12 Fish you should probably never eat
By Eric Steinman From Care2 A few years ago, I was at a sustainable seafood conference held in New York. The place was buzzing with equal parts excitement (surrounding innovations in aquaculture and sustainable fish stocks) and dread (surrounding the…
If you are in Houston mid August, go to Caribbean RumFest
By Christina Uticone from Houston Press How does an evening of Caribbean food, music, and cocktails sound? Today’s Houston Press Voice Daily Deal is good for half-off your choice of passes for the Third Annual Caribbean RumFest, August 16-17, 2013:…
12 Latin American, Caribbean countries honored by UN for fighting hunger
From ticio times Panama’s Martinelli: “Reducing child malnutrition by half means we still have the other half to go.” At a ceremony in Rome on Sunday, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General José Graziano da Silva recognized…
20 Foods You Should Just Never Eat
Eric Steinma from Care2 A few months back, a website called Trueactivist.com (a sort of news aggregator with an activist flavor) published a list of nine foods you should never eat again if you care at all about your long-term…
Meatless Monday: How to build a Vegan community with bread and chocolate
By Ellen Kanner From Huffington Post You and your partner are a hot young couple. You have a gorgeous eight month-old son. You live on a tropical island. Do you really need more? For Agata Kalicki and Reno Ciantar, the…
Danish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas
From The New York Times COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets. Police say employees at the supermarket chain Coop got…
Organic Farmers Lose Another Monsanto Appeal
Brandi, selected from Diets in Review, From Care2 In a decision that would have protected farmers from corporate lawsuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Court has sided with Monsanto, affirming a previous ruling on the matter. U.S….
Slow-roasted Stuffed Leg of Lamb with a Basil Walnut Sauce
By Jane-Anne Hobbs Scrumptious South Africa, From whats for supper My first MasterChef/Woolworths recipe Parsley, rosemary, anchovies and garlic perfume this slow-roasted ‘ball’ of lamb from the inside, with toasted almonds adding some interesting crunch. The sauce is a gentle…
5 beautiful flowers you probably didn’t know you could eat
By Miche bacher From the kitchn Candied rose petals on cakes and stuffed squash blossoms are yesterday’s news! Here are five edible flowers that will make you look at your flower bed in a new and delicious light. I have…
Smithfield Foods – Shuanghui International: Where’s the beef?
By Peter Fuhrman, Seeking Alpha It is, if voluminous press reports are to be believed, the biggest story, the biggest deal, ever in China-U.S. business history. I’m talking about the announced takeover of America’s largest pork company, Smithfield Foods (SFD),…
