The granddaddy of organic and natural foods retail, Whole Foods Market, turns 30 this month and consumer interest in healthy foods has never appeared stronger. In a recent …
‘Agriculture’ Archive
Flash back to 1959, and flash forward
by Jeff Dorsch, June 12, 2009, 2:56 pmMany momentous events took place in 1959. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and their communist guerrilla forces took over Cuba. A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway. The Dalai Lama fled Tibet and went into exile in India. Khrushchev and Nixon had their “kitchen debate” in Moscow. …
The USDA’s gone COOL
by Barbara Murray, March 25, 2009, 9:43 amA COOL government agency? Well, kind of. They’re acronym-ing it up over at the Department of Agriculture. You know, the folks in Washington who are in charge of the safety of our food.
COOL stands for “country of origin labeling”: a food labeling requirement that — …
Food — the truly recession-proof industry
by Patrice Sarath, March 24, 2009, 6:00 amAdam’s post about the travails of shipping companies segues nicely (thanks, Adam!) into mine about food distribution.
Seems people aren’t eating out as much, which affects the restaurant industry, but they are cooking more, so that’s good for the …
Afraid of your food? You should be.
by Barbara Murray, February 9, 2009, 11:14 amConsider: E. coli in green onions, spinach, and ground beef; melamine in infant formula and powdered milk; and salmonella in peanut butter and the myriad of other food products peanuts are added to.
What’s next — steel shavings in apple pie? America’s food-safety net isn’t a net at …
Are nanofoods a no-no?
by Barbara Murray, November 26, 2008, 2:56 pmEver see the movie Fantastic Voyage? Really, really miniaturized people floating around in the blood stream, sent on a mission to save some poohbah’s life. Great for a science fiction plot. Now it’s great for reality too, in the form of nanotechnology. Really, …
Fair trade: it’s not just for coffee anymore
by Patrice Sarath, November 21, 2008, 7:00 amGood-bye, banking and construction, hello coffee shops! As my beat at Hoover’s has changed from the banking industry with its current “Song of the Volga Boatmen” soundtrack, I am now covering other industries that provide slightly more happiness in these troubled …
Has ethanol tanked?
by Barbara Murray, November 17, 2008, 9:05 amIt seems so. After a number of years of being praised as an alternative to gasoline for our trucks and cars, just about everyone has come to the conclusion that the corn-based fuel, ethanol, isn’t going to deliver us from further damaging the Earth’s atmosphere, help stop …
