| Aug 9, 2010 | Food / FarmingI don’t know how the corn is doing this year, but Washington is producing a bumper crop of irony for America’s black farmers. In the same week that Shirley Sherrod, a black Department of Agriculture official, was falsely accused of anti-white racism by a...
| Aug 2, 2010 | Food / FarmingLike a sailor on a late night bender, corn ethanol boosters are trying to cajole another drink from the subsidy tap before the lights come on. Some members of Congress seem all too ready to give in, costing taxpayers billions in the process. But in light of the...
| Jul 26, 2010 | Food / FarmingWe are a nation that doesn’t understand how food reaches our tables. American agriculture depends on a hardworking, dedicated immigrant workforce. About three-quarters of all crop workers were born outside the country. Since the 1990s, at least half are not...
| | Food / FarmingTry pronouncing disodium 6-hydroxy-5-((2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-sulfophenyl) azo)-2-naphthalene-sulfonate. It’s not easy, right? That explains why this mouthful goes by its friendlier name, Red 40. It might sound innocent, but this ingredient and others like it are...
| Jul 19, 2010 | Food / FarmingAs if Detroit hasn’t got enough trouble: Now they want to make it into a farm. There’s a guy–a money-manager by the name of John Hantz–who says he’s looking to buy up to 5,000 acres within Detroit’s city limits to start a commercial...
| Jul 14, 2010 | Food / FarmingIn response to The War on Antibiotics by Ben Lilliston, “bystander” quipped on Common Dreams, a great website with a very active commenting community that ran this OtherWords op-ed, “You discount the advantages of this. Next time you are sick, just...
