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

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Peanuts…Get Your Peanuts Right Here!

It seems the story of the Peanut Corporation of America just keeps getting better and better as it shows just how poor America’s food safety system really is… Even amid

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Potatoes…Not As Bad As You Might Believe

I grew up reading  Jeff Cox in Organic Gardening & Farming (or vice versa depending on the year). I was happy to find him at the OrganicToBe.org blog. His article

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Peanut butter recall grows….

In the news… More than 125 products have been recalled in a salmonella-and-peanuts investigation that keeps getting bigger, federal health officials said Wednesday. The list ranges from goodies like cookies

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Peanut Butter – Second Strike

Health officials are urging nursing homes, hospitals, schools and restaurants to throw away containers of peanut butter that have been linked to the 43-state salmonella outbreak. The peanut butter, manufactured

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