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GMO Labeling Required in China and Russia, But Not in U.S.

Published by Wendy Kirby + Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Permalink 0

Do you know exactly what is in the food you are buying? Many Americans have become accustomed to reading the labels of the food they are purchasing. Verifying that the food is safe to eat, whether there is a need to safeguard against food allergies, or simply a matter of preference for ingredients, has become commonplace for many throughout this country. This is a smart habit, but it’s only useful if something is actually written on the label. Are you aware that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require labeling foods that have been genetically engineered in laboratories or contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?

Kerrin Rousset’s roundup of last week’s Slow Food market in Zurich

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

We are celebrating in Switzerland. Last week, we had our first-ever Slow Food market with the big man himself opening the show: Carlo Petrini, the founder, talking about the concept of retour à la nature, or return to nature, one of the basic concepts of Slow Food; “the Terra Madre network of food communities, defined by place of origin; as well as how that all meshes with the values of Swiss artisans and consumers,” says Kerrin Rousset of My Kugelhopf. “Slow Food unites the pleasure of food with responsibility, sustainability and harmony with nature.”

Click here to read the rest of Kerrin’s roundup, with a distinct emphasis on the sweets (of course).

What, no pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce at the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving in 1621?

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, November 7, 2011 Permalink 0

Kathleen Wall, the amazing Colonial Foodways Culinarian at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a living history project sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, shared this on her Facebook page the other day. It’s a DVD about the true history of Thanksgiving, made by Kathleen herself.

The story of Thanksgiving, with its costumed Pilgrims, turkeys and pumpkin pie, zigzags through American history with some surprising twists. At the iconic Thanksgiving feast of 1621 — no pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce was served, and that event was wiped from the history books for 200 years! In the 19th Century, some southern states thought Thanksgiving was an abolitionist plot and refused to celebrate it. Thanksgiving didn’t become an annual national holiday until World War II! What started as a somber Puritan day of prayer is now about football and food. How did we get there?

Click here to listen to “Miles Standish” talk about the first harvest in Plymouth.

Click here to order Kathleen Wall’s DVD.

Life-changing Videos: David Korten: Capitalism’s Threat to Democracy and the Food System

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Permalink 0

“David Korten explains that our existing industrial agriculture system receives essential public subsidies (and tax supports) that offset the real costs of energy, and food production. Without these supports, the global food system would no longer be economically viable. Who are the true beneficiaries of a food system that separates the eater from the source of their food? The large agribusiness corporations. Korten argues that both “peak oil” and climate change makes it imperative that we transition to a more localized food economy to insure continued access to adequate food supplies.”

It’s time we took our future into our own hands by supporting our local economies, learning to grow our own food, and generally rebuilding local food systems, by making the well-being of human beings more important and central in our lives than corporate earnings.

Click here to listen to The Capitalist Threat to Democracy, Part 1.

Click here to listen to Capitalism’s Threat to Democracy, Part 2.

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A candid interview with the most candid of men: bad boy Anthony Bourdain

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Don’t miss this with Anthony Bourdain, first known for his book Anthony Bourdain blasts Paula Deen’s brand of Southern cookingerbelly, which was later made into a television show. The book was autobiographical and described, in detail, the excessive adventures of what really goes on in a professional kitchen.

Help us support the cause! The Young Farmers Movement in the U.S.

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Countdown: 66 Hours to Go!

Cozette Russell’s documentary film-in-progress, Brookford Almanac, about a year in the life of first-generation farmers in the U.S. needs funding before April 30, 2011.

Take a peak at our article Back to the Land: From City Living to Farming, the Young Farmers Movement and if you support the cause, why not donate a few dollars, euros, pounds or other.