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It's been a bit crazy this week, but here's a look at some of the topics we discussed on Growers & Grocers over the last few days:
- John Mackey, Michael Pollan & Real Sustainablility
Last night I got a chance to hear John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO and Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma at UC Berkeley. It was a fascinating evening of discourse mainly about the future of food and less about the ongoing debate between...
- Vs.! Pollan And Mackey
"Pollan-Mackey Smackdown" was the entry on my calendar. Michael Pollan, the tall, thin journalism professor whose The Omnivore's Dilemma described Big Organic and the "supermarket pastorale" of stores such as Whole Foods, and John Mackey, the sandy-haired...
- Michael Pollan Responds (again) To John Mackey
Thanks to The Ethicurean for the link to Michael Pollan's latest letter to John Mackey, president of Whole Foods. Even I might soften my anti-Whole Foods stance in light of the initiatives they've been putting into place, and I'd make a big...
- Gng Recap, 06/02
What's the what on Growers and Grocers? Here's a guide to some of the stories we've covered this week: You can tell the USDA what you think about "organic" milk from cows crammed into feedlots. A Quebec university will allow the first...
- Gng Recap May 26, 2006
Here are some of the tidbits we've covered on Growers & Grocers this week. Whole Foods worries about the plight of live soft-shell crabs but ignores the factory farm conditions at Horizon Organics. A stand of old American...
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GnG Recap 06/25/06
It's been a bit crazy this week, but here's a look at some of the topics we discussed on Growers & Grocers over the last few days:
- Michael Pollan responds to John Mackey's letter to him.
- Keep an eye out for the new Thomcord grape variety.
- Scientists in Norway want to build a giant seed repository that would hold three million seeds near the Arctic circle.
- The Center for Rural America argues against just renewing the 2002 Farm Bill when the 2007 Farm Bill comes around.
- Does your dinner lack flavor? Just spray some on.
- We're getting closer to commercial lab-grown meat. Yay?
- John Mackey, Michael Pollan & Real Sustainablility
Last night I got a chance to hear John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO and Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma at UC Berkeley. It was a fascinating evening of discourse mainly about the future of food and less about the ongoing debate between...
- Vs.! Pollan And Mackey
"Pollan-Mackey Smackdown" was the entry on my calendar. Michael Pollan, the tall, thin journalism professor whose The Omnivore's Dilemma described Big Organic and the "supermarket pastorale" of stores such as Whole Foods, and John Mackey, the sandy-haired...
- Michael Pollan Responds (again) To John Mackey
Thanks to The Ethicurean for the link to Michael Pollan's latest letter to John Mackey, president of Whole Foods. Even I might soften my anti-Whole Foods stance in light of the initiatives they've been putting into place, and I'd make a big...
- Gng Recap, 06/02
What's the what on Growers and Grocers? Here's a guide to some of the stories we've covered this week: You can tell the USDA what you think about "organic" milk from cows crammed into feedlots. A Quebec university will allow the first...
- Gng Recap May 26, 2006
Here are some of the tidbits we've covered on Growers & Grocers this week. Whole Foods worries about the plight of live soft-shell crabs but ignores the factory farm conditions at Horizon Organics. A stand of old American...