Meat labels are notoriously opaque. Companies boast “no hormones” on pork labels when feeding pigs hormones is illegal in the US. The organic beef program paints a picture of bucolic…
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As of 2002, meat sold in stores across the US has carried a mandatory COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (COOL) label. This lets us know if we’re eating a burger from home…
This was originally posted last year, but we thought we’d revisit it in light of recent news referring to “processed” meat. Although it is a “process” – there is nothing…
We think an important part of why we’re doing what we’re doing is contributing to the rebuilding of our region’s agricultural economy. We source products within the New England foodshed,…
Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that, according to a study by University of California engineering professors Andrew Zumkehr and J Elliott Campbell, as much as 90% of American…
In an earlier post, we referred to the future of food and the corresponding future of farming. Movements such as Slow Food and Farm-to-Table encourage us to work from scratch…
You’ve seen them in the supermarket: “Not Dogs”… “Chickenless Nuggets”… “Faux Franks”… the names are always a bit tortuous, but the goals are admirable, and many consumers have taken a…
Even the most conscious buyer today can have a hard time decoding food labels. When it comes to beef, you might see terms such as “all natural”, “pasture-raised”, “organic” and…
Submitted by member Greg Johnson. Should we be concerned about the cholesterol content in meat? Common knowledge dictates that eating foods high in cholesterol increases your susceptibility for heart…
I have been passionate about the intersection of agriculture, energy and waste for a long time. The environmental issues associated with industrial agriculture – and meat in particular – are…
