The Mother Earth News

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Back in my youth I discovered  The Mother Earth News. It was probably sometime around 1971 that I first came across the magazine. I am sure I first found it at the old Space City News in downtown Houston where I spent a lot of time each weekend wandering the aisles checking out [...]

The Ethicurean: All steriled up: Produce safety guidelines throw sustainability out, keep toxic bathwater

Good article on the food safety issue from The Ethicurean Blog.

Down on the farm

Here’s a quick backgrounder: After the E. coli/spinach episode in 2006, big leafy greens producers in California (where the toxic spinach was grown) got together and drafted guidelines to reduce the risk of contamination on farms. These guidelines had some issues: they [...]