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February 28, 2010 No, this post has nothing to do with homeland security. “Terroir” is a French word for a concept that is common throughout European food culture. It refers to the peculiar taste and quality imparted to food and drink from the soils and climate in which it is produced. We can fantasize about that [...] February 21, 2010 I’m in Tucson as I write this, where I was attending a meeting of the United Egg Producers (UEP) Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). The UEP is the trade association for commercial egg producers. Most of their members are producing at a very large scale and most of their layers are kept in cages. [...] February 14, 2010 I’m sitting at home with my foot in the air. It’s doctor’s orders while I’m on the mend from minor surgery. In order to cheer me up, by daughter Dory air shipped me a box of Delicious Tamales from San Antonio. She picked out three varieties: the regular pork tamales that made them [...] February 7, 2010 Arguably, American agriculture is caught between two competing ideals or “visions”. One derives from the rough consensus on the industrial economy that emerged over the 20th century: Productive sectors of the economy should use the most efficient technical means to produce their respective commodity goods, but should internalize external costs and treat workers [...] |
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