| Jun 4, 2012 | Food / Farming|RoundupThis week’s OtherWords editorial package tackles several challenging food issues. Jim Hightower explains why he’s worried about a new kind of corn in a short column accompanied by Khalil Bendib’s cartoon. Three op-eds address New York City’s...
| | Food / FarmingNew York City’s billionaire mayor wants to ban super-sized sodas and other sugar-packed drinks. Some 58 percent of New Yorkers, explains Mayor Michael Bloomberg, currently rate as either overweight or obese. Their excess pounds are driving up the city’s...
| | Food / FarmingThe Department of Agriculture determined in April that a cow from California died from an always-fatal disease that triggers dementia and can be transmitted to people. The chilling news about the latest mad cow case was no surprise for me. I’ve been trying for...
| | Food / FarmingSummertime can be a carefree, relaxing season filled with cookouts, backyard picnics, and trips to the ice cream truck. But for too many kids, summer vacation means having an empty stomach. Child hunger and food insecurity often peak during the long, hot break. At a...
| | Food / FarmingA few weeks ago, I wrote a column about my attempt to become a vegan — that is to say, one who partakes neither of meat nor fish nor dairy. It’s not an easy life, I said. It seemed like a fairly non-controversial thing to say, although I was sure that...
| | Food / FarmingRather than find ways to cooperate with the natural world, America’s agribusiness giants reach for the next quick fix in a futile effort to overpower nature. Their attitude is that if brute force isn’t working, they’re probably not using enough of...
