Making use of food "waste" is a good, but it remains a Band-Aid. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-30/war-on-waste-funding-boost-for-food-rescue-groups-energy-costs...
The cost of poor food safety practices: $36 million in two years. Which, of course, does not include the commonised costs imposed on the community.
Marion Nestle links to Dole's declarations as it prepares to go public. As ever, though, while the company may have to settle lawsuits and what have you, it does not contribute to the costs borne by those who succumb to food poisonning.
The global trade resource is almost as fascinating as the changing global diets website, with one huge proviso. The arrows go, roughly, from the centre of the exporting country to the centre of the importing country. That is, it completely ignores the reality of containerisation, which has had such a massive impact on food systems and much else besides. There's a new podcast series about it, called Containers, by Alexis Madrigal.
Lookout world food. @ColinKhoury talking about #changingglobaldiets website on the podcast tomorrow.
Interesting conversation with @_amanda_j_lee about food prices and nutrition in Australia http://www.eatthispodcast.com/australia-where-healthier-diets-are-cheaper
I rather like the idea of a "food mirage". The Depressing Truth About Hipster Food Towns | Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/food-desert-mirage-gentrify-brooklyn-portland-groceries-...
Pork safety in Vietnam: further evidence from @ILRI that eaters and officials worry about the wrong things https://news.ilri.org/2017/03/15/a-deep-dive-inside-vietnams-pork-foodshed-to-determine-food-safety-...
@chrisaldrich Funny you just listened to that. More on "good" industrial food here http://www.eatthispodcast.com/good-industrial-food/
Where’s the romance in milking 300 sheep by hand, twice a day? http://www.eatthispodcast.com/good-industrial-food
Obese vs normal may be more different than poor vs rich in response to food prices http://www.eatthispodcast.com/fat-taxes-and-thin-subsidies/
@kitchenBee on the dangers of demonising whole food groups while fetishing others
It makes me sad to think that so many of us come to see this kind of food paradise as something threatening, full of foods we mustn’t eat and joys to be avoided.
Me too
Repurpose that incubator! Turning raw seasoned meat into sausages is both science and food.