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Month: July 2012

Posted on July 31, 2012

MT @MarionNestle- Am. Beverage…

MT @MarionNestle– Am. Beverage Assn sponsors meeting on obesity in minorities http://t.co/7iGdIxp3 Next: Bears fund inquiry on poo in woods.

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Posted on July 31, 2012

thanks to @jonarcher and @scot…

thanks to @jonarcher and @scottjames for leading the way on our 48hr @FoodGeneration $2000 matching fund challenge – http://t.co/mvPbVRzH

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Posted on July 30, 2012

We’re live! Ask us anything -…

We’re live! Ask us anything – no really, anything – at http://t.co/4lKZzlI3

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Posted on July 30, 2012

Got questions on food, film, a…

Got questions on food, film, activism? Ask @FoodGeneration‘s Steve James & me anything on @Reddit, today 6pm ET http://t.co/uI8y7Txd

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Posted on July 28, 2012

Congress vs Food Stamps. The e…

Congress vs Food Stamps. The excellent @chrsdcook breaks down the #FarmBill chicanery. http://t.co/V35ndGVa

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Posted on July 26, 2012July 25, 2012

Castro’s Salad

GOOD magazine featured this wee post from me earlier today – a postcard from some of our adventures in Cuba. You can find out much more soon – we’re putting together a short vid Generation Food, and it’ll be up soon.

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Posted on July 25, 2012

Droughts and Mirages in Washington and Beyond

Published earlier today in the Guardian, some thoughts on the drought, dustbowl, and what it’s going to take to get politicians off their knees. Here’s a version with added links and references, just fyi.

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Posted on July 24, 2012

tx4RT @correlatedrisk! US poli…

tx4RT @correlatedrisk! US politicians must regulate finance to tackle the drought and food-price crisis http://t.co/HXDKY7BT via @guardian

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Posted on July 24, 2012

Thx @MorganSpurlock @WK_Kellog…

Thx @MorganSpurlock @WK_Kellogg_Fdn @docsoupman @green_uvic @toddgallagher @lisarosestarner @ambercollett 4 sharing @foodgeneration

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Posted on July 23, 2012

Was James Baldwin, in The Fire…

Was James Baldwin, in The Fire Next Time, channelling @SlowFoodUSA ? http://t.co/tMYMhuWF

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    I'I've been getting a lot of calls about the industrial food system's vulnerability to fertilizer import shocks. Here's an interactive widget: slide through the months to see who imports what, when, and through which chokepoint.
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    Fertiliser Import Vulnerability Map

    This widget shows the chokepoints and seasonal vulnerability of different countries to import shocks. The Strait of Hormuz is going to matter a great deal in the coming months....

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    You can't fix the care crisis without fixing the tax system. Fair taxing rights, corporate transparency, and progressive wealth taxation should fund care as a human right—not women's unpaid labor. Vol. lII of Framing Feminist Taxation Guide out now. globaltaxjustice.org/wp-content/u...
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