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Industrial Food System News – Massive Beef Recall |
February 21, 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the largest beef recall in its history on Sunday February 17, calling for the destruction of 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef produced by Chino, CA-based Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company that has been accused of inhumane practices. Most mainstream media reports also mention that Westland was a major supplier to the National School Lunch Program: 37 million of the 143 million pounds of beef recalled by the USDA yesterday had been distributed through the program to public schools in 36 states. A full quarter of that meat went to schools here in California, most in the Los Angeles area.
Read full LA Times article here.
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Adjustments to Agriculture May Help Mitigate Global Warming |
January 30, 2008
A recent report from Greenpeace details the direct and indirect effects of agriculture on climate change and suggests how the sector can move from being a major greenhouse gas emitter to being a carbon sink. “As a key contributor to climate change, the environmental impact of industrial farming has reached critical levels,” said Jan van Aken, Greenpeace Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner. “Governments must support a farming future that works with nature, not against it.”
Read about the Greenpeace report 'Cool Farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential'.
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Food Business Trends Continue to Grow Greener |
January 29, 2008
This Jan. 27 S.F. Chronicle article, "Food markets getting greener, more sensual" , speaks to many of the consumer trends that back up ROC's vision, goals, objectives and campaign. The article clearly spells out multiple food business trends that illustrate how, in addition to their own wellness, more consumers are also looking to take care of the Earth. The article cites a survey released this month by the marketing company Information Resources Inc. showed that about half of American consumers polled consider at least one sustainability factor in selecting packaged goods and choosing where to shop. One-third of consumers responding to a 2007 survey by Restaurant and Institutions, a food service industry group, believe that "living a green lifestyle is important." This is especially true among people ages 40 to 60.
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The Future of Fresh Water |
Janurary 22, 2008
As population explodes and planet heats, water for drinking and crop irrigation is diminishing, forcing extra energy use to reach remote supply; already, China, India, Africa and American West reserves are drying up, setting stage for people-versus agriculture battles. This New York Times article from the late fall of 2007 outlines the effects of population growth and climate change on our fresh water supplies.
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January 22, 2008
As USDA takes comments on its voluntary "naturally raised" label proposal, debate continues on true meaning of words. The agency says its new label would mark packaged meats as free of growth hormones and antibiotics and show it wasn't fed animal by-products, but critics say label won't reflect whether animals were confined during life.
Read the Chicago Tribune article on this topic here .
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