Comments on: Bad News About Food http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/ Cook Local, Eat Global Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Mike http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19460 Mike Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:54:40 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19460 So... only us coeliacs left, then? So… only us coeliacs left, then?

]]> By: Oscar http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19403 Oscar Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:10:24 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19403 Why is it that when something very important going on which needs careful research, we are not prepared for it? This kind of attitude will certainly be our downfall in the future if we keep on neglecting the basic things like the world wide research budget. Why is it that when something very important going on which needs careful research, we are not prepared for it? This kind of attitude will certainly be our downfall in the future if we keep on neglecting the basic things like the world wide research budget.

]]> By: The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Digest: Tomato pickers get raise, Norman Borlaug to the rescue, Wal-Mart retreats http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19396 The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Digest: Tomato pickers get raise, Norman Borlaug to the rescue, Wal-Mart retreats Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:54:35 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19396 [...] Famine in our future?: The New Scientist reports that a plague is coming, and almost no one has heard about it, let alone prepared for it. Norman Borlaug, father of the Green revolution, is sounding the alarm over Ug99, a virulent strain of black stem rust fungus discovered in Uganda in 1999. Since the Green Revolution, farmers everywhere have grown wheat varieties that resist stem rust, but Ug99 has evolved to take advantage of those varieties, and almost no wheat crops anywhere are resistant to it. New Scientist (Via Tigers and Strawberries — thanks Jack) [...] [...] Famine in our future?: The New Scientist reports that a plague is coming, and almost no one has heard about it, let alone prepared for it. Norman Borlaug, father of the Green revolution, is sounding the alarm over Ug99, a virulent strain of black stem rust fungus discovered in Uganda in 1999. Since the Green Revolution, farmers everywhere have grown wheat varieties that resist stem rust, but Ug99 has evolved to take advantage of those varieties, and almost no wheat crops anywhere are resistant to it. New Scientist (Via Tigers and Strawberries — thanks Jack) [...]

]]> By: Alexis http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19391 Alexis Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:09:29 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19391 I think this is the first time that I've really thought about peanut butter as a "processed food". But I guess it is. Not that I buy it from ConAgra. Ugh. I think this is the first time that I’ve really thought about peanut butter as a “processed food”. But I guess it is.

Not that I buy it from ConAgra. Ugh.

]]> By: sia http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19379 sia Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:46:35 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/04/11/bad-news-about-food/#comment-19379 although its a scary bit of info its good to have some knowledge. although its a scary bit of info its good to have some knowledge.

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