these studies, one of which was carried out in France and the other in Britain, were recently reported in […]

Interested in food policy, food law and how it effects how we eat?  The website for the Harvard Food Law Society is an interesting source for news, information and intelligent debate on a whole range of food related topics. Raw milk?  Check out the live debate.  The Sugar Epidemic in America?  Food and mental health? 

As discussed in a recent post, I spent some time recently reading Bethany Jean Clement’s post for the Stranger about Mark Bittman’s NY Times article on the cost of cooking at home verses that of fast food. I picked up a link recommendation from one of the posted comments that seems pretty interesting for those

It seems like the idea of challenging people to cook a homemade dinner for less than $5 per person is popping up on a lot of people’s lips these days.  The basic idea is simple enough:  to encourage people to discover for themselves that, for the price one would pay at a fast food restaurant

A story this morning on NBC reported on this latest entry into the market for more and more outrageous fried foods.  Fried Bubble Gum certainly falls into the category of strictly for morbid curiosity.  Even at that, I doubt that any sort of curiosity would entice me to try the latest offering from the 2011

Last night I attended a screening of the new documentary “The Vanishing of the Bees” sponsored by Slow Food Seattle at the Piggott Auditorium a the Seattle University.  I found it to be a deeply unsettling experience but one that I would recommend to anyone who is concerned about the future of our food supply.