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April 19, 2012
Stockbox Grocer Owners Concur With Latest Food Desert Findings
Owners of a Seattle start-up heralded as a solution to food deserts say they're not surprised by a new study showing no correlation at the neighborhood level between fresh food availability and childhood obesity rates. "In order to address systemic issues of health, we cannot simply create access t ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2012
Which Pies to Eat During National Pizza Week
Does the U.S. really need a National Pizza Week? In 1986, Ronald Reagan -- intent on distracting voters from the simmering Iran-Contra affair - thought so. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng observed the first-ever pizza week by commissioning "Why I Like Pizza" essays from elementary school ... More >>
News
January 4, 2012
Whole Foods Puts Hunger on the Line
Restaurants should follow suit.
Blogs
December 6, 2011
PETA Files Complaint on Monkey Experiments at Everett Testing Lab (Whistleblower Video)
PETAAided by a whistleblower at the Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories USA offices in Everett, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging the lab violated the federal Animal Welfare Act. The complaint is support ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2011
A Very Seattle Thanksgiving: Roasted Delicata Squash
Voracious this year asked local food producers to provide their favorite Thanksgiving recipes. We'll run one recipe each day through Nov. 23; if you collect them all, you'll have a complete feast. Local Roots Farm's Siri Erickson-Brown and her husband Jason eat Delicata squash on Thanksgivin ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Washington Heirloom Apple Represents a Bite of Banana History
Seattle farmers market shoppers this month will have the chance to buy an heirloom apple which might symbolize a pivotal point in fruit history. In 1878, David Flory noticed one of the seedlings he'd planted for top grafting on his Logansport, Ind., farm was "smoother and more thrifty than ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
USDA Looks to Ban Potatoes From All School Lunches--Idaho: 'Bad Idea!'
Among the 50 American states, can anyone guess which one would rather not see a nationwide ban on potatoes in school lunches?
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Q Fever, Livestock Disease/Military Bio-Weapon, Spread by Goats to Humans in Eastern Washington
Five people are sick in the Moses Lake, Wash. area with a livestock-based illness called Q fever. You may not be familiar with the disease, which causes high fevers, and flu-like symptoms in humans. But considering that Q fever is known as possibly the most infectious bacterial pathogen in th ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2011
Medical Marijuana Bill Is Stripped of Patient Protections; Sponsor Jeanne Kohl-Welles Declares Herself "Unhappy"
In approving a sweeping medical marijuana bill yesterday, state representatives thought they were voting on a medical marijuana bill that would bring a gray industry into the light and finally protect patients from arrest. What many didn't realize is that a last-minute amendment strips the bi ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Bumble Bee Chicken Salad Recall: That's Why They Call It "Processed Food"
Is it just me, or has it been a while since we had a large-scale food recall make the news? I mean, maybe after the whole egg-pocalypse from back in August (when something like 10 bajillion eggs were recalled for causing people to explode just from looking at them or something), it just take ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Canadian Company Peddles Genetically Modified Apples That Brown Less When Cut
To say that Washington is known for apples is to say that Italy is known for Catholicism. So when news broke today that Okanagan Specialty Fruits in British Columbia is trying to get genetically altered apples that don't brown as quickly as normal apples onto the U.S. market, more than a few ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Would Be Legal Under New Proposed Bill
Just months after a proposed initiative legalizing marijuana failed to qualify for the fall ballot, pot is back again on the political agenda. This time, the ball is in the legislature's court. With a new session beginning January, several legislators are poised to introduce bills that would ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Georgia Pellegrini
Just months after a proposed initiative legalizing marijuana failed to qualify for the fall ballot, pot is back again on the political agenda. This time, the ball is in the legislature's court. With a new session beginning January, several legislators are poised to introduce bills that would ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2010
Child Nutrition and Food Stamp Funding: God Does Not Give With Both Hands
flickr user Ben SamSchool lunch: about to get betterIt was an eventful week in the Senate, particularly on the subject of food. The good news: yesterday the Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which, if signed into law, will give $4.5 billion over 10 years to fund federal child ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
Federal Judge Forces Hawaiian Garbage To Stay On the Island
If you fly into Honolulu and smell something a little rancid in the air, this is why. Bales of garbage from Hawaii were supposed to be arriving in Washington state, bound for a landfill near the Columbia River, Nina Shapiro reported earlier this week. But yesterday a federal judge in Spokane ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Watch Out, Simba! Phoenix Restaurant Now Serving Lion Burgers
Il Vinaio is offering lion burgers (with kettle chips!) during the World Cup.Sure, Seattle serves its fair share of zoo animals on a plate. The Kort Haus in Phinney Ridge cooks up burgers made of bears, camels, kangaroos, reindeers, and more. But its extensive meat menu doesn't include the ki ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Red Cup, White Beans, and Coffee 101
With just under two weeks to go before graduate exit exams become a harsh reality, I join the ranks of the Academic Undead: preparing for finals and subsisting on some bizarre combination of sugar and caffeinated beverages. I was reminded today that coffee is one of the most traded commoditi ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
What Exactly Has the State Legislature Accomplished This Session? Let's Tote It Up
The legislature took important steps to prevent this.Today is the last day of the state legislative session. Sort of. The House and Senate haven't been able to agree on the specifics for resolving the state's $2.8 billion (or so) budget deficit. The Senate wants a sales tax increase, the Hous ... More >>
Food
September 30, 2009
The Problem With Seattle’s Farmers Markets
After years of growth, cash receipts are down—and the recession may not be the only culprit.
Blogs
June 17, 2009
Farmers Markets, the Real Street Food, and Other Food News
How Many Farmers Markets Are Too Many? by Rebekah Denn (Eat All About It): Denn shares the findings of a new USDA study reporting that farmers markets are up, but overall sales aren't quite keeping pace. Which begs the question: Is Seattle's need to have one farmers market per neighborhood hurting e ... More >>
Film
June 17, 2009
Food, Inc.: Michael Pollan Tells Us How to Eat
How Many Farmers Markets Are Too Many? by Rebekah Denn (Eat All About It): Denn shares the findings of a new USDA study reporting that farmers markets are up, but overall sales aren't quite keeping pace. Which begs the question: Is Seattle's need to have one farmers market per neighborhood hurting e ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2009
Charcuterie, Homemade Baby Food, and Other Food Stories
A few food news stories from the world of journalism: Charcuterie: Will It Stay or Will It Go? by Sue Riedl (Toronto Globe & Mail): Sure, there are differences between the Canadian meat-inspection system and ours, but this article raises some interesting points about the future of artisanal salumi ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2009
The Asparagus (Self-) Debate
I was at Fred Meyer in Ballard on Saturday, and noticed a huge mound of asparagus on sale for $1.99 a pound. I thought: Hmm...I want asparagus...March 15 is spring in the warmer states...perhaps it's not shipped from Peru or New Zealand... So I looked at the tag on the asparagus, and it read "Altar ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2009
Duck Inspectors, Mercury-Infused Corn Syrup, and Other Food News
Oh, the news. It never stops being new: Sarah DiGregorio at the Village Voice drives up to Hudson Valley Foie Gras, one of the nation's two foie gras producers, to inspect the ducks, the pens, and the carcasses for signs of torture. She finds none. Animal-rights activists tell her they're hiding th ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
Staph-Infected Pigs, Mini Cattle, and Other Food News
Food news stories from around the country:U.S. Pigs and Farmers Carry MRSA by Andrew Schneider (P-I): 45 percent of pigs and pig farmers tested in Iowa and Illinois carry methicillin-resistant staph -- something that has been talked about for a few years but only proven in the Netherlands. Are the U ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2008
The Swinery Opens, Culinary Communion Expands
All right. More news on Culinary Communion and its cured meats, and I swear this is the last post in a while. So when I talked to Gabe Claycamp, the Beacon Hill cooking school's chef and co-owner, about the bacon delivery service he started up last week, he mentioned about 25 million projects that h ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2008
Spam, Turkeys, and Other Food News of the Week
Yes, boys and girls, it's the start of holiday season, in which the nation's greatest food writers are forced once again to reinvent the wheel. Every November I say a prayer of thanks that I write for an alt-weekly. God bless the Scrooges of the publishing industry. How to Host a Successful Holiday ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2008
Election Night Diets, Calorie Diets, and Other Food News
Yes, boys and girls, it's the start of holiday season, in which the nation's greatest food writers are forced once again to reinvent the wheel. Every November I say a prayer of thanks that I write for an alt-weekly. God bless the Scrooges of the publishing industry. How to Host a Successful Holiday ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2007
The Week in Food: Geese, Toxic Sludge, and Double-Dipping
Yes, boys and girls, it's the start of holiday season, in which the nation's greatest food writers are forced once again to reinvent the wheel. Every November I say a prayer of thanks that I write for an alt-weekly. God bless the Scrooges of the publishing industry. How to Host a Successful Holiday ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2007
I Ate This: The Whole Gol-Dang Fair
Yes, boys and girls, it's the start of holiday season, in which the nation's greatest food writers are forced once again to reinvent the wheel. Every November I say a prayer of thanks that I write for an alt-weekly. God bless the Scrooges of the publishing industry. How to Host a Successful Holiday ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2007
The Food Section: June 13, 2007
Yes, boys and girls, it's the start of holiday season, in which the nation's greatest food writers are forced once again to reinvent the wheel. Every November I say a prayer of thanks that I write for an alt-weekly. God bless the Scrooges of the publishing industry. How to Host a Successful Holiday ... More >>
Food
November 1, 2006
Chez No Doze
At Cafe Stellina, the food's healthful—but that's not its only charm.
Food
August 16, 2006
Spilling the Milk
Local markets charge into the national battle over standards for organic milk. Should you?
Food
June 1, 2005
ReOrg
Local markets charge into the national battle over standards for organic milk. Should you?
News
February 25, 2004
Two Sides of Beef
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
News
February 19, 2003
Buzz
From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.
News
December 11, 2002
Chainsaw Politics
Some environmentalists think the way to deal with Bush forest policy is to cut a deal that involves cutting a lot of trees.
News
November 27, 2002
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
September 4, 2002
"No one under 18 needs to be dancing and partying in some uninsured, unregulated dive. . . ."
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
August 28, 2002
Let Her Eat Dirt
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
August 21, 2002
Mystery Meat
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
Food
July 10, 2002
Hot Dish
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.
News
June 19, 2002
The Stephen Kelley Affair
Why UW's primate center hired a controversial vet, and why activists can't stop it.
Food
June 19, 2002
The Hot Sheet
What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.
News
April 17, 2002
Spraying trouble
What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.
Diversions
June 28, 2000
License to overkill
What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.
News
March 8, 2000
Nuke the moths!
Ballard protests the Department of Agriculture's plan for aerial spraying to prevent a gypsy moth infestation.
News
November 24, 1999
BEETLE-MANIA
The global economy is also booming for invasive, habitat-wrecking pests. Will the WTO cause even more damage?
News
July 8, 1998
Who Killed the Timber Task Force?
Weyerhaeuser has been an F.O.B. since 1980. Did that friendship involve the spiking of a timber theft investigation that might have embarassed both the northwest timber giant and the forest service?
News
March 11, 1998
Mad Meat
We're just starting to learn how 'mad cow' diseases move through the food chain and what they can do to us.
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