'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the US
Common Dreams - 12/6/2008.Two extensive reports released in April indicate that our current method of devising food policy is broken and that the current system is doing tremendous harm in many areas, including those that are of particular interest to President-elect Obama: human health, the environment, and global poverty. |
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 The Price is Right?
Bangor Daily News - 12/6/2008.The price paid for wild blueberries this year has dropped about 40 percent, according to some growers, and blueberry experts are blaming a bumper crop and a poor economy. This year’s crop is estimated to be 90 million pounds, compared with an average of 75 million pounds. Final harvest and price figures will not be available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture until mid-January. |
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 It’s in the Cran ...
Bangor Daily News - 12/6/2008.Vivian Chi Hua Wu, a University of Maine assistant professor of food science and human nutrition who is one of the world’s foremost cranberry researchers, believes the cranberry is a kind of superfood with the power to fight food poisoning and improve food safety. (Bangor Daily News photo by Kate Collins) |
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Avoiding Agricultural Meltdown, Guest Column by John Rockefeller
Bangor Daily News - 12/5/2008.Having spent the Thanksgiving weekend with a wide array of friends from across Maine, I was afforded a chance to exchange views on the latest iterations of our financial meltdown, and what it might mean to gatherings such as the Thanksgiving dinner table in years to come. |
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