tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40812757400829510732024-03-05T05:47:22.967-05:00Roummaneexperimentations in being with a conscience.méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-34339989912379484242009-04-28T13:22:00.004-04:002009-05-01T13:43:48.371-04:00The hunger problemUN Chronicle:<br /><p align="left"> </p><blockquote><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left">"The dramatic rise in global food prices over the past twelve months, coupled with diminishing food stocks and escalating fuel costs, has gravely jeopardized global food and nutrition security, and has re-emphasized the critical actions needed to realize the right to adequate food. Hunger and under-nutrition are the greatest threats to public health, killing more people than hiv/aids, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Each day, 25,000 people, including more than 10,000 children, die from hunger and related causes. Some 854 million people worldwide are estimated to be undernourished, and high food prices may drive another 100 million into poverty and hunger. The risks are particularly acute among those who must spend at least 60 per cent of their income on food: the urban poor and displaced populations, the rural landless, pastoralists and the majority of smallholder farmers." </p></blockquote><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><a href="http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2008/issue2_3/2_308p14.html">Read more.</a><br /></p>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-62746636547403988622009-04-28T13:11:00.004-04:002009-04-28T13:33:31.927-04:00Food security in IndonesiaThe Jakarta Post (April 28):<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The number of poor people is growing. Most of these people are small scale farmers (petani gurem) with less than 0.25 ha of land, or agricultural-wage laborers. In accordance with the World Food Programme (WFP, 2005), poor and malnourished people in Indonesia will almost certainly not be able to escape poverty unless drastic changes are made to policies."</blockquote><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/28/food-security-ri-time-policy-change.html">Read more.</a><br /></p>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-91018019273627011092009-04-03T13:54:00.001-04:002009-04-03T13:56:12.567-04:00Farming DetroitDetroit Free Press (April 2)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"With an estimated 40 square miles of vacant parcels, Detroit offers many sites where, in theory, a big farm operation might work. Hantz, a resident of Detroit's Indian Village district, is tentatively looking at a blighted area near Eastern Market, but exact boundaries would depend on whether he wins the city's cooperation."</blockquote><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904020370">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-19402335265206637412009-04-02T23:01:00.000-04:002009-04-02T23:03:44.263-04:00More land to be grabbedBloomberg (April3)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"South Korea, Asia’s second-biggest grain importer, will lend money and give technology to companies to develop farms overseas to ensure the nation’s food security after prices surged last year."</blockquote><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aWVno7q1QvHg&refer=asia">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-37302706217069585032009-03-26T17:05:00.003-04:002009-03-26T17:10:22.339-04:00Maple sugaring in New HampshireThe HippoPress (March 26)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Maple sugaring season has arrived once again in New Hampshire. And the state’s maple producers have their trees tapped and their evaporators fired up, ready to welcome visitors for this year’s Maple Weekend, Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29.<br />For a complete list, plus more information on maple syrup, check out the New Hampshire Maple Producers Web site, <a href="http://www.nhmapleproducers.com/">www.nhmapleproducers.com</a>."</blockquote><a href="http://www.hippopress.com/090326/food.html">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-49643249442384065362009-03-26T16:56:00.003-04:002009-03-27T01:50:33.475-04:00American food historyThe Philadelphia Inquirer (March 15)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Mark Kurlansky, who wrote a masterful little book titled <i>Cod</i>, has compiled those lost files in a new book due out this spring, <i>The Food of a Younger Land</i>. It is billed as "A portrait of American food before the national highway system - before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional." And so it is, and a tasty stew at that."</blockquote><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_nichols/20090315_A_tasty_stew_of_food_history.html">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-68536500215916248612009-03-26T15:41:00.001-04:002009-03-26T15:45:06.885-04:00Arctic metldown and foodNew Scientist (March 25)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The bigger picture has got much less attention: a warmer Arctic will change the entire planet, and some of the potential consequences are nothing short of catastrophic. Changes in ocean currents, for instance, could disrupt the Asian monsoon, and nearly two billion people rely on those rains to grow their food."</blockquote><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127011.500-arctic-meltdown-is-a-threat-to-humanity.html?full=true">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-82748070681137508012009-03-26T15:32:00.002-04:002009-03-26T15:35:19.706-04:00GM food imports in the US<span class="mainbody"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"‘the USDA has no controls in place that would identify… undeclared transgenic plants unknown to the US regulatory system’."</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-17-TE.pdf">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-4823975985130737372009-03-26T14:52:00.004-04:002009-03-26T21:53:01.262-04:00Food security discourse in KenyaAllAfrica (March 25)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"In Kenya how farming communities are formed has its roots in colonial vestiges whereby some ethnic communities such as the Kikuyu and the Kalenjin who once used to till European farms in the Kenyan Rift Valley have remained dominant in farming. A system of cheap manual labour was inculcated into the farming system and by the mid 1920s almost all European farms in the Kenya Rift Valley were growing cash crops which were being farmed by able-bodied men from the Kikuyu tribe. Until independence and some time after that, the transition from colonial to neo-colonial farming took into consideration the general fabric of commercial cheap labour farming and made concessions whereby the British way of farming would continue but under a new regime: the Africans."</blockquote><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200903250605.html">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-91518389550435462632009-03-25T19:03:00.006-04:002009-03-26T10:19:48.548-04:00Low Carbon Diet"The Bon Appétit Management Company Low Carbon Diet Calculator is designed to allow you to compare the relative carbon impacts of your food choices."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Calculate the carbon emissions created by your meals </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.eatlowcarbon.org/#">here.</a><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.circleofresponsibility.com/page/321/low-carbon-diet.htm"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Read more.</span></a><br /></strong>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-65672332453003188392009-03-25T18:33:00.003-04:002009-03-26T10:19:22.932-04:00GM food in KenyaBusiness Daily (March 26):<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"<span class="nl_content">Genetically modified foods will eventually provide answers to the food security situation in Kenya, according to agribusiness leaders. </span><span class="nl_content">Kenya Government has strongly supported GM foods and made into law the Biosafety Bill 2008 last month. The basis of the support is that it will increase food production.<br /></span></blockquote><span class="nl_content"><a href="http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13662&Itemid=5813">Read more.</a><br /></span>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-25828309760113549122009-03-25T18:01:00.002-04:002009-03-25T18:05:00.453-04:00Kansas City CSAsKansas City Star (March 24)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"CSAs feed the locavore movement — people who strive to eat food grown within 100 miles of their dinner table — but they’re also fostering a common-sense approach to eating."<br />"When the expo was organized 11 years ago, only a dozen farmers participated. Now that number has grown to 50. Last year 1,600 local consumers attended the expo to learn more about CSAs."</blockquote><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/238/story/1102334.html">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-36293946542353818312009-03-25T17:48:00.004-04:002009-03-26T10:20:27.405-04:00Eat your winter season in New EnglandThe Boston Globe (Feb. 11)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"In the winter, however, even the most committed New Englander could be forgiven for falling off that wagon. People cite deeply felt reasons for becoming locavores, or those who choose to eat food grown and produced in the region where they live.<br />Not necessarily, say many who eat predominantly local food throughout the winter.<br /><br />With a little planning, it's surprisingly easy to be a locavore in the winter. Even in New England."</blockquote><a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2009/02/11/yes_we_can/?page=1">Read more.<br /></a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-67704613167417409812009-03-24T21:38:00.006-04:002009-03-26T12:50:41.934-04:00Eating local food in Occupied PalestineAn excellent post from the blog Mapping the Margins: <a href="http://mappingthemargins.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/edible-palestine/">Edible Palestine</a><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The colonization of Palestinian land has led to a colonization on Palestinian tastes and expectations towards food."<br /></blockquote><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4081275740082951073">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-71306997414063560442009-03-24T19:28:00.003-04:002009-03-24T19:31:51.335-04:00New York food desertsGotham Gazette (March 2009)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Currently, an estimated 3 million New Yorkers live in "high-need neighborhoods," defined by a lack of supermarkets and a prevalence of diet-related health problems. These areas lack food security, meaning that people who live in them have difficulty getting "nutritious and affordable food." An estimated 750,000 city residents live in "food deserts" -- areas more than five blocks from a supermarket. Often food deserts are located in low-income and minority communities with a prevalence of diet-related disease, such as obesity and diabetes."<br /></blockquote><a href="http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/health/20090304/9/2846">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-44064292931265384562009-03-24T17:06:00.005-04:002009-03-24T19:39:58.587-04:00Food desert in West Oakland, CaliforniaCity on a Hill Press (Jan. 15)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Roach asked her why she was feeding her child candy instead of nutritional food. She replied, “Mr. Roach, where can I find any good food around here?" <p>"The lack of food security, or having physical and economic access to sufficient and healthy food, pervades the places that are most in need — inner cities with low-income populations. Other “food deserts” across the nation include East Harlem, Detroit, South Los Angeles, and the South Side of Chicago. The California Food and Justice Coalition, a food advocacy group, extends the meaning of food security to include safe, culturally acceptable food acquired through sustainable means."</p></blockquote><p></p><p><a href="http://cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1527">Read more.</a><br /></p>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-16419433900818866992009-03-24T16:34:00.006-04:002009-03-26T10:21:37.727-04:00Careless sea-foodie-ismGristmill (March 23)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p>"Until that happens, there's an urgent need to educate the public about the dismal state of the oceans. The effort starts with food journalists -- people who have a direct impact on the public imagination about fish. </p><p>It seems to me that food journalists have generally failed at this task. I see examples all the time of foodie articles blithely extolling the culinary virtues of this or that fish species, without considering the impact of consuming them.</p><p>The oceans have become too fragile for careless foodie-ism."</p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/3/23/212135/387">Read more.</a><br /></p>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-60011911651257644782009-03-24T15:54:00.003-04:002009-03-24T16:00:46.742-04:00Hungry NamibiaIPS (March 24)<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"<span class="texto1">Don't talk about food prices in Namibia. Wedged between costly imports from South Africa and failing projects to achieve food security, Namibians are upset, and hungry"<b><br /><br /></b></span><span class="texto1">"Fifty Namibian dollars - five U.S. dollars - for a 10 kg sack of mealie meal... in a country where the UNDP's latest survey found 60 percent live on less than two U.S. dollars a day, and the inhabitants of Havana squatter camp are more likely to be in the 35 percent that survive on less than a dollar.<br /></span></blockquote><span class="texto1"><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46248">Read more.</a><br /></span>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-53448956760202463722009-03-24T00:17:00.002-04:002009-03-26T12:51:49.692-04:00Measuring resilienceIRIN (Jan. 16)<br /><span class="reportbody" style="text-align: justify;"><span id="Body"><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The idea is that this concept could complement the early warning systems (EWS) approach. The EWS tries to predict crises, while the resilience framework tries to assess the current state of health of a food system and hence its ability to withstand shocks should they occur," said the paper."<br /></blockquote><a href="http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=82434">Read more.</a><br /><br /> </span></span>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-55142275591811522322009-03-23T22:48:00.003-04:002009-03-23T22:56:38.910-04:00Biofuels and hungerOil&Gas Journal (March 20):<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"According to the OFID study, under current biofuel targets in different countries like the US, the European Union, China, and South Africa, an additional 140 million people will face hunger by 2020. At least 150-240 million tons/year of cereal crops would be required for first generation biofuels and 30 million hectares of land would need to be set aside for production. <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude-->"</blockquote><a href="http://www.ogj.com/display_article/356821/7/ONART/none/Prong/1/OFID-criticizes-first-generation-biofuels/">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-83180246523121348592009-03-23T19:21:00.003-04:002009-03-23T19:26:59.317-04:00Japanese agrarian immigrants<em></em><em>Mariko Asano Tamanoi, “Victims of Colonialism? Japanese Agrarian Settlers and Their Repatriation to Japan” The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 6-1-09, February 2, 2009.<br /></em><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>"</em>Manchukuo is the state that Japan created in Northeast China (Manchuria) in 1932 to serve its interests. To populate this vast overseas empire with Japanese, the government sent approximately 380,000 farmers and their families as “agrarian immigrants (<em>nōgyō imin</em>).” Many of them were victims of the depression at home. By participating in the construction of Manchukuo, they joined the circle of “colonizers”: they received large tracts of land which the Japanese military had confiscated from Chinese farmers. Their life as settlers, however, was by no means easy. Many did not know what to plant or how to till the land. When they hired Chinese agricultural laborers,” many tensions arose. The settlers’ relations with more than six hundred thousand Korean rice-cultivating farmers, who also settled in Manchuria in the 1930s, were also fraught."</blockquote><a href="http://japanfocus.org/-Mariko_Asano_Tamanoi/3032">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-49270697436846841792009-03-23T13:57:00.003-04:002009-03-23T14:01:27.410-04:00Boston food public marketBoston Globe (Feb. 21):<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The market would be opened in a vacant building that occupies a full city block near Haymarket, an area of old cobblestone alleys where city officials want to create an expansive year-round shopping district with dozens of local growers, bakers, seafood merchants, and other businesses."<br /><br />"Local farms and agricultural businesses have long sought a daily market because of the expense and complication of traveling to Boston to participate in weekend farm stands. Massachusetts farms rely on local markets because of the lack of major agricultural distributors in the state to buy and sell their products.</blockquote><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/02/21/hungry_for_public_market_city_plans_site/?page=1">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-78364155154364876652009-03-23T13:40:00.009-04:002009-03-23T14:03:04.348-04:00Eat your seasons- MassachusettsMassachusetts crop availability guide (From <a href="http://www.mass.gov/agr/markets/farmersmarkets/get_fresh_seasons.htm">MDAR</a> and <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/health/foodmiles/fullyear.asp?state=22">NRDC Eat Local</a> (MA)):<br /><table><thead><tr><th scope="col"><br />Time of Year</th> <th scope="col">Fresh Produce</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><th scope="row">June (early)</th><td>Beets, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Greens, Lettuce, Peas, Peppers, Radishes, Scallions, Spinach</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">June (late)</th><td>Beets, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Greens, Lettuce, Peas, Peppers, Radishes, Scallions, Spinach</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">July (early)</th><td>Beans, Beets, Blueberries, Cabbage, Carrots , Cauliflower, Cucumber, Greens, Lettuce, Onions , Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Scallions, Spinach, Strawberries , Summer squash</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">July (late)</th><td>Beans, Beets, Blueberries, Cabbage, Carrots , Cauliflower, Cucumber, Greens, Lettuce, Onions , Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Scallions, Spinach, Strawberries , Summer squash</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">August (early)</th><td>Apples, Beans, Beets, Blueberries, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cantaloupes, Carrots , Cauliflower, Celery, Corn , Cucumber, Eggplant, Lettuce, Onions , Peaches, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Raspberries, Scallions, Spinach, Summer squash, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watermelon</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">August (late)</th><td>Apples, Beans, Beets, Blueberries, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cantaloupes, Carrots , Cauliflower, Celery, Corn , Cucumber, Eggplant, Lettuce, Onions , Peaches, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Radishes, Raspberries, Scallions, Spinach, Summer squash, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watermelon</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">September (early)</th><td>Apples, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots , Cauliflower, Celery, Corn , Cranberries, Eggplant, Lettuce, Onions , Peaches, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Radishes, Raspberries, Scallions, Spinach, Summer squash, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watermelon, Winter Squash</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">September (late)</th><td>Apples, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots , Cauliflower, Celery, Corn , Cranberries, Eggplant, Lettuce, Onions , Peaches, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Radishes, Raspberries, Scallions, Spinach, Summer squash, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watermelon, Winter Squash</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">October (early)</th><td>Apples, Cabbage, Cranberries, Lettuce, Onions , Potatoes, Pumpkin, Turnips, Winter Squash</td></tr> <tr><th scope="row">October (late)</th><td>Apples, Cabbage, Cranberries, Lettuce, Onions , Potatoes, Pumpkin, Turnips, Winter Squash</td></tr></tbody></table>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-1538562792183220942009-03-23T13:29:00.002-04:002009-03-23T13:32:42.263-04:00RI food stampsForbes (March 23):<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The extra allocation, ranging from $2 to $24 a month, comes from the federal stimulus plan.<br />Enrollment in the state's food stamp program is up almost 20 percent since last year. Nearly 100,000 Rhode Islanders are now receiving the benefit."</blockquote><a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/03/23/ap6200480.html">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081275740082951073.post-16200646404559412702009-03-22T16:07:00.001-04:002009-03-22T16:09:51.402-04:00MA food servicesBoston Herald (March 21):<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"More than $300 million in federal money will be used to increase benefits for Massachusetts participants of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly know as Food Stamps. On average, households will receive about an 18 percent increase. Nearly 600,000 people in the state use the program to buy food."</blockquote><a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_03_21_State_to_receive_more_than__300M_for_food_programs/">Read more.</a>méditerranéennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755623238022996648noreply@blogger.com0