Comments on: Food Culture — Just What Does Make A Culture Healthy? — A Footnote http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: skindleshanks http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131943 skindleshanks Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:57:52 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131943 A growing amount of beef these days is grazed on land unsuitable for cultivation, while the emergence of biofuels is a much more significant threat to our food supply (and at the same time is making feed costs prohibitive for feedlot owners). The big problem as that we still demand cheap beef. Sucks to be a farmer these days. A growing amount of beef these days is grazed on land unsuitable for cultivation, while the emergence of biofuels is a much more significant threat to our food supply (and at the same time is making feed costs prohibitive for feedlot owners). The big problem as that we still demand cheap beef.
Sucks to be a farmer these days.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131691 Sperwer Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:51:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131691 No, I haven't Sonagi; precis please. Pollan, btw, makes just the point you do, in great and convincing detail, as well as explaining why both conventional industrial food and the "organic"version -- brought to us courtesy of Cal-Organic, Cascadian, etc. -- are part of the petroleum complex. No, I haven’t Sonagi; precis please. Pollan, btw, makes just the point you do, in great and convincing detail, as well as explaining why both conventional industrial food and the “organic”version — brought to us courtesy of Cal-Organic, Cascadian, etc. — are part of the petroleum complex.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131665 Sonagi Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:30:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131665 I don't need to read Michael Pollan's book because I comparison shopped between meats, eggs, and produce sold by local farmers and factory farm organic/"natural" counterparts sold in local grocery stores and was astonished to see that <b>the local stuff is actually cheaper</b>. Yes, you read that right. Grass-fed, grass-finished meats and freshly picked veggies high in nutrients are cheaper than Organic Farms, Cal-Organic, and the like. So much for the anti-locavore counterargument that cross-country shipping, storage, and distribution is more efficient than little farmers driving their trucks to markets. Sage wisdom from mainstream and alternative health experts is that locally grown conventional is a healthier choice than factory farm organic. BTW, Sperwer, have you read Gary Taube's <i>Good Fats, Bad Fats</i>? At first, I was skeptical that this was another food industry-backed book aimed at reassuring Americans that their crappy diet isn't making them sick. As you probably know, Taube's science journalism credentials are impeccable, and he does a thorough and fair job of examining the research. I don’t need to read Michael Pollan’s book because I comparison shopped between meats, eggs, and produce sold by local farmers and factory farm organic/”natural” counterparts sold in local grocery stores and was astonished to see that the local stuff is actually cheaper. Yes, you read that right. Grass-fed, grass-finished meats and freshly picked veggies high in nutrients are cheaper than Organic Farms, Cal-Organic, and the like. So much for the anti-locavore counterargument that cross-country shipping, storage, and distribution is more efficient than little farmers driving their trucks to markets. Sage wisdom from mainstream and alternative health experts is that locally grown conventional is a healthier choice than factory farm organic.

BTW, Sperwer, have you read Gary Taube’s Good Fats, Bad Fats? At first, I was skeptical that this was another food industry-backed book aimed at reassuring Americans that their crappy diet isn’t making them sick. As you probably know, Taube’s science journalism credentials are impeccable, and he does a thorough and fair job of examining the research.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131658 Sperwer Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:51:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131658 Anyone interested in this subject should read "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, who takes on not only conventional industrial nutirition but industrial "organic" nutrition as well. Anyone interested in this subject should read “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan, who takes on not only conventional industrial nutirition but industrial “organic” nutrition as well.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131643 Sonagi Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131643 Good for whose environment? Korea does not have large swathes of prairie well suited to grazing cattle. The beef industry in Korea is also a polluting feedlot operation. Good for whose environment? Korea does not have large swathes of prairie well suited to grazing cattle. The beef industry in Korea is also a polluting feedlot operation.

]]> By: cm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131599 cm Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:06:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/01/27/food-culture-%e2%80%94-just-what-does-make-a-culture-healthy-a-footnote/#comment-131599 If article is true, Korea keeping out North American beef is a good thing for the environment? If article is true, Korea keeping out North American beef is a good thing for the environment?

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