- GOOD bashes the popular reasoning that farm subsidies create cheap unhealthy food, which fuels our obesity crisis. That’s what I had thought too.. http://www.good.is/post/the-inconvenient-truth-about-cheap-food-and-obesity-it-s-not-farm-subsidies/
- This tidbit shows why our food system is broken “Over the course of a year, a consumer could reduce food costs by $125 for each 1 percent increase in calories from sugar and fat. In other words, all the financial incentives point strongly to upping calories from fat and sugar and slashing the nutritional quality of the American diet.” http://www.grist.org/food/2011-08-09-healthy-eating-is-hard-but-not-impossible-low-income-americans
- Says Majora, “My goal now is to create accessible jobs in food production, so I look at all the levers out there, from USDA subsidies to foundation grants, slow capital, and, most importantly, the market. I need to sell high-margin foods with minimal transport and middleman costs in order to create those jobs.” http://www.grist.org/green-jobs/2011-08-05-green-jobs-activist-majora-carter-to-launch-national-brand-for-l
- 84% of enterococci (scary bacteria) on non-organic farms found to be drug resistant vs. 18% on organic farms. “Forget whether it tastes better or is nicer to the bird. Non-organic chickens are a public health issue.” http://www.fastcompany.com/1772693/poultry-farms-that-go-organic-immediately-lower-risk-of-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria
- Who says you can’t farm in NYC? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904888304576476302775374320.html
- On the dangers of “immunity-boosting” junk food http://newhope360.com/blog/do-functional-foods-reinforce-bad-eating-habits
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