Rachel Laudan

OK. Here’s what I am going to do. Michael Pollan had thirteen printed pages for his Farmer in Chief article in the New York Times Magazine. I can’t churn out a response of that length all at once even if you wanted to read it. So I am going to tackle [...]

Here I am again. Clocking in 24 hours of travel in the last 72, plus an 8 hour meeting, plus a fancy wedding, and, lo and behold, blogging gets relegated to second place. And next week I’m off to Hawaii again for the first time in a decade. I can’t wait to visit [...]

Here’s a trend that really worries me. That’s the growing number of writers, chefs, and journalists who take it for granted that ethical food is organic food.
As an example, consider this quote from Monica Eng (though she is simply one of many one could quote). Earlier I posted her provocative piece on watching [...]