| Feb 11, 2015 | Food / Farming“Has nobody in this bleeping town heard of a kale salad?” I wanted to scream. That’s the anguish of a Californian convert transplanted to Wisconsin in the dead of winter. As I remind anyone who tries to assure me that Madison is a lovely town and Wisconsin...
| Feb 4, 2015 | Food / FarmingI don’t have any cute photos of my daughter’s chubby face smeared with frosting from her first birthday party. Already pregnant with my son, I’d become a child nutrition zealot in response to my double dose of motherhood. Instead of wrecking a big sugary cake, my bald...
| Feb 3, 2015 | Food / FarmingOld songs occasionally need to be refreshed with updated verses. Here’s one: “Old McPope, he had a farm /E-I-E-I-O/ and on that farm he had a cow…a donkey… chickens…ostriches…and rabbits…/E-I-E-I-O!” Who knew that the Pope had a farm? Well, he does....
| Jan 28, 2015 | Cartoon|Food / Farming
| Jan 20, 2015 | Food / FarmingArmed with hefty grants from the Pentagon, squads of food technologists are on a mission to supplant nature with a great leap forward into the Brave New World of synthetic foodstuffs. Not satisfied merely to tinker with the genetic makeup of nature’s products,...
| Jan 14, 2015 | Food / FarmingChickens had plenty to celebrate on New Year’s Day. Supposedly. After a long wait, California’s 2008 ballot measure to improve conditions for laying hens finally went into effect. Instead of living in cramped cages that give each bird less room than a sheet of paper,...
