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By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyLinda, the scene you describe from the movie "Food Inc.," in which a family of four is unable to afford fresh pears and instead is compelled to choke down fast-food "dollar meals" sounds heartbreaking. I have yet to see the movie because -- most frustratingly -- it is not playing anywhere in the D.C. area, where I live (though I did read both '"The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "Fast Food Nation," on which the film is based). Like you, I am lucky. I go to my farmers' market every week; at the supermarket I can choose to spend my grocery money on organic eggs and milk and high-quality meat and ...
Michelle Obama at Farmers Market Launch: 'Yay for Vegetables!'
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama helped launch the opening of a new farmers market in Washington on Thursday afternoon, one selling locally produced products. "I have never seen so many people so excited about fruits and vegetables," Mrs. Obama said to a crowd gathered in the drizzle. ...
Michelle Obama at New D.C. Farmers' Market Opening
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama will be on hand Thursday for the opening of a new farmers market a few blocks from the White House. ...
What Happened to the Green Revolution? 19 Women Die in Pakistan Food Riot
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyOn Tuesday, 19 women in Pakistan were killed in a stampede to get free flour. Just three days before, in Dallas, Norman Borlaug -- the agricultural scientist credited with spearheading efforts to create new varieties of crops to feed expanding populations -- had also died. The strange thing about the deaths in Pakistan is that Borlaug's efforts succeeded. When he produced his research on new wheat varieties in the 1960s, it looked very likely that Pakistan and India were both on the brink of unprecedented famines, with populations ballooning faster than farmers could keep up. The new crop ...
Farmers Market Frenzy Is My Kind of Crazy
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyA lot of people look forward to their weekly trip to the farmers market the way most kids look forward to the last day of school. The words joy, anticipation, and abandon come to mind.For me, the word dread also applies. I know, it sounds crazy, especially for someone who cooks and writes about food for a living. But crazy is just what I'm talking about, because from the minute I step out of my car and into the cluster of stalls that sets up every Tuesday in the parking lot of my local library, I risk losing my sanity. Not to mention my children's college savings. ...
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