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The National Animal Identification System, food safety, and school lunches: cui bono?

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:12:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A Wisconsin family farmer criticizes the NAIS, which requires all livestock to carry a RFID tag (prohibitively expensive for non-CAFO-type operations, i.e., small family farmers). To him, it looks like another agribusiness attempt to shut down small, organic producers.

Clip Source: www.madison.com

Jeff Pausma: Congress takes another potshot at family farmers

The scandal at the Hallmark/Westland plant in Chino, Calif., has sparked interest in the trend of securing local meat from sources that are grass-fed, organic and come from animals raised humanely. Our kids deserve the safest meat in their food. Sadly, Congress is now considering squashing such efforts to get local foods into the School Lunch Program.

In June, the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, at the behest of Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said it was considering a provision that would force schools to buy meat for the School Lunch Program from sources enrolled in the federal government's National Animal Identification System. NAIS is hugely controversial among family farmers like me. The U.S. government wants us to inventory, identify and track the movement of all agriculture-related animals.

Is NAIS really about consumer safety or fattening the profits of corporate agribusiness and electronic tag companies?

Tags: food, health, safety, environment, politics, law, midwest, farming, opinion, via:energybulletin

Food rationing at large U.S. retailers

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:05:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Some major national retail chains have begin instituting purchasing caps for bulk rice and grains.

Clip Source: www2.nysun.com

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing. Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply. There are also anecdotal reports that some consumers are hoarding grain stocks.

Clip Source: www2.nysun.com

At the moment, large chain retailers seem more prone to shortages and limits than do smaller chains and mom-and-pop stores, perhaps because store managers at the larger companies have less discretion to increase prices locally. Mr. Rawles said the spot shortages seemed to be most frequent in the Northeast and all the way along the West Coast. He said he had heard reports of buying limits at Sam's Club warehouses, which are owned by Wal-Mart Stores, but a spokesman for the company, Kory Lundberg, said he was not aware of any shortages or limits.

Tags: economics, money, food, bad_news, news

Middle-Eastern pastries available by mail

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:34:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A friend sent me these as a gift. They're the greatest thing I've ever tasted. I think they're going to become a standard mail-order gift for me. Much better than sending flowers.

Clip Source: shatila.com

Tel: 313-934-1520

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Tags: food, cool, gifts, shopping, product

The Cupcake Project: cupcake research for the greater good

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:06:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A blogger experiments with new and bold kinds of cupcakes. If you really want to see something more adventurous, check out this post on beer-cheese cupcakes with bacon frosting: http://snipr.com/1zzps

Clip Source: www.cupcakeproject.com

Mimosa Cupcakes: The Best Sunday Brunch Cupcakes

What is a Mimosa Cupcake?

My mimosa cupcakes are orange cupcakes with champagne syrup drizzled inside, topped with a champagne frosting and a little orange rind.

Mimosa Cupcake Recipe

3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp frozen orange concentrate
3 eggs
3/4 cup plain yogurt

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix together the flour, salt, baking soda and powder and set aside. In a medium sized bowl, cream the butter until smooth then add the sugar and cream together. Once the butter and sugar are creamed add in the orange juice concentrate. Mix in one egg at a time. Add in flour mixture 1/3 at a time. When flour is thoroughly mixed, mix in the yogurt. Batter will be slightly lumpy, but should be smooth kind of like pancake batter. Divide the batter evenly into lined cupcake tins and bake for about 15-20 minutes. Allow to cool.

Tags: food, random_sh!t, blog

Frozen pickle pops. Wanna try?

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:04:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I have a hard time believing this is good, but on the other hand, I do love a good peanut-butter-and-pickle sandwich, so maybe I'd like this too.

Clip Source: picklesickle.com

Tags: food, random_sh!t, pickles, via:buzzfeed, weird

Cooking with grapefruit

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:50:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I suddenly found myself craving grapefruit and bought a whole bunch of them. Then I started thinking, "wonder what interesting things you can cook with grapefruit." Voilà.

Clip Source: allrecipes.com

Tags: food, recipes, fruit

Clipmarks | enbar's Food and recipes collection

The National Animal Identification System, food safety, and school lunches: cui bono?

Jeff Pausma: Congress takes another potshot at family farmers

Food rationing at large U.S. retailers

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World

Middle-Eastern pastries available by mail

The Cupcake Project: cupcake research for the greater good

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Mimosa Cupcakes: The Best Sunday Brunch Cupcakes

Frozen pickle pops. Wanna try?

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