Aug 28, 2013 | Biodiversity, Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, News, Policy & Public Health, Slow Food Events, Slow Meat, Take Action
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice will hold the first of five workshops to determine whether a handful of food and farming companies are exercising monopoly control over the industry. This…
Aug 28, 2013 | Current Events, Food and Farming, News, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action
What we’ll be talking about this year: Marion Nestle outlines her predictions for the top food news issues for 2010.
Sustainable chef gets a mainstream nod: Yum Sugar readers name Rick Bayless…
Aug 28, 2013 | Biodiversity, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Labeling, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action
I just wrote the Department of Justice a long email detailing how, as a consumer, I am affected by corporate control of the food supply. Now it’s your turn. Your voice absolutely matters: they…
Aug 28, 2013 | Biodiversity, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action
Now is our chance to speak up. For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Justice is on a fact-finding mission looking at how big business controls food and farming — and they want to hear…
Aug 28, 2013 | Books, Food and Farming, Labeling, Slow Meat
by SFUSA President, Josh Viertel
Jonathan Safran Foer and I hold nearly the same beliefs about eating meat. That said, I have a freezer full of goat necks, marrow bones, and pork belly, and he…
Aug 28, 2013 | Food and Farming, Labeling, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action
by intern Emily Stephenson
The USDA is preparing to implement new legislation soon that will allow slaughterhouses with 25 or fewer employees to ship meat across state lines. At first the news…