In the past few hours, weeks, and months, politics have dominated the media. Some candidates are doing things right, some wrong, some saying too little, others saying far too much….
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Earlier when we wrote about losing Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), we warned that meat from both near and far would have equally vague labels—omitting critical information on where the…
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…
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…
