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Jane Lubchenco, advocate for vigorous response to climate change and Obama's nominee for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has consistently called for ocean conservation measures. And: Among oceans' needs: improved fishery management; alignment of fishing, economic, conservation interests; networks of marine reserves; protection of coastline habitat. (click 'See also').
Los Angeles Times 2008-12-19 (entry)
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If Tom Vilsack confirmed as USDA secretary, Iowa (No. 1 in corn, hogs, ethanol) will have one of its own heading agency that dispenses federal crop subsidies, controls nearly two million acres of Iowa land, regulates state's many slaughterhouses. He's sympathetic to agribusiness giants, supports biofuels, agricultural biotechnology. And: Former governor will oversee $95 billion budget, with bulk going to nutrition - food stamps, school lunches (click 'See also').
By Philip Brasher
The Des Moines Register 2008-12-16 (entry)
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Lisa Jackson, tapped as Obama EPA secretary (click 'See also) and Robert Sussman, seen as front-runner for top EPA deputy, visit EPA to smooth transition. They asked questions regarding perchlorate and drinking-water standards, climate change, and costs of going after polluters.
By Shailagh Murray and Carol D. Leonnig
The Washington Post 2008-12-03 (entry)
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Saxby Chambliss, Georgia senator, resists order to testify in suit over Imperial Sugar refinery explosion that killed 14 workers in February. In hearing, lawmaker criticized whistleblower who said company ignored warnings about potential dust explosions (click 'See also'); plaintiffs' lawyer says Chambliss tried to talk some of his clients out of suing Imperial Sugar.
By Michael Atkins
Savannah Morning News. 2008-11-20 (entry)
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Michigan 'Can Man' picks up cans, collects cans at school events, sorts cans from community supporters, and 52-student school benefits to tune of $400 a month. Reimbursed at 10 cents per can, he's already added $16,000-plus to sports program, and students say he's 'sweetest man alive.'
By Amy Robinson
National Public Radio/Morning Edition 2008-10-21 (entry)
Jenna Norwood changed her life after a 30-day regimen of raw, organic food.
Inspired by opposite of Morgan Spurlock's monthlong 'Super Size Me' diet, public relations specialist eats only raw, organic food for a month - and films the process. Three years later, she's quit her job, finished the film "Supercharge Me! 30 Days Raw,' (click 'See also'), started a raw food group, and opened two raw food restaurants in Florida. Raw chocolate, she says, keeps her going.
By Belinda Goldsmith
Reuters 2008-11-10 (entry)
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Joe Maddon holds forth on matters of the plate.
Baseball, food, wine are top passions for Tampa Bay Rays' manager Joe Maddon, who was raised in Phillies' country on spaghetti and meatballs, sausage and peppers, good Italian breads, ravioli, lasagna, pierogies, halupkies, and sauerkraut. Game No. 1 of the 2008 World Series between Rays, Phillies, is in Florida (click 'See also').
By Jeff Houck
The Tampa Tribune 2008-10-22 (entry)
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As Bob Dole, George McGovern accept World Food Prize, absence of its ailing founder, Norman Borlaug, is noted. Retired senators were honored for food, nutrition and humanitarian programs. McGovern, 86, moved crowd by bursting into verse of 'Jesus Loves the Little Children.' 'The beautiful thing about the hunger issue,' he said, 'is that it is soluble....I hope to live long enough to see every schoolchild in the world fed."
By Dan Piller
The Des Moines Register 2008-10-17 (entry)
Smithfield Foods pulls NASCAR sponsorship, citing rising corn and oil prices. The pork producer had supported Bobby Hamilton Jr. and his No. 25 Ford in the Nationwide Series, but, like other meat businesses, it faces high input costs, sagging demand and an oversupply that is keeping meat prices low (click 'See also').
By Tom Kreager
The Tennessean (Nashville, TN) 2008-09-19 (entry)
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EPA picks expert on toxic chemicals in freshwater lakes and rivers to head its Science Advisory Board, which reviews quality, relevance of information used or proposed as basis for EPA regulations. Deborah Swackhamer, from the University of Minnesota, studies buildup in freshwater fish of PCBs, dioxins and pesticides.
By Mark Cassutt
University of Minnesota 2008-09-17 (entry)
After allegations of corruption and closet republicanism, Thai prime minister forced to resign after declared guilty of illegal cooking on TV shows; rules say cabinet ministers can't moonlight. Samak Sundaravej's on-screen persona charges into food markets and tells vendors how to prepare their dishes, which plays well among urban poor.
By Simon Montlake
The Christian Science Monitor 2008-09-10 (entry)
Patti Moreno is Modern American Homemaker and Urban Homesteader (click 'See also') who's hardworking, media-savvy. Former city girl started kitchen garden to lose weight; will soon release DVD, garden goods line. Already host of PBS's Farmer's Almanac TV, she's now talking to Sundance Channel and Regis; also opens farm stand to neighbors.
By Carlene Hempel
The Boston Globe 2008-08-17 (entry)
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps pared his life to three components and the gold medals followed. At the games, he ate enough pasta and pizza to feed a village, although not as much as his usual 12,000 calories a day. And: Breakfast is three fried-egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayo.
By Karen Crouse
The New York Times 2008-08-16 (entry)
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George McGovern, left, and Bob Dole.
George McGovern, Robert Dole awarded World Food Prize for school feeding program for world's poorest children. The program, which targets the 300 million children getting nothing to eat during the school day, was begun in 2000 with $300 million, but funding dwindled afterward. Through more spending via 2008 farm/food bill, funding could increase.
By Philip Brasher
The Des Moines Register 2008-06-13 (entry)
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Prince Fielder goes vegetarian and Milwaukee Brewers fans who, every sixth inning, cheer their favorite human dressed as a weiner product between bites of bratwursts, are baffled. 'Eat a steak,' they cry, if an at-bat doesn't yield a run. He switched after reading how cattle and chickens were treated and 'was totally grossed out.' He gets protein from beans and shakes, isn't hungry all the time and thinks plain tofu tastes like a wet eraser.
By Alan Schwarz
The New York Times 2008-04-27 (entry)
President and first lady will greet Pope Benedict XVI at the airport and have a private meeting with him the next day. Then, they'll have a big dinner - without him. The dinner, White House aides say, is in his honor, and he has a busy schedule. It happens that Wednesday is the pontiff's 81st birthday.
By Dan Eggen
The Washington Post 2008-04-14 (entry)
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French leader tells farmers he will use country's six-month presidency of EU to create Common Agriculture Policy to protect French producers. He also wants UN to list his country's cuisine as national heritage. A similar bid by Mexico was rejected in 2005; Unesco is considering including Iran's Norouz, a festival that marks the Persian new year.
By Charles Bremner
The Times (UK) 2008-02-25 (entry)
Cornell professor predicts that farmers will be lured by high prices to return to food crops. For more sustainable food system, he says, priorities are land and water use efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to market and climate changes, finding a better crop than corn for biofuel, researching options for small farmers, researching implications of structural changes in food marketing, and 'biofortification' - likely genetically modified foods.
By Alexis Madrigal
Wired 2008-02-17 (entry)
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Cookie Monster is exactly who he is, even though he understands that 'A Cookie is a Sometime Food' and has added other foods to his on-camera diet. A writer for 'Sesame Street' explains: 'He's not gonna knock anybody over to get the cookie. He's gonna try to get around them to get the cookie. He's gonna beg for the cookie.'
By Elizabeth Blair
National Public Radio 2008-02-10 (entry)
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Norman Borlaug, the almost unknown hero of agriculture, is widely credited with saving the lives of one billion people worldwide. Beginning in the 1940s, he introduced ideas of fertilizer, hybrid seeds and soil conservation that increased crop yields in Mexico, India, China and elsewhere. His dream of a World Food Prize was realized in 1986; now his innovations are being extended to Africa by the Gates Foundation.
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek 2007-07-30 (entry)
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Ed Schafer confirmed as new USDA secretary. The first chore: Find path to a farm/food bill that satisfies administration's requirement to deny crop subsidies to richest Americans and not raise taxes, and lawmakers who say that without money, they can't pay for expansions of food stamp, land stewardship and biofuel programs.
By Charles Abbott
Reuters 2008-01-28 (entry)
To grow the Slow Food's University of Gastronomic Studies, founder Carlo Petrini must bring his audacious ideas to life. One was connecting students to sources of their food via a mandatory 24-day bicycle tour. The unity of the trip bore fruit shortly afterward, when students announced plans to build an international network that links young people in food and farming.
By Corby Kummer
The Atlantic magazine 2008-01-01 (entry)
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Organic and local and seasonal - oh my! Alice Waters' purist principles seem so hard to live by, but listening to her makes it sound worth the effort. An interview with the chef, author and activist.
By Farhad Manjoo
Salon.com 2007-10-26 (entry)
Brian Wansink's bottomless bowl of soup wins tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel for nutrition; Cornell professor's invention was part of research surrounding obesity epidemic, including unconscious eating and how we judge satiety.
By Mark Pratt
The Associated Press 2007-10-05 (entry)
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When Alice Waters makes a meal from the farmers' market, it's clear she believes that a luscious meal has transformative powers, and she writes about those powers in "The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons and Recipes From a Delicious Revolution"
By Kim Severson
The New York Times 2007-09-19 (entry)
Though armed and hungry guerrillas with a taste for wild meat often spell doom for mountain gorillas, it's Africa's demand for charcoal - cooking fuel -- that truly is endangering them, leveling forests and spoiling water for drinking and habitats, paleontologist says.
By Richard Leakey
BBC News 2007-09-10 (entry)
