The Real Health Care Reform
Something I keep pushing in the healthcare reform debate…Agriculture is key to real reform. Recently a team of designers from M.I.T. and Columbia was asked by the foundation of the
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Category: food policy muses
Muses About the State of Agriculture
Nicholas Kristof, writing in his column, had what I think is probably the best definition I have ever seen of the state of our agriculture… I think I figured out
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“Great Stories Come Out Of Great Farming”
I have been incredibly blessed to be able to combine this love of calloused hands with dramatic and verbal skills. And that is why I promote direct marketing. Too often
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Saturday Muses
I saw Patry’s post about the medicinal use of red wine in the treatment of influenza… Patry Francis Red wine may prevent swine flu, which is the absolute only reason
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The Small-Business Myth
Just recently, the small-business boogeyman came up in the debate over the estate tax — specifically, whether it is unfair to impose a tax on estates in excess of $7
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The False Hope of Biofuels
I know we are all holding out great hopes for biofuels, but these nagging pieces keep showing up in the papers… The False Hope of Biofuels: “Biofuels such as ethanol
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Common Ground: The Shortest Food Chain
Here’s another article on the sustainable foods culture. The tie is to the book by Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Looks like another trip to the booksellers for me. Everthing I
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Support Your Local Farmer, Craftsperson, and Shopkeeper
It looks like if there is a common thread running through recent posts it is the idea of buying local. My concern was originally in the way of food. I
