thefoodtimes http://www.thefoodtimes.org/ All consuming news en Copyright 2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:38:10 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In mouse study, bisphenol A exposure linked to life-long fertility defects, gene changes in offspring, study shows (By Rory Harrington, nutraingredients.com/Decision News Media, 2010-03-09) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/in_mouse_study_bisphenol_a_exp.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/in_mouse_study_bisphenol_a_exp.html Food Safety HEALTH & NUTRITION Health & Physiology SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BPA Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:38:10 -0500 In mouse study, bisphenol A exposure linked to life-long fertility defects, gene changes in offspring (By Rory Harrington, nutraingredients.com/Decision News Media, 2010-03-09) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/in_mouse_study_bisphenol_a_exp_1.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/in_mouse_study_bisphenol_a_exp_1.html Food Safety HEALTH & NUTRITION Health & Physiology SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BPA Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:38:10 -0500 USDA encouragement of small-scale producers worries production agriculture proponents (By Philip Brasher, The Des Moines Register, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/usda_encouragement_of_smallsca.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/usda_encouragement_of_smallsca.html Agriculture BUSINESS Federal Agencies & Regulators GOVERNMENT Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, small producers USDA Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:39:40 -0500 Deal to save Everglades more about benefits for U.S. Sugar after state officials make decisions against needs of Everglades, taxpayers (By Don Van Natta Jr. and Damien Cave, The New York Times, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/deal_to_save_everglades_more_a.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/deal_to_save_everglades_more_a.html BUSINESS Big Players ENVIRONMENT GOVERNMENT Habitat Lobbying & Special Interests POLITICS State Government Everglades Florida Crystals South Florida Water Management District Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:04:51 -0500 Discovery that red grouper dig holes that become homes for coral, sea sponges forces scientists to recalibrate and heightens tension with those who fish (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 2010-03-08) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/discovery_that_red_grouper_dig.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/discovery_that_red_grouper_dig.html Conservation ENVIRONMENT Fishing Meats, Poultry & Seafood SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY URBAN & RURAL BOUNTY fishing Open Fish Science Journal red grouper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:56:17 -0500 Concerned for their child's future, California couple replaces water-guzzling grass with wood chips, drought-tolerant plants - and is sued by city (By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times, 2010-03-02) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/concerned_for_their_childs_fut.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/concerned_for_their_childs_fut.html Conservation ENVIRONMENT Environment & Pollution GOVERNMENT Gardening Local Government POLITICS URBAN & RURAL BOUNTY drought water scarcity Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:34:58 -0500 Special fund to aid Mexico's poorest, smallest-scale farmers now subsidizing families of notorious drug traffickers, agriculture minister, other officials (By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/special_fund_to_aid_mexicos_po.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/special_fund_to_aid_mexicos_po.html Agriculture BUSINESS Backyard Farming GOVERNMENT International International Oversight POLITICS URBAN & RURAL BOUNTY druglords free trade agreement Mexico Procampo Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:53:04 -0500 Opinion: With 70 percent of antibiotics fed to healthy livestock, they're ineffective for sick people; we are brewing a perfect pandemic (By Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/opinion_with_70_percent_of_ant.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/opinion_with_70_percent_of_ant.html BUSINESS Big Players Diet-Related Disease HEALTH & NUTRITION Health & Physiology Lobbying & Special Interests OPINION Op-Eds POLITICS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY acinetobacter agribusiness antibiotic resistance Brad Spellberg e.coli ESBL Infectious Diseases Society of America KPC Klebsiella Louise Slaughter Medical Clinics of North America mrsa Rising Plague sulfa superbugs tainted meat Union of Concerned Scientists Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:21:45 -0500 Opinion: Stealing food to survive after a disaster is accepted by most, but where is the line drawn after that? (By Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times, 2010-03-05) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/opinion_stealing_food_to_survi.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/opinion_stealing_food_to_survi.html Hunger & Food Security OPINION Op-Eds POLITICS Chile Haiti looting Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:50:18 -0500 As TVA coal ash spill cleanup drags on in Tennessee, other states find tainted water seeping from landfills holding dumped residue (By Bill Poovey, The Associated Press; The New York Times, 2010-03-05) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/as_tva_coal_ash_spill_cleanup.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/as_tva_coal_ash_spill_cleanup.html BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Environment & Pollution Environment & Pollution Federal Agencies & Regulators GOVERNMENT POLITICS Pollution & Waste coal ash leachate pollution tainted water TVA Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:23:53 -0500 Opinion: As Congress weighs options for child nutrition, it must guarantee implementation of Institute of Medicine school food guidelines (By Ann Cooper, The Washington Post, 2010-03-05) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/opinion_as_congress_weighs_opt.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/opinion_as_congress_weighs_opt.html EDUCATION Federal Agencies & Regulators GOVERNMENT HEALTH & NUTRITION Lobbying & Special Interests Nutrition OPINION Op-Eds POLITICS School Meals & Snacks Ann Cooper NSLP school lunch school meals Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:39:43 -0500 Though lawmakers claim independent judgment, campaign donors expect return on investments, and experience makes outcome a good bet (By R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/though_lawmakers_claim_indepen.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/though_lawmakers_claim_indepen.html BUSINESS GOVERNMENT Lobbying Lobbying & Special Interests POLITICS U.S. Legislation ethics influence lobbying Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:26:10 -0500 Peer pressure pushes Japanese women into thinness; many eat only two-thirds of average adult's energy needs, nearly 20 percent smoke (By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/peer_pressure_pushes_japanese.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/peer_pressure_pushes_japanese.html COMMUNITY & CULTURE Cultural Studies & Anthropology HEALTH & NUTRITION Nutrition Japan obesity peer pressure smoking Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:15:09 -0500 Green groups, citing parallels to Earth with ruin on Pandora, want James Cameron to be their champion, but Pandora is non-existent; "Avatar" is passive experience (By Bryan Walsh, Time magazine, 2010-03-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/green_groups_citing_parallels.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/green_groups_citing_parallels.html Actors PEOPLE Avatar environmentalism James Cameron Natural Resources Defense Council Pandora Rainforest Action Network Sierra Club unobtanium Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:01:05 -0500 Blog: "Free for All" tells us how, if we could put ourselves in the little shoes of people smaller than us, we would do everything we could to make school meals better (By Mark Winne, Civil Eats, 2010-02-12) http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/blog_free_for_all_tells_us_how.html http://www.thefoodtimes.org/2010/03/blog_free_for_all_tells_us_how.html Books and Print EDUCATION MEDIA School Meals & Snacks "Food Rebels and Smart Cookin' Mamas" Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty Free for All: Fixing School Food in America Guerilla Gardeners Janet Poppendieck Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:29:30 -0500