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Locavores, Omnivores and Foodies, Oh My!
Food politics are sweeping the nation as activists, farmers, politicians, corporations and consumers are choosing sides and deciding what's for dinner (if I have it my way, not beef).
Media That Matters films present a number of perspectives on the topic, and two recent articles in Time magazine contribute more food for thought...
Michael Pollan presents "Six Rules for Eating Wisely":
In "The Lure of the 100-Mile Diet", Margot Roosevelt, introduces us to "Locavores, self-styled concerned culinary adventurers, who took the pledge last month to eat nothing--or almost nothing--but sustenance drawn from within 100 miles of their home."
The movement began last year when four San Francisco-- area foodies designated August 2005 as the first Eat Local Challenge and launched a website, Locavores.com They were inspired by the book Coming Home to Eat, ecologist Gary Paul Nabham's account of his yearlong effort to restrict himself to native foods near his Arizona home. Soon some 60 bloggers had joined the 100-mile diet, inaugurating their own website, EatLocalChallenge.com This year they upped the ante, moving the test to the less bounteous month of May. "With gas prices spiking, people are concerned about our dependence on petroleum," says Locavores co-founder Jessica Prentice. "Why import apples from New Zealand when we can grow them nearby?"
Watch The Meatrix
Watch Young Agrarians
Watch World on Fire
Watch The Luckiest Nut In The World
Watch Water Warriors
Watch Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary)
Read "Six Rules for Eating Wisely"
Read "The Lure of the 100-Mile Diet"
Take the Eat Local Challenge
Become a Locavore
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