http://www.thefoodtimes.com/ All consuming news en Copyright 2008 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:49:50 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In effort to cut dependence on U.S. imports, South Korean firm plans million-acre corn field on land just leased for 99 years in Madagascar. Daewoo hopes to harvest five million tons of corn annually by 2023. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, seeking similar agricultural investments in Africa or Asia while Angola, Ethiopia seek partnerships with countries in need. (BBC, 2008-11-19) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/s_korea_others_see_foreign_far.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/s_korea_others_see_foreign_far.html Agriculture BUSINESS GOVERNMENT HEALTH & NUTRITION Hunger & Food Security International Oversight corn Daewoo exports food price crisis food shortage imports Madagascar Nonghyup Feed Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:49:50 -0500 FDA opens China office to certify inspections of U.S.-bound products. Food safety problems, plus China's growing role as food, drug supplier to U.S. - $320 billion in products were imported to U.S. last year - prompted strategy change. Food science expert in China doubts effectiveness of move, citing dozens of pesticides available and a thousand different poisonous possibilities. (By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post, 2008-11-19) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/fda_adds_onsite_inspection_cer.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/fda_adds_onsite_inspection_cer.html Federal Agencies & Regulators Food Safety GOVERNMENT HEALTH & NUTRITION Andrew C. von Eschenbach Beijing Chen Zhu China Agriculture University FDA food safety glycerin Guangzhou Health and Human Services Jiang Weibo Kent D. Kedl Li Changjiang melamine Mike Leavitt Panama pesticides School of Food Sciences Shanghai tainted pet food Technomic Asia wheat gluten Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:21:44 -0500 When parents are refusing to believe their children are obese and are simply not making the connection between poor eating habits and poor health, a coordinated, attention-raising effort is needed....Tackling obesity needs to be built into every food-related business plan....It needs to permeate the business, and become an element of every decision....Got a new product? How about lowering the fat? Updating the website? Let's include a healthy eating message. And so, bit by bit, the tide of obesity consciousness could be turned - and with it, the scary statistics. Wouldn't it be great if Change4Life [http://tinyurl.com/65hkfc] is a runaway success? At the end of the day, consumers could become so used to the healthy messages they will ask themselves: "Why is X company not looking out for my health?" That, indeed, would be the moment when the sun peeks through the clouds once more.(Jess Halliday, foodnavigator.com, 11-17-08, 2008-11-17) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/quotes_jess_halliday.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/quotes_jess_halliday.html QUOTES change4life obesity Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:10:34 -0500 Beyond statins, common sense and two studies indicate that eating whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts cut readings for CRP, which is linked to risk of heart attack, stroke. Needed is total proof that diet- and exercise-reduced CRP levels reduce cardiovascular emergencies. And: Small, consistent increase in dietary fiber helps reduce heart disease risk and controls diabetes, and can make large difference to public health (click See also'). (By Stephen Smith, The Boston Globe, 2008-11-17) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/going_with_the_grains_and_hipp.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/going_with_the_grains_and_hipp.html Diet-Related Disease HEALTH & NUTRITION Health & Physiology SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiovascular disease Cleveland Clinic food heart disease high-sensitivity C-reactive protein test Hippocrates hs-CRP inflammation Ira S. Ockene Leslie Cho medicine Michael Lauer National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Paul Ridker Seasonal Variation of Blood Cholesterol study statins University of Massachusetts Medical School Yunsheng Ma Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:08 -0500 Nestlé Prepared Foods Co., Springville, Utah, Lean Cuisine frozen chicken meals - pesto chicken with bowtie pasta, chicken Mediterranean, chicken Tuscan.(2008-11-17) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/recalls_chicken_8.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/recalls_chicken_8.html RECALLS & ALERTS foreign materials Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:30:21 -0500 Melamine has pervaded U.S. food system. It's added to fertilizer and accumulates in the farm fields. Last year, millions ate chicken that had been fed tainted gluten from China; Tyson Foods butchered hogs that had eaten tainted feed too. Meat was not recalled. China melamine scandal is opportunity for U.S. to pass fertilizer standards and to test for chemical. (By James E. McWilliams, The New York Times, 2008-11-17) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/opinion_melamine_links_industr.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/opinion_melamine_links_industr.html BUSINESS Big Players Diet-Related Disease ENVIRONMENT Essays Federal Agencies & Regulators Food Safety GOVERNMENT HEALTH & NUTRITION OPINION POLITICS Pollution & Waste American Pests: The Losing War on Insects From Colonial Times to DDT baby formula cats chicken feed China dogs eggs FDA fertilizer milk nitrogen pets powdered milk red herring tainted pet food Texas State University Tyson Foods uptake wheat gluten Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:08:22 -0500 More neighborhood green space reduces risk of heart disease, greatly narrows health gaps and death rates between rich, poor, UK researchers learn. Governments should promote and invest in green areas, which provide opportunities for stress reduction and physical activity. And: Plunging hands into the dirt therapeutic for gardeners (click 'See also'). (By Michael Kahn, Reuters, 2008-11-07) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/lowering_stress_heart_disease.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/lowering_stress_heart_disease.html ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS Diet-Related Disease Gardening HEALTH & NUTRITION Health & Physiology SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Trends & Activism URBAN & RURAL BOUNTY community gardens Dominic Evans forests gardening Historic Sandy Community Garden Julia Lyon Lancet London Maggie Fox Nancy Montoya open space parks playing fields Richard Mitchell Salt Lake Tribune stewardship Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:15:55 -0500 Now that we have caught large portion of all the fish in the sea and we're feeding fish to animals, not people, we have two choices. Either allow overfished species to return to sustainable levels while we broaden our appetites to include mackerel, sardines, anchovies and herring (click 'See also'), or face future of industrially farmed, flavor-deficient fish and accompanying environmental degradation.(By Mark Bittman, The New York Times, 2008-11-16) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/opinion_fishing_for_sustainabl.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/opinion_fishing_for_sustainabl.html ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS Conservation ENVIRONMENT Essays Local & Sustainable OPINION anchovies anchovy Australia Barry Costa-Pierce Blue Ocean Institute blue revolution bluefin tuna bycatch Carl Safina catch shares Chilean sea bass Christopher Mann cod David Festa Environmental Defense Fund farm-raised catfish farm-raised striped bass fish meal Food and Agricultural Organization forage fish Fulton Fish Market grouper haddock herring How to Cook Everything industrial aquaculture John Volpe mackerel mangroves marine systems conservation Minimalist monkfish Monterey Bay Aquarium mussels New Zealand orange roughy oysters Pew Environment Group salmon salmon farm Science Seafood Watch shark shrimp skate squid tilapia tuna typhoons United Nations United States University of Rhode Island University of Victoria Vietnam Worldwatch Institute Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:22:09 -0500 Food industry would rather us not notice: its billions spent on ads to children; its donations to nutrition associations; its lobbying that has made food labels confusing; its minimizing of health concerns related to its products; that it fronts groups that fight obesity and that it tries to discredit critics. Opinion: Modifiable diet factors cause much more illness, death than car crashes, nutrition professor, pediatrician say (click 'See also'). (By Adam Voiland, U.S. News & World Report, 2008-10-17) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/two_nutrition_experts_list_foo.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/two_nutrition_experts_list_foo.html ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS Essays HEALTH & NUTRITION Lobbying & Special Interests Nutrition OPINION POLITICS Trends & Activism American Dietetic Association Cap'n Crunch Cargill CCF CDC Center for Consumer Freedom Center for Media and Democracy Cheetos Coca-Cola commodity crops corn David Ludwig Diet Pepsi Dietary Goals for the United States Doritos Federal Trade Commission food industry Food Politics FTC Journal of Public Health Policy Journal of the American Medical Association Marion Nestle Martin Yadrick New York University nutrition obesity PepsiCo processed foods Quaker Oatmeal red meat refined foods Smart Spot soybeans sports drinks subsidized crops Terry T.-K. Huang Thomas A. Glass Tropicana Orange Juice Tyson Foods vitamin waters Wendy's wheat Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:03:38 -0500 From heritage turkeys to homemade lemon balm tea, New Jersey cooks see Thanksgiving as chance to grow their own, or buy it from nearby. Either way, they're celebrating the bounty of the Garden State. (By Kelly Feeney, The New York Times, 2008-11-16) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/cooks_go_local_for_thanksgivin.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/cooks_go_local_for_thanksgivin.html COMMUNITY & CULTURE COOKING & EATING Feasting, Friends & Memories Foods & Ingredients 100-Mile Diet Alisa Smith Aly-Bri Acres Anthony Vacchiano Asbury Best's Fruit Farm Blairstown Bourbon Red community supported agriculture CSA Dave Gammel DiPaola Turkey Farm Garden State Genesis Farm Go Organics Goffle Road Poultry Farm Griggstown Quail Farm and Market Hackettstown Haines Berry Farm Hincks Turkey Farm Honey Brook Organic Farm Hopewell Township Hopewell Valley Vineyards Howell Living History Farm J. B. MacKinnon Jim Kinsel Kelly Feeney Lacordaire Academy Lambertville Lawrenceville Lee Turkey Farm Leonard Pollara Margaret Noon Michael Chiarello Montclair Farmers' Market Narragansett New Jersey New Jersey Museum of Agriculture Paul Dalrymple Pemberton Plaid Piper Farm Plenty Robin Michaels Rosso della Valle Rutgers Sherry Dudas Slow Food USA Summit Farmers' Market Thanksgiving Trenton Farmers' Market Upper Meadows Farm www.100milediet.org www.EatLocalChallenge.com www.go-o.net www.gofflepoultry.com www.griggstownquailfarm.com www.hincksfarm.com www.leeturkeyfarm.com www.plaidpiperfarm.com www.slowfoodcentralnj.org www.treehugger.com Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:46:35 -0500 With rocket fuel component in drinking water of 35 states and its documented toxicity to humans, scientists argue that EPA decision not to regulate perchlorate needs 'compelling scientific basis.' Rule was based on industry-funded computer model; critics say CDC studies ignored. Opinion: Congress should require EPA to explain disregard of toxin that reduces thyroid function, creates risk of lifelong lower IQ for babies (click 'See also').(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, 2008-11-14) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/as_deadline_looms_epa_asked_to.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/as_deadline_looms_epa_asked_to.html Diet-Related Disease ENVIRONMENT Editorials Federal Agencies & Regulators GOVERNMENT HEALTH & NUTRITION OPINION Pollution & Waste Benjamin H. Grumbles California Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology chemical plants Department of Defense drinking water Environmental Working Group EPA House Energy and Commerce Committee James L. Pirkle Massachusetts military bases National Academy of Sciences National Center for Environmental Health OMB Pentagon perchlorate Richard Wiles Robert Zoeller rocket fuel rocket test sites Science Advisory Board Stephen L. Johnson The Boston Globe thyroid hormone thyroxine Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:48:42 -0500 Arteries of obese children show harbinger of heart disease, study shows. Findings suggest potential for significant fraction of workforce disabled in their 30s, 40s, says cardiology expert. In U.S., about one third of children, teens overweight or obese, CDC says. And: In Huntington, W.Va., which leads nation in obesity, diabetes, heart disease and teeth loss, adults in their 30s suffering heart attacks, requiring open-heart surgery (click 'See also'). (By Thomas H. Maugh II , Los Angeles Times, 2008-11-12) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/childhood_obesity_may_forecast.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/childhood_obesity_may_forecast.html BUSINESS Diet-Related Disease Economy HEALTH & NUTRITION ABC News Albert Bove American College of Cardiology American Heart Association Cabell-Huntington Health Department cardiovascular disease chemical industry childhood obesity coal mines diabetes diet-related disease fat fried foods Geetha Raghuveer gravy Harry Tweel heart disease high cholesterol hot dog festival hot dogs John P. Kennedy John Walden Jolly Pirate Donuts Ken Thorpe Keri Kennedy manufacturing Marina del Rey Hospital Marshall University Michael Schloss Mike Stobbe New York University School of Medicine obesity Office of Healthy Lifestyles Paul Ambrose Trail for Health pizza Ronnie Adkins sauces Shari Wiley Temple University School of Medicine The Associated Press The KFC $10 Challenge Thomas Dannais ultrasound University of Missouri at Kansas City Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:16:15 -0500 Rural dwellers, workers, students near farmland must be considered in assessing pesticide risk, UK government rules. Current rules considered only occasional, short-term 'bystander' exposure, not repeated exposure to crop spraying, chemicals over years. And: 'Pesticide nun' and plaintiff Georgina Downs holds industry, politicians accountable (click 'See also').(By David Adam, The Guardian (UK), 2008-11-15) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/court_decision_will_alter_uk_p.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/court_decision_will_alter_uk_p.html ENVIRONMENT GOVERNMENT International Oversight Pollution & Waste 1986 Control of Pesticides Regulations 2006 British Environment and Media Awards Andrew Lees Memorial Award asthma beekeepers cancer Chichester crop spraying DEFRA Ecologist Georgina Downs Gordon Brown Hilary Benn Jonathan Leake mannequin Parkinson's pesticide garden pesticide picnic pesticides picnic The Ecologist UK Pesticides Campaign West Sussex Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:55:46 -0500 Personal connection to food must be added to calculus of investing, since air, water, soil are new currencies, says investor. Approach, he says in new book, could change current societal systems that accelerate climate change or mortgage-related debt crisis and also could link back to Main Street from Wall Street. (By Carleen Hawn, Ode magazine, 2008-11-01) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/investor_creates_new_funding_m.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/investor_creates_new_funding_m.html Agriculture Books & Print ENVIRONMENT MEDIA alternative energy angel investor aquifer Big-Box Swindle Cambridge Local First Cambridge Naturals Carlo Petrini Celestial Seasonings CLF corn Dead Zone Eric Becker FFFI financial market Gary Snyder Gene Logsdon Google High Mowing Organic Seeds Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered Investors' Circle John Fullerton KLD Research & Analytics McDonald's Michael Kanter obesity patient capital Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative Peter Kinder Slow Food Slow Money small food enterprises socially responsible investment Stacy Mitchell sustainable agriculture Thomas Malthus Tom Stearns Trillium Asset Management Wal-Mart water scarcity Whole Foods Woody Tasch www.newrules.org Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:41:37 -0500 China-made sweets made with milk stopped for testing at U.S. border in effort to keep melamine-tainted goods from reaching stores. FDA, taking cue from other countries, increases scrutiny of goods on shelves. Agency should have acted earlier; problems with melamine are deeper than FDA acknowledges, says House member. And: Retracing path of toxin from greedy chemical companies to poor farmers in China (click 'See also').(By Annys Shin, The Washington Post, 2008-11-14) http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/fda_blocks_chinamade_sweets_on.html http://www.thefoodtimes.com/2008/11/fda_blocks_chinamade_sweets_on.html Federal Agencies & Regulators Food Safety GOVERNMENT HEALTH & NUTRITION Andrew von Eschenbach Ariana Eunjung Cha baby formula Beijing Olympic Games Caroline Smith DeWaal Center for Science in the Public Interest chicken feed China Crissie Ding FDA Guo Junfeng Health and Human Services Hongsheng Feather Powder Factory kidney stones Liu Liu Liu Songjie Liuhe Group Maureen Fan melamine Mike Leavitt milk milk powder pet food protein powder Rosa DeLauro Sanlu Group Shijiazhuang Steve Solomon wheat gluten Xue Jianzhong Zhang Jie Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:39:20 -0500