Where is the sustainable supply of higher-standard eggs, meat, and dairy going to come from?
Source: Fast-Food Chains Are Demanding Ethical Products. How Will Farmers Keep Up? – Eater
That’s nothing compared to 2013’s record price of $1.76 million, however.
Source: Japanese Restaurateur Pays Princely Sum of $118K for a Single Bluefin Tuna – Eater
Hix is a big fan of the seasoning.
Source: Watch Chef Mark Hix Express His Undying Love for Salt – Eater
The move comes amidst concerns over child labor.
Source: KitKats Will Soon Be Made With Sustainable Chocolate – Eater
More and more people are getting sick.
Source: Cucumber-Related Salmonella Outbreak Grows to 30 States – Eater
If you want to see the future of agriculture, look up.
Source: Is Vertical Farming the Future of Food? | Lucky Peach
Fair trade? Direct trade? Shade grown? Here’s what it all means, and which of it is nonsense. (Spoiler: a lot of it is nonsense.)
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It will be made with 10,000 new varieties of grapes.
Winemaker Randall Grahm — the founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard in Santa Cruz, Calif. — has launched an Indiegogo campaign to create the first New World Grand Cru. A Grand Cru is a regional classification of wine that denotes “the highest-quality vineyard areas.” Grahm hopes to transform the “unique terroirs” of his Popelouchum Estates in San Juan Bautista, Calif. into a vineyard that achieves the designation.
“If anyone could do it Randal Graham could.”
To do this, he plans to breed 10,000 grape varieties that have not existed before and blend them into a new wine. The campaign explains: “The intention of the breeding program is to incorporate
via Ambitious Winemaker Aims to Create First New World Grand Cru – Eater.
Who knew ice cream could be so complicated?
At the apex of summer, just when we need ice cream most, we’re reminded that an imposter lurks in the frozen case of the grocery store — a lighter, fluffier concoction called “frozen dairy dessert.”
via That Ice Cream You’re Buying Might Not Be Ice Cream At All.
The Food and Drug Administration is banning imports of some fresh cilantro from Puebla, Mexico, after a government investigation found human feces and toilet paper in growing fields there.
The FDA announced the partial ban Monday after cilantro imported from the state of Puebla was linked to 2013 and 2014 outbreaks of stomach illnesses in the United States. The FDA said health authorities in Texas and Wisconsin also suspect cilantro from the region is responsible for more illnesses this year.
Following up on the outbreaks, U.S. and Mexican health authorities investigated 11 farms and packing houses in Puebla over the last three years. The FDA said it discovered “objectionable conditions” at eight of those firms, including five that were linked to the U.S. outbreaks. The FDA said the officials discovered the feces and toilet paper in fields and found that some of the farms had no running water or toilet facilities.
via FDA Bans Some Mexican Cilantro After Human Feces Found In Fields.
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