7 posts tagged “marion nestle”

There have been a lot of reports on the Obama Administration's efforts to strengthen U.S. food safety standards (NPR, LA Times).  Marion Nestle, as always, has a great post on her blog about the appointment of  Michael Taylor as a special assistant to the FDA Commissioner of Food Safety.

Ice cream headaches and what's in charcoal. Answers to nagging questions courtesy of columnist Roxanne Webber. Susan Marx lives in Afghanistan and shares the rich food culture. Be afraid of plants. Some of them can kill you says Amy Stewart.  When Barbara Kowalcyk's 2 year old son died after eating a tainted fast food hamburger she became an activist to change food safety rules.  Marion Nestle explains the unbelievable maze that makes up our food safety system.  The challenges of keeping bees in Los Angeles according to beekeeper Kirk Anderson.  Then, Armen Petrossian describes the how to enjoy the delicacy of fine caviar.  And Laura Avery shares tales of wild blueberries at the farmers market.

Food policy junkies rejoice!  Marion Nestle is now twittering (or is that tweeting?).  Follow her here.

Slow Food LA webmistress Lisa Lucas sent around a compilation of reactions from the sustainable food community:

"Civil Eats," the successor to the Slow Food Nation blog, notes the news and offers an "immodest proposal" for Obama's food policy.

Tom Philpott at Grist weighs in with his initial impressions.  And further suggests that we shouldn't be surprised by the choice...adding today that having this much attention paid to the Ag Sec choice is, in itself, a good development.

Bonnie P. at The Ethicurean agrees that Vilsack isn't the best (and isn't the worst).

And Steph Larson points to an online letter to Vilsack now collecting signatures, urging Vilsack to followup on Barack Obama's campaign promise to make a real change in agriculture policy.

Marion Nestle is disappointed but is "willing to give [Vilsack] the benefit of the doubt, at least for awhile."

Also this morning, NPR talked with Michael Pollan about his reaction to the Vilsack announcement: