Obama introduces innocuous food-safety bill
Senator Barack Obama introduced a food safety bill in the Senate on Tuesday that outlines his intent to increase food surveillance, create a working group of stakeholders (including consumers) to...
View Article“End Times” for Nebraska Beef?
The wave of ground-beef recalls entangling even Whole Foods has grown to tsunami proportions for Nebraska Beef Ltd.: the amount of beef recalled has reached 6.66 million pounds, as food injury lawyer...
View ArticleCalifornia’s raw-milk bill — skimmed?
California’s ongoing drama about permitting raw (unpasteurized) milk to be sold in stores has turned sour once again this week. Just when it looked like proposed legislation palatable to the raw dairy...
View ArticlePasteurized salad?
If Slow Food Nation showcased produce at the peak of taste, texture and freshness, a new FDA proposal might just show us what things look like down at the other end of the spectrum. The FDA recently...
View ArticleA whole lot of drama: Raw milk, Hollywood celebrities, and a politically...
The raw milk debate is heating up in California -- and pasteurization has nothing to do with it. California’ raw milk community is continuing the fight to reform a draconian bacteria standard passed...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger goaded into raw milk veto, dairies may have to lose to win
Interest groups across California got their feathers ruffled this week as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger systematically vetoed a record number of bills — including the Farm Fresh Milk Act. Authored by...
View ArticleTake the Raw Milk Consumer Survey
As many as 3% of consumers may prefer their milk unpasteurized, a growing trend that has spurred federal legislation to allow raw milk to cross state lines. As demand grows, we have seen an increase in...
View ArticleMemo to raw-milk advocates: Improve information, or get sued
Fifty veterinarians and others concerned with food safety gathered at a raw milk symposium last Sunday in Seattle. Sponsored by the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA), “The Raw Milk...
View ArticleHelping out the Milk Board’s new PMS campaign
The California Milk Processor's Board, which brought us the Got Milk? campaign, urges men this week to tell their cranky, about-to-menstruate women: "You really need to drink more milk." Men can get...
View ArticleBeet me up: Six summery ways to enjoy the sweetest root vegetable
I peek under our hoop house garden bed to check the progress of the hundred beets we planted early in the winter. The greens look healthy and strong. For two months I have resisted the urge to harvest...
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