food museum blog
The official weblog of The FOOD Museum, a 501c3, this space explores news, views and discussion of all things food: food history; growing; marketing, cooking; book reviews; issues such as food safety, school lunch reform, GMO foods; diet/nutrition and wacky food fun. Visit The FOOD Museum at www.foodmuseum.com.
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- Exploited "Guest" Workers
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert reports today on a study released by the Southern Poverty Law Center that shows low wage guest workers in the United States are being exploited by their employers. ( This is typically not the... - Oh So Sadly Heavy, and Yet, Less So Than Before
An AP story from last week started like this: SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico - A man who once weighed well over a half ton left his house for the first time in five years Wednesday — wheeled outside... - Vegetable Crime: Hash Stashed in Mash
As reported recently by www.shortnews.com: Jailer Arrested for Putting the Pot in Potatoes Robert Earl Hannon, a prison guard at Laflore County Jail in Greenwood, Mississippi, is free on $15,000 bond after he was arrested and charged with smuggling marijuana... - Put A Chicken/Pig/Cow In Your Tank
While we're on the subject of liquid alternative fuels, at the Reuters Food Summit in Chicago yesterday, Tyson Foods Inc. chief Richard Bond said his company is developing fat-based fuels for use in jet engines or diesel engines. According to... - Spain's Cars to be Juiced Up with Citrus Biofuel--Florida's, Too
A major orange-growing area of Valencia, Spain, on the country's east coast, is looking to convert citrus waste into biofuel. As reported in The Guardian, producers in the region are building a major juice plant that will produce 500,000 tons... - Dry Cereal ( Whole Grain) Enthusiasts Live Forever
A press release issued by the American Heart Association last week began with this: Eating whole-grain breakfast cereals seven or more times per week was associated with a lower risk of heart failure, according to an analysis of the observational... - Are Shopping Carts Out to Kill You? The Details at 10!
Learning to steer your shopping cart with your elbows is not that difficult, if you set your mind to it. OR you can carry wipes, OR you can use waterless gunk on your hands after shopping. Or wear gloves, as... - More Than A Tree Grows There: Garden-Wise Greening in Brooklyn at the BBG
Urban foodie gardeners take note: One of our favorite people, Joan Dye Gussow, is the keynoter at this year's 25th annual Making Brooklyn Bloom all day event at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this coming Saturday, March 10. Her topic is... - Original Wendy's Closes
A fixture in downtown Columbus, Ohio for 37 years, the first ever Wendy's Restaurant closed Friday. An AP story byAndrew-Welsh Huggins reported that the store was a victim of a downtown location with poor parking and no life after five... - Spare the "Nutrition," Spoil the Child with Good Food
I was just listening to a woman from the Center for Science in the Public Interest speaking with Ed Schultz on his radio show about children and obesity. Now we all recognize that this is a huge ( sorry) problem...
