Food Chain
Human beings are at the top of the food chain. MAny of us have little idea where the food we buy from the supermarket comes from - whether the countries, or the animals or plants or other materials that go into them. We know just as little about the packaging they come in, or how they travelled to reach us.
Apart from health issues, there many other aspects we shoud be concerned about when it comes to our food. This includes the amounts and kinds of pesticides and supplements used, the energy used in their transport, refrigeration and packaging, and the pollution created. What damage is being caused to the environment at the source? The answers are not always obvious - for example, coming by boat from New Zealand might use less energy than a flight from Spain.
There are also human issues - is a poor country growing cash crops to get the money to pay off loans instead of growing food to feed its own population? Is the farmer getting a fair price?
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Articles
Picky stores force farmers to dump veg Sunday Times July 17 2005
We really are what we eat Seattle Times July 04 2005
Throwaway culture dumps a third of nation's groceries in the dustbin Times April 15 2005
A body past its useful life Times April 15 2005
Saving food from going to waste BBC April 14 2005
Alaska Could See Mushroom Boom in 2005 AP April 13 2005
Farmers Forced to Find Alternatives to Traditional Crops for Livelihood The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot April 04 2005
Farmers Feel Bite as Rising Fuel Prices Push Fertilizer Costs Up Omaha (NE) World-Herald April 04 2005
Random checks for banned food dye BBC April 04 2005 (Sudan 1, palm oil, turmeric)
Global warming: Shutdown of Atlantic current would ravage food stocks Agence France-Presse Aprril 01 2005
Food Co-op Hopes for Global Success York (PA) Daily Record April 01 2005
Appetite for organic food spurs debate in India Christian Science Monitor March 30 2005 (GM)
On Beyond Organic: God, Food & the Environment Icicle Networks March 29 2005 (church, ENN)
Billionaire buys 9.2 percent of Wild Oats Boulder (CO) Daily Camera March 25 2005 (natural food grocery)
Cooking the Whole Animal The Beyond Organic Show March 16 2005
Fighting Food Allergies The Beyond Organic Show March 2 2005
Why grass fed beef? The Beyond Organic Show February 16 2005
School nutrition: educating kids to make healthy choices The Beyond Organic Show February 9 2005
Got (Raw) Milk? The Beyond Organic Show February 02 2005
The New USDA Secretary of Agriculture The Beyond Organic Show January 26 2005
| Green & Blacks (organic, free range, fair trade choc) | |
| Little Big Food Co. (organic food) | |
| Women's Food and Farming Union: farmers markets |