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Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor (part 2)?

Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor (part 2)?

In part 2, Dr. Susan Katz, of the Oregon’s Physicians For Social Responsibility outlines some basic steps to avoid consuming products containing obesogens, along with a list of chemical resources.

Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor?

Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor?

A flurry of new scientific evidence suggests that certain chemicals we are being exposed to from our environment and in the food we eat, may also be a major contributor to the obesity problem.

Cover Crop for the Home Garden

Cover Crop for the Home Garden

Master Gardener Jen Aron talks about her favorite cover crop: buckwheat.

Implementing the Food Modernization Safety Act: A Broad Overview

Implementing the Food Modernization Safety Act: A Broad Overview

After years of stalemate between public health, consumer, agricultural and food service interests on Capitol Hill, Congress approved the FSMA’s sweeping expansion of federal oversight in 2010. This post and the two to follow will provide basic background for answering key questions leading into a discussion of the merits of our increasingly centralized and standardized food production and handling systems.

A Brewmaster’s Tips For Drinking Premium Saké

A Brewmaster’s Tips For Drinking Premium Saké

Brewer Greg Lorenz of SakéOne shares a few tips for drinking premium saké.

Made In America: SakéOne Premium Saké

Made In America: SakéOne Premium Saké

At SakéOne, Greg Lorenz is one of less than a handful of saké brewers in the country. He’s trying to build a domestic market for premium saké. We visit the SakéOne brewery to see how this ancient Japanese beverage is made.

How to Make a Saké Simmered Salmon Dish

How to Make a Saké Simmered Salmon Dish

Gabe Rosen of in Portland, Oregon, demonstrates how to make a Saké Simmered Salmon.

Protecting the Viability of Organics from the Purists

Protecting the Viability of Organics from the Purists

This post delves deeper into how one false impression in particular is fueling the sense of loss behind organic’s mid-life crisis. Specifically, we’ll examine how the exclusion of synthetic materials, which some within the organic community would elevate to a cardinal principle, actually threatens to drive farmers out of certification, if not out of business entirely.